Designing SocioTechnical Food Justice

Dombrowski, Lynn

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Title

Designing SocioTechnical Food Justice

Author(s)

Dombrowski, Lynn

Issue Date

2015-03-15

Keyword(s)

• social informatics
• community informatics
• human-computer interaction

Abstract

For projects of moral and ethical import, designers and researchers are frequently motivated by notions of justice. However, it is unclear how justice influences design process. Within a participatory design process aimed at food access issues, I traced how concepts of justice manifested, were used when introduced, and under what conditions were concepts of justice ignored or laid aside for other concerns. This analysis produced several categories of design strategies participants employed to navigate complex ethical discussion around issues of food access. Within the design process, these design strategies included designing artifacts that were expanding food options, utilizing local resources, and localizing control. These results highlight the complex worlds in which these concepts of justice were situated within during the design process and inform how to support designers developing socially beneficial technologies while working alongside local communities.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2015 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

English

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