Designing speculative civics

Carl  DiSalvo; Tom  Jenkins; Thomas Lodato

doi:10.1145/2858036.2858505

Designing speculative civics

Carl DiSalvo
, Tom Jenkins
, Thomas Lodato

Georgia Institute of Technology

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Abstract

As human computer interaction design research continues to expand domains, civics is emerging as an important subject through which to explore how computation shapes our public lives. In this paper we present and reflect upon a series of research through design (RtD) projects that investigate speculative civic contexts. From this, we identify and discuss tactics that can be employed in RtD projects: RtD as Representations of Systems Yet-to-Come, RtD as Prototyping Systems and RtD as Use of a System. Then we identify and discuss thematic interpretations of civics that emerged through our designs: Mediated Civics, Computed Civics, and Proxied Civics. This work contributes to discourses of speculative design, research through design, and those of civics in human computer interaction design research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	2016
Pages	4979-4990
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450333627
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858505
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	ACM CHI 2016: #chi4good - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016 http://chi2016.acm.org/wp/

Conference

Conference	ACM CHI 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	07/05/2016 → 12/05/2016
Internet address	http://chi2016.acm.org/wp/

Keywords

Civics
Public Design
Research through Design
Speculative Design
Speculative Civics

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