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CHI 23 Virtual Course C06: Bridging Cultural Differences with Critical Design
by Huatong Sun 07 Mar '23

07 Mar '23

Hello, If you're attending CHI 23, please consider registering for my virtual course C06 <https://chi2023.acm.org/for-authors/courses/accepted-courses/>: Bridging Cultural Differences with Critical Design in a Globalized World. This will be my second time to teach this course at CHI, and it was also offered at other international conferences (on-site or virtual) in multiple fields including IEEE Professional Communication Conference, ACM SIGDOC, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Society for Technical Communication Summit, and Conference for Association for Business Communication. *Intended Audience*: Design-minded HCI professionals and any HCI professionals who are interested in the topics such as critical design, design ethics, diversity and inclusion, global design, and cross-cultural design, and who are interested in empowering users for more inclusive communities and societies at this divisive time of the globalized world. The online course will be capped at 25 participants. *Instructor Info*: Huatong Sun is an associate professor of digital media and global design at University of Washington Tacoma. She studies how to design and innovate for usable, meaningful and empowering technology to bridge differences in a globalized world. She is the author of “Global Social Media Design” (2020, Oxford University Press, CCCC Advancement of Knowledge Award, CCCC Research Impact Award, NCTE Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication) and “Cross-Cultural Technology Design” (2012, Oxford University Press, NCTE Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication). She's working on a new book "Inclusive Digital Media Design for Global Users" (CRC Press). Her writing can also be found in *Fast Company* and *The Conversation*. She has won multiple awards for her community-engaged teaching, including the 2022 Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Society for Technical Communication and the Distinction in the Practice of Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Association for Business Communication. Feel free to email me if you have any questions. Huatong -------------------------------- C06: Bridging Cultural Differences with Critical Design in a Globalized World Virtual *Duration:* 2 units (2 online) *Scheduled (virtual units, if applicable):* Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Time: 16-17:15 & 17:30-18:45 PDT: 7-8:15 & 8:30-9:45 EDT: 10-11:15 & 11:30-12:45 *Course Website:* https://teach.htsun.ds.lib.uw.edu/ *Description: *Are simplicity and minimalism the universal standards for interaction design? How can we avoid stereotyping with personas in design practices? What AI algorithms and design mechanism made “digital blackface” phenomenon on social media so popular? This interactive course teaches participants to reconsider some commonly held design beliefs and routine design practices with a lens of cultural differences. Illustrated with design case studies, it introduces strategies and techniques to turn differences into design resources for inclusivity. Participants will learn essential critical design skills of creating engaging and empowering designs in a globalized world at a divisive time. Huatong Sun | 孙华彤 (she/her), Ph.D. Vice Chair, Faculty Assembly 2022-2023 Associate Professor, Digital and Social Media & Global Design School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Global Innovation and Design Lab University of Washington Tacoma http://faculty.washington.edu/htsun/ OUP Author: Global Social Media Design (2020) & Cross-Cultural Technology Design (2012) *Upcoming Courses *(https://teach.htsun.ds.lib.uw.edu/)*: * ACM Computer-Human Interaction Conference 23: Bridging Cultural Differences with Critical Design (April 12) Rhetoric Society of America 23 Summer Workshop: Global Rhetorics of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Design (May 25-27)

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minder- Change Seminar 3/7: Jake Okechukwu Effoduh - An African Perspective to Regulating Self-Driving Cars
by Innocent Obi 07 Mar '23

07 Mar '23

Hi Everyone! Just a reminder that today at noon we will be hearing from Jake Okechukwu Effoduh <https://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/programs/graduate-program/students/okechukwu-e…> from Osgoode Hall Law School. Jake's talk is titled "An African Perspective to Regulating Self-Driving Cars." Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! *Description* Self-driving cars as a mode of transportation in Africa is probably more of a ‘when’ than an ‘if’ question. These autonomous vehicles that could benefit human safety by reducing human deaths from car crashes, may disadvantage Africans if the production of the technology does not adequately reflect African perspectives, including in the ethical constructions about rulemaking. *Resources for Attendees* - https://twailr.com/twail-review/issue-03-2022/jake -okechukwu-effoduh-regulating-self-driving-cars-an-african-perspective/ *Seminar Details* *Location*: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) *Zoom:* https://washington.zoom.us/j/93100061611 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/washington.zoom.us/j/93100061611__;!!K-H…> *Presenter Bio* Jake Okechukwu Effoduh (He/Him/They) is a Vanier Scholar at the Osgoode Hall Law School, conducting doctorate research on the Legitimization of Artificial Intelligence in Africa. He is also a Queen Elizabeth Advanced Scholar with the Open Africa Innovation Research (OpenAIR), and a Partner at Praxis & Gnosis Law in Nigeria. He founded Law2Go in 2018, a digital library of human rights laws and legal services for Nigeria and he has been a human rights lawyer since 2011. With a demonstrated history of advocacy across domestic and international systems, Effoduh has worked within the justice sector in Nigeria, the West African ECOWAS human rights system, the African Human Rights Commission, and the UN Human Rights Council. Best, UW Change Organizers

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Change Seminar 3/7: Jake Okechukwu Effoduh - An African Perspective to Regulating Self-Driving Cars
by Innocent Obi 03 Mar '23

03 Mar '23

Hi Everyone! At next week's Change seminar (March 7th), we will be hearing from Jake Okechukwu Effoduh from Osgoode Hall Law School. Jake's talk is titled "An African Perspective to Regulating Self-Driving Cars." Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! *Description* Self-driving cars as a mode of transportation in Africa is probably more of a ‘when’ than an ‘if’ question. These autonomous vehicles that could benefit human safety by reducing human deaths from car crashes, may disadvantage Africans if the production of the technology does not adequately reflect African perspectives, including in the ethical constructions about rulemaking. *Resources for Attendees* - https://twailr.com/twail-review/issue-03-2022/jake -okechukwu-effoduh-regulating-self-driving-cars-an-african-perspective/ *Seminar Details* *Location*: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) *Zoom:* https://washington.zoom.us/j/93100061611 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/washington.zoom.us/j/93100061611__;!!K-H…> *Presenter Bio* Jake Okechukwu Effoduh (He/Him/They) is a Vanier Scholar at the Osgoode Hall Law School, conducting doctorate research on the Legitimization of Artificial Intelligence in Africa. He is also a Queen Elizabeth Advanced Scholar with the Open Africa Innovation Research (OpenAIR), and a Partner at Praxis & Gnosis Law in Nigeria. He founded Law2Go in 2018, a digital library of human rights laws and legal services for Nigeria and he has been a human rights lawyer since 2011. With a demonstrated history of advocacy across domestic and international systems, Effoduh has worked within the justice sector in Nigeria, the West African ECOWAS human rights system, the African Human Rights Commission, and the UN Human Rights Council. Best, UW Change Organizers

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Social Media and Society in India Conference
by Richard Anderson 01 Mar '23

01 Mar '23

Joyojeet Pal of University of Michigan asked me to forward this: The University of Michigan is hosting a hybrid conference on Social Media and Society in India April 7-8, 2023, featuring a host of speakers to discuss various ways in which social media is impacting contemporary life in India. Attending speakers include movie actors, activists, educators, lawyers, journalists, physicians, and entertainers, representing topics covering a range of contemporary concerns in healthcare, media, food, travel, misinformation, and activism. https://influencers.conference.si.umich.edu/ The conference is at the heels of a widely subscribed and successful event last year, the talks and archives of which are now public: http://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/influencers2022.htm It's a free hybrid event, and registration is now open for in-person and online attendance via zoom. In addition to the talks, we are including a feature in which attendees can have “office hours”, a 1:1 meeting with a speaker of upto 15 minutes during the conference. There is also a student session that we welcome submissions to: https://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/smsi-cfp.html The registration link is now live at the conference page

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