Feminist Voices about Ecological Issues in HCI
Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard, Gopinaath Kannabiran, Simran Chopra, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Dilrukshi Gamage, Ebtisam Alabdulqader, Heather McKinnon, Heike Winschiers‐Theophilus, Shaowen Bardzell
Abstract
Even though issues such as climate change, pollution, and declining biodiversity impact us all, people with historically disenfranchised and socio-politically marginalized (HDSM) identities often bear the harsher brunt of ecological crises and suffer disproportionately. There is a need for listening to the voices of people with intersecting HDSM identities in relation to feminist engagements with ecological issues as applicable to HCI and IxD research and practice. Building upon and braiding together two thriving HCI discourses on feminism and environmental sustainability, we invite submissions from researchers, designers, educators, and activists interested in the intersections of feminist and ecological issues with a priority towards the well-being of people with HDSM identities. Converging feminist concerns on power, voice, and public discourse through this online workshop distributed across three time-zones, we hope to provide a forum for contemporary feminist voices as agents of change while engaging with ecological issues through an intersectional feminist orientation.