Abstract
This paper reports design strategies for critical and experimental work that remains constructive. We describe a design workshop that explored the "home hub" space through "imaginary design workbooks". These feature ambiguous images and annotations written in an invented language to suggest a design space without specifying any particular idea. Many of the concepts and narratives which emerged from the workshop focused on extreme situations: some thoughtful, some dystopian, some even mythic. One of the workshop ideas was then developed with a senior social worker who works with young offenders. A "digital social worker" concept was explored and critiqued simultaneously. We draw on Foucault's history of surveillance to "defamiliarise" both the home hub technology and the current youth justice system. We argue that the dichotomy between "constructive" and "critical" design is false because design is never neutral.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Subtitle of host publication | Engage with CHI |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
Number of pages | 12 |
Volume | New York |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-5620-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Apr 2018 |
Event | 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 - Montreal, Canada, Montreal, Canada Duration: 21 Apr 2018 → 26 Apr 2018 Conference number: 36 http://chi2018.acm.org |
Conference
Conference | 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 |
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Abbreviated title | CHI 2018 |
Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Montreal |
Period | 21/04/18 → 26/04/18 |
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Keywords
- Design fiction
- Domestic technology
- Privacy
- Surveillance