More than Human Digital Civics

The aim of this workshop is to bring together a community of researchers and designers who are interested in the role of non-human animals in digital civics, exploring at first, concretely how humans have a role in preventing misleading presentation of companion animals online. This workshop will provide a forum where a new agenda for research in more-than-human digital civics can be defined and new research collaborations formed. It will take the format of a series of group tasks to critically uncover perspectives on the role that companion animals have as digital citizens. Furthermore, we will explore how we can prevent false/misleading information about these animals being adopted as fact. The workshop will culminate in a written report or interactions article and poster to be circulated with the research community and provide a groundwork for future research in this area.