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Including critical Approaches in HCI Curricula: A provocation

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Muhammad Adamu,

Anicia PetersAuthors Info & Claims

EduCHI '23: Proceedings of the 5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education

Pages 49 - 54

https://doi.org/10.1145/3587399.3587413

Published: 28 April 2023 Publication History

Abstract

This is not a paper [1]; it is more of a collection and reflection of tangled ideas and discussions on the politics of engaging multiple worlds in design. Discussions brought on by three African HCI researchers on their journey to define an identity for an African HCI curriculum. We invite the readership to engage with our stories and ponder with us these questions: 1) How might we help future designers engage and navigate multiple worldviews, some of which are less dominant? 2) How might we help them navigate uncontested politics and ethics of design encounters? 3) What are the challenges that we educators might face as we introduce critical approaches in the classroom?

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Nkwo MAdamu MKawu AMthoko HLazem SPeters A(2023)Baraza II: Expanding African HCI Communities and CurriculumProceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference10.1145/3628096.3629073(291-294)Online publication date: 27-Nov-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3628096.3629073

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Nkwo MAdamu MKawu AMthoko HLazem SPeters A(2023)Baraza II: Expanding African HCI Communities and CurriculumProceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference10.1145/3628096.3629073(291-294)Online publication date: 27-Nov-2023
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