TY - JOUR
T1 - Co-creating Conditions for Social Justice in Digital Societies
T2 - Modes of Resistance in HCI Collaborative Endeavors
AU - Crivellaros, Clara
AU - Coles-Kemp, Lizzie
AU - Dix, Alan
AU - Light, Ann
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025/4/20
Y1 - 2025/4/20
N2 - In this article, we report on a 3-year endeavor that fostered 18 collaborations between academic and non-academic organizations to co-create responses to social (in)justice issues in digital societies. The projects and range of individuals and organizations connected to this program offer a snapshot of the state of social justice thinking within the UK digital economy research sector. Our analysis shows how the program's constellations of actions enacted different modes of resistance attempting to reshape people's relationship to power dynamics, addressing institutions and exposing systems, and developing and restoring values for social justice. We explore how these efforts invite nuanced understanding of what constitutes resistance in knowledge co-production endeavors and how they helped surface tensions at the intersection of agencies and the distribution of responsibilities. Drawing from our insights and experience, we discuss implications for HCI concerned with the creation of the conditions for social justice in our digital societies.
AB - In this article, we report on a 3-year endeavor that fostered 18 collaborations between academic and non-academic organizations to co-create responses to social (in)justice issues in digital societies. The projects and range of individuals and organizations connected to this program offer a snapshot of the state of social justice thinking within the UK digital economy research sector. Our analysis shows how the program's constellations of actions enacted different modes of resistance attempting to reshape people's relationship to power dynamics, addressing institutions and exposing systems, and developing and restoring values for social justice. We explore how these efforts invite nuanced understanding of what constitutes resistance in knowledge co-production endeavors and how they helped surface tensions at the intersection of agencies and the distribution of responsibilities. Drawing from our insights and experience, we discuss implications for HCI concerned with the creation of the conditions for social justice in our digital societies.
KW - Responsible Innovation
KW - social change
KW - Social justice-oriented design
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U2 - 10.1145/3711840
DO - 10.1145/3711840
M3 - Article
SN - 1073-0516
VL - 32
SP - 1
EP - 40
JO - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
JF - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
IS - 2
M1 - 15
ER -