Neha Kumar is speaking at the Oct 4 Dub Seminar (11:45 AM – 1:15 pm, CSE2/Gates 401). If you plan on attending in person, please RSVP.
https://forms.gle/KQ8fTfkoD7KnMrHN9
Title
Post-Growth HCI
Speaker
Neha Kumar
Georgia Institute of Technology
Abstract
Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers have increasingly been questioning computing’s engagement with unsustainable
and unjust economic growth, pushing for identifying alternatives. Incorporating degrowth, post-development, and steady-state approaches, post-growth philosophy offers an alternative not rooted in growth but in improving quality of life. It recommends an equitable
reduction in resource use through sensible distributive practices where fulfillment is based on values including solidarity, cooperation, care, social justice, and localized development. This brand new TOCHI paper—coauthored with Vishal Sharma and Bonnie Nardi—that
I will present describes opportunities for HCI to take a post-growth orientation in research, design, and practice to reimagine the design of sociotechnical systems toward advancing sustainable, just, and humane futures. We aim for the critiques, concerns,
and recommendations offered by post-growth to be integrated into transformative HCI practices for technology-mediated change.
This seminar is co-organized with UW Change.
A student meeting with the speaker will immediately follow seminar.
Bio
Neha Kumar is an Associate Professor at Georgia Tech, where she works at the intersection of human-centered computing
and global sustainable development, with a focus on infrastructuring care and engaging community. Her lab’s research has been recognized by multiple ACM Best Paper and Honorable Mention awards at the ACM CHI and CSCW conferences. Neha earned her PhD at the
UC Berkeley School of Information, Master’s degrees in Computer Science and Education at Stanford University, and Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Applied Math at UC Berkeley. She was a postdoctoral researcher in UW Computer Science & Engineering, where
she worked with Richard Anderson and Gaetano Borriello. Neha currently serves as the president of ACM SIGCHI.
From: dub <dub-bounces@dub.washington.edu>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 9:30 AM
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Subject: [dub] RSVP Now for DUB/Change Seminar on Oct 4: Neha Kumar
As our first DUB Seminar for 2023/2024, DUB and Change are excited to co-host Neha Kumar:
In order to provide food and manage in-person capacity constraints, we need an RSVP now:
RSVP is needed by end-of-day this Thursday September 28. Space capacity requires we limit this event to approximately 100 in-person responses, so the in-person
RSVP may close sooner if that limit is reached.
The seminar will take place in the top-floor event space of the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE2).
https://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/cse2
- Food will be set out by 11:45.
- Plan to arrive early so you can meet others in our community and so that distractions associated with food have wrapped up by the time our talk starts.
- The talk will then start at approximately 12:15.
- A student meeting will immediately follow the seminar, in the same location.
James
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