The ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the cultural

We explore the ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the ‘cultural’. This is motivated by an awareness of how cultural applications, in our case interactive performances, raise ethical issues that may challenge established research ethics processes. We review research ethics, HCI’s engagement with e...

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Main Authors: Benford, Steve, Greenhalgh, Chris, Anderson, Bob, Jacobs, Rachel, Golembewski, Michael, Jirotka, Marina, Stahl, Bernd Carsten, Timmermans, Job, Giannachi, Gabriella, Adams, Matt, Row Farr, Ju, Tandavanitj, Nick, Jennings, Kirsty
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author Benford, Steve
Greenhalgh, Chris
Anderson, Bob
Jacobs, Rachel
Golembewski, Michael
Jirotka, Marina
Stahl, Bernd Carsten
Timmermans, Job
Giannachi, Gabriella
Adams, Matt
Row Farr, Ju
Tandavanitj, Nick
Jennings, Kirsty
author_facet Benford, Steve
Greenhalgh, Chris
Anderson, Bob
Jacobs, Rachel
Golembewski, Michael
Jirotka, Marina
Stahl, Bernd Carsten
Timmermans, Job
Giannachi, Gabriella
Adams, Matt
Row Farr, Ju
Tandavanitj, Nick
Jennings, Kirsty
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description We explore the ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the ‘cultural’. This is motivated by an awareness of how cultural applications, in our case interactive performances, raise ethical issues that may challenge established research ethics processes. We review research ethics, HCI’s engagement with ethics and the ethics of theatrical performance. Following an approach grounded in Responsible Research Innovation, we present the findings from a workshop in which artists, curators, commissioners, and researchers explored ethical challenges revealed by four case studies. We identify six ethical challenges for HCI’s engagement with cultural applications: transgression, boundaries, consent, withdrawal, data, and integrity. We discuss two broader implications of these: managing tensions between multiple overlapping ethical frames; and the importance of managing ethical challenges during and after an experience as well as beforehand. Finally, we discuss how our findings extend previous discussions of Value Sensitive Design in HCI.
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spelling nottingham-298862020-05-04T17:20:01Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29886/ The ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the cultural Benford, Steve Greenhalgh, Chris Anderson, Bob Jacobs, Rachel Golembewski, Michael Jirotka, Marina Stahl, Bernd Carsten Timmermans, Job Giannachi, Gabriella Adams, Matt Row Farr, Ju Tandavanitj, Nick Jennings, Kirsty We explore the ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the ‘cultural’. This is motivated by an awareness of how cultural applications, in our case interactive performances, raise ethical issues that may challenge established research ethics processes. We review research ethics, HCI’s engagement with ethics and the ethics of theatrical performance. Following an approach grounded in Responsible Research Innovation, we present the findings from a workshop in which artists, curators, commissioners, and researchers explored ethical challenges revealed by four case studies. We identify six ethical challenges for HCI’s engagement with cultural applications: transgression, boundaries, consent, withdrawal, data, and integrity. We discuss two broader implications of these: managing tensions between multiple overlapping ethical frames; and the importance of managing ethical challenges during and after an experience as well as beforehand. Finally, we discuss how our findings extend previous discussions of Value Sensitive Design in HCI. Association for Computing Machinery 2015-10-08 Article PeerReviewed Benford, Steve, Greenhalgh, Chris, Anderson, Bob, Jacobs, Rachel, Golembewski, Michael, Jirotka, Marina, Stahl, Bernd Carsten, Timmermans, Job, Giannachi, Gabriella, Adams, Matt, Row Farr, Ju, Tandavanitj, Nick and Jennings, Kirsty (2015) The ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the cultural. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 22 (5). 24/1-24/37. ISSN 1557-7325 Art performance ethics uncomfortable interactions discomfort con- sent withdrawal boundaries transgression integrity Blast Theory Active Ingredient Urban Angel Thrill Laboratory research in the wild http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2814459.2775107 doi:10.1145/2775107 doi:10.1145/2775107
spellingShingle Art
performance
ethics
uncomfortable interactions
discomfort
con- sent
withdrawal
boundaries
transgression
integrity
Blast Theory
Active Ingredient
Urban Angel
Thrill Laboratory
research in the wild
Benford, Steve
Greenhalgh, Chris
Anderson, Bob
Jacobs, Rachel
Golembewski, Michael
Jirotka, Marina
Stahl, Bernd Carsten
Timmermans, Job
Giannachi, Gabriella
Adams, Matt
Row Farr, Ju
Tandavanitj, Nick
Jennings, Kirsty
The ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the cultural
title The ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the cultural
title_full The ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the cultural
title_fullStr The ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the cultural
title_full_unstemmed The ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the cultural
title_short The ethical implications of HCI’s turn to the cultural
title_sort ethical implications of hci’s turn to the cultural
topic Art
performance
ethics
uncomfortable interactions
discomfort
con- sent
withdrawal
boundaries
transgression
integrity
Blast Theory
Active Ingredient
Urban Angel
Thrill Laboratory
research in the wild
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