Towards a Material Ethics of Computing

Jen Liu; Cindy Kaiying Lin; Anne Pasek; Robert Soden; Lace Padilla; Daniela Rosner; Steven Jackson

doi:10.1145/3491101.3505649

Towards a Material Ethics of Computing

Jen Liu, Cindy Kaiying Lin, Anne Pasek, Robert Soden, Lace Padilla, Daniela Rosner, Steven Jackson

College of Information Sciences and Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Abstract

As concerns around climate change escalate, the need to address the environmental impacts of computing becomes more dire. While urgent action is needed, there is also opportunity to rectify longstanding inequities and injustices present in the relationship between computing and the environment. The aim of this one-day hybrid workshop is to gather researchers and practitioners and develop a material ethics of computing. We frame material ethics as a shared understanding of the relations between material and labor that shape digital infrastructures. Through presentations, discussions, and facilitated activities, we aim to build a research community to understand how computing facilitate sites of environmental damage and degradation, and also spaces for justice, change, and hope.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CHI 2022 - Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450391566
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3505649
State	Published - Apr 28 2022
Event	2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2022 - New Orleans, United States Duration: Apr 30 2022 → May 5 2022

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	4/30/22 → 5/5/22

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Liu, J., Kaiying Lin, C., Pasek, A., Soden, R., Padilla, L., Rosner, D., & Jackson, S. (2022). Towards a Material Ethics of Computing. In CHI 2022 - Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 102 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3505649

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Towards a Material Ethics of Computing. / Liu, Jen; Kaiying Lin, Cindy; Pasek, Anne et al.
CHI 2022 - Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. 102 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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