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<https://change.washington.edu/>. 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> On Behalf Of James Fogarty Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 9:30 AM To: dub <dub@dub.washington.edu> 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: https://dub.washington.edu/seminars/2023-10-04.html In order to provide food and manage in-person capacity constraints, we need an RSVP now: https://forms.gle/KQ8fTfkoD7KnMrHN9 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 -- James Fogarty https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~jfogarty/<http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~jfogarty/> I am not a UW mandatory reporter and therefore not legally required to report misconduct or crime, unless it involves somebody under the age of 18. If you share a problem with me, I will work with you to determine next steps.