5 papers
Designing for Community Care: Reimagining Support for Equity & Well-being in Academia
Beatriz Severes, Ana O. Henriques, Rory Clark +4
Academic well-being is deeply influenced by peer-support networks, yet they remain informal, inequitable, and unsustainable, often relying on personal connections and social capita…
And this is where we fu***d up! Lessons learned from Participatory Design in Digital Civic Initiatives
Clara Rosa Cardoso, Sarah Rüller, Ana O Henriques +2
Participatory design in digital civics aims to foster mutual learning and co-creation between public services and citizens. However, rarely do we collectively explore the challenge…
Envisioning Collaborative Futures: Advancing the Frontiers of Embedded Research
Anna R. L. Carter, Kyle Montague, Reem Talhouk +7
Participatory design initiatives, especially within the realm of digital civics, are often integrated and co-developed with the very citizens and communities they intend to assist.…
Frameworking for a Community-led Feminist Ethics
Ana O Henriques, Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague
This paper introduces a relational perspective on ethics within the context of Feminist Digital Civics and community-led design. Ethics work in HCI has primarily focused on prescri…
Ethical Concerns when Working with Mixed-Ability Groups of Children
Patricia Piedade, Ana Henriques, Filipa Rocha +2
Accessibility research has gained traction, yet ethical gaps persist in the inclusion of individuals with disabilities, especially children. Inclusive research practices are essent…