Including critical Approaches in HCI Curricula : A provocation

Mthoko, Hafeni and Adamu, Muhammad and Lazem, Shaimaa and Peters, Anicia (2023) Including critical Approaches in HCI Curricula : A provocation. In: EduCHI 2023: 5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI ’23), April 28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. :. ACM, New York, pp. 49-54. ISBN 9798400707377

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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?