TY - GEN

T1 - Engendering interaction design

AU - Breslin, Samantha

AU - Wadhwa, Bimlesh

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - With the increasing spread and pervasiveness of technologies, the role of gender in the design of these technologies is a topic of growing importance. This paper provides a review and consolidation of the most recent efforts over the past 5 years in understanding the role of gender in interaction design. We discuss, in particular, how recent approaches to gender in human-computer interaction move past questions of how men and women interact differently with technologies. Scholars are focusing on activist, intersectional, and reflexive approaches to gender and identity in design that focus on inclusion and accountability in terms of who technologies are designed for and in what ways. In order to integrate considerations of gender into HCI practice, designers and developers need to develop a greater understanding of diverse gender theories and practices, drawing on insights from science and technology studies, anthropology, and sociology.

AB - With the increasing spread and pervasiveness of technologies, the role of gender in the design of these technologies is a topic of growing importance. This paper provides a review and consolidation of the most recent efforts over the past 5 years in understanding the role of gender in interaction design. We discuss, in particular, how recent approaches to gender in human-computer interaction move past questions of how men and women interact differently with technologies. Scholars are focusing on activist, intersectional, and reflexive approaches to gender and identity in design that focus on inclusion and accountability in terms of who technologies are designed for and in what ways. In order to integrate considerations of gender into HCI practice, designers and developers need to develop a greater understanding of diverse gender theories and practices, drawing on insights from science and technology studies, anthropology, and sociology.

KW - diversity

KW - gender

KW - identity

KW - interaction design

U2 - 10.1109/IUSER.2014.7002719

DO - 10.1109/IUSER.2014.7002719

M3 - Article in proceedings

SN - 9781479958122

T3 - Proceedings - 2014 3rd International Conference on User Science and Engineering: Experience. Engineer. Engage, i-USEr 2014

SP - 292

EP - 295

BT - Proceedings - 2014 3rd International Conference on User Science and Engineering: Experience. Engineer. Engage, i-USEr 2014

PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

ER -