Ethical encounters in HCI: Research in sensitive settings

Jenny Waycott; Hilary Davis; Anja Thieme; Stacy Branham; John Vines; Cosmin Munteanu

doi:10.1145/2702613.2702655

Ethical encounters in HCI: Research in sensitive settings

Jenny Waycott, Hilary Davis, Anja Thieme, Stacy Branham, John Vines, Cosmin Munteanu

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Abstract

With HCI researchers conducting studies in increasingly sensitive and difficult settings, ethics is emerging as a key concern for the HCI community. New technologies are now being designed and evaluated in settings that involve vulnerable or marginalized participants and that can be emotionally challenging for researchers. Research in these settings can produce complex ethical dilemmas that are often emergent, diverse, and highly contextualized. In addition, there may be discrepancies between the realities of HCI fieldwork and the formal and often rigid processes of obtaining ethics approval in research institutions. Given these issues, it is important for researchers to communally reflect on ethical encounters in HCI research. This workshop will provide a forum for researchers to share experiences about ethical challenges they have faced. These discussions will be used to develop a handbook of practical lessons representing the breadth and depth of ethical issues emerging in HCI research in sensitive settings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2015 - Extended Abstracts Publication of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Crossings
Publisher	ACM
Pages	2369-2372
Number of pages	4
Volume	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450331463
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2702655
Publication status	Published - 18 Apr 2015
Event	33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 18 Apr 2015 → 23 Apr 2015

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Conference	33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	18/04/15 → 23/04/15

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ethics
Sensitive settings
Vulnerable participants

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Waycott, J, Davis, H, Thieme, A, Branham, S, Vines, J & Munteanu, C 2015, Ethical encounters in HCI: Research in sensitive settings. in CHI 2015 - Extended Abstracts Publication of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Crossings. vol. 18, ACM, pp. 2369-2372, 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 18/04/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2702655

Ethical encounters in HCI: Research in sensitive settings. / Waycott, Jenny; Davis, Hilary; Thieme, Anja et al.
CHI 2015 - Extended Abstracts Publication of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Crossings. Vol. 18 ACM, 2015. p. 2369-2372.

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