@inproceedings{de294c93f6d64b519a91117a9923b59b,
title = "Imaginary design workbooks: Constructive criticism and practical provocations",
abstract = "This paper reports design strategies for critical and experimental work that remains constructive. We describe a design workshop that explored the {"}home hub{"} space through {"}imaginary design workbooks{"}. These feature ambiguous images and annotations written in an invented language to suggest a design space without specifying any particular idea. Many of the concepts and narratives which emerged from the workshop focused on extreme situations: some thoughtful, some dystopian, some even mythic. One of the workshop ideas was then developed with a senior social worker who works with young offenders. A {"}digital social worker{"} concept was explored and critiqued simultaneously. We draw on Foucault's history of surveillance to {"}defamiliarise{"} both the home hub technology and the current youth justice system. We argue that the dichotomy between {"}constructive{"} and {"}critical{"} design is false because design is never neutral.",
keywords = "Design fiction, Domestic technology, Privacy, Surveillance",
author = "Mark Blythe and Enrique Encinas and Jofish Kaye and Avery, {Miriam Lueck} and Rob McCabe and Kristina Andersen",
year = "2018",
month = apr,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1145/3173574.3173807",
language = "English",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings",
publisher = "ACM",
pages = "1--12",
booktitle = "CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems",
address = "United States",
note = "2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 ; Conference date: 21-04-2018 Through 26-04-2018",
}