This is a liveblog of the town hall discussion “CSCW Research Ethics Town Hall: Working Towards Community Norms” at CSCW 2017. Panelists from the SIGCHI Ethics Committee Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology Barry Brown, University of Stockholm Casey Fiesler, CU Boulder Jeff Hancock, Stanford Cosmin Munteanu, University of Toronto […]
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This is a liveblog of the Social Justice and Design panel at the CSCW 2017 conference. Panelists: Shaowen Bardzell, Indiana University Lilly Irani, University of California, San Diego Jean Hardy, University of Michigan Jill Dimond, Sassafras Tech Collective Accidental Activists Or: Why I Burst Into Tears during a Research InterviewShaowen […]
In early 2016, Operation Libero, an anti-populist movement cofounded by history student Flavia Kleiner, 26, successfully defeated an anti-immigrant Swiss ballot initiative. The “enforcement” initiative, sponsored by the nationalist Swiss People’s Party (SVP), would have ordered the deportation of immigrants in Switzerland for any criminal offense, no matter how minor. […]
This is a liveblog of a talk by Megan Smith, US CTO and MIT Corporation Member. The No Permission, No Apology conference will provide opportunities to develop the professional and personal skills that can help women navigate spaces not necessarily created with them in mind. This will also be a […]
liveblog by Willow Brugh, Natalie Gyenes, and me Speaker: Liz George, MIT Alum Class of 2008 and MIT Hacker Liz starts by defining hacking as any good scientific endeavor begins. Hacking, (noun) A project without a constructive end An unusual and original solution to a problem An activity that tests the […]