Blogs
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For CS
Loren Britton, Helen Pritchard Posted: Tue, July 07, 2020 - 11:27:18
In the text that follows, we share our conversations during the early days of the pandemic. In this moment when many things get reduced to usefulness, we propose stories that…
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Heeding the call for action
Sarah Fox Posted: Thu, July 02, 2020 - 10:40:23
Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. — Frederick Douglass [1] It's time to implement the immensely clear…
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Reflections on planning and running a virtual Doctoral Consortium at CHI 2020
Duncan Brumby, Koji Yatani, Leah Findlater Posted: Tue, June 30, 2020 - 10:28:52
This article describes what was done to run a virtual Doctoral Consortium at CHI 2020. The event was originally planned as an in-person, two-day event to take place in Honolulu,…
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‘A call to action for the ACM’ liberates all of us
Lilly Irani Posted: Mon, June 29, 2020 - 10:53:23
Women of today are still being called upon to stretch across the gap of male ignorance and to educate men as to our existence and our needs. This is an…
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The best tech for contact tracing? Systems designed for healthcare workers
Margaret Bourdeaux, Mary Gray, Barbara Grosz Posted: Fri, June 26, 2020 - 2:37:22
Given the ongoing sense of urgency, some, particularly in technology circles, wonder if waiting for a healthcare worker to track down the virus makes sense. In a fight that depends…
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Listen, learn, respond, act
Lucy Suchman Posted: Thu, June 25, 2020 - 11:32:41
For those of us who occupy the closed worlds of privilege, it is time to listen. I write as a cisgender woman who has lived my life as White, academically…
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A call to action for the ACM
Christina Harrington, Yolanda Rankin, Jasmine Jones, Robin Brewer, Sheena Erete, Tawanna Dillahunt, Quincy Brown Posted: Mon, June 22, 2020 - 5:49:56
On June 8, 2020, several Black scholars, academic researchers, graduate students, practitioners, and other members and affiliates of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) gathered to write a letter to…
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A challenging response
Jennifer Mankoff Posted: Wed, June 17, 2020 - 2:32:05
Being an ally means being uncomfortable. —R.A.C.E. team, addressing institutional racism within initiatives for SIGCHI’s diversity and inclusion I write this to support the courageous R.A.C.E. Diversity and Inclusion team…
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We need to talk about digital contact tracing
Ali Alkhatib Posted: Mon, June 15, 2020 - 4:34:49
Recently, Apple and Google discussed developing and distributing a digital contact-tracing system that will inform people when they’ve been exposed to someone who’s contracted Covid-19, and communicate to people that…
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Comics as Covid-19 response: Visualizing the experience of videoconferencing with aging relatives
Ernesto Priego, Peter Wilkins Posted: Fri, June 12, 2020 - 10:40:33
In the period between March and May 2020, we have been working on simultaneous projects employing qualitative methods to create comics in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have been…
