Abstract
On the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (IDEVASW), sex worker rights advocates and support services commemorate lives lost due to violence. In this paper we describe and reflect on a Feminist Participatory Action Research project that supported the activities of IDEVASW over two years in North East England. Working alongside a charity that provides services to women who are sex workers or have experienced sexual exploitation, we co-organised the first activist march on the day. As researchers and service providers, we present detailed reflections on the use of digital technologies during the public activist march, a private service for commemoration, and the development of a semi-public archive to collect experiences of the day. We develop three implications for the design of digital technologies for activism and the commemoration of lost lives: as catalysts for reflection and opportunities to layer experience.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | DIS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference |
Subtitle of host publication | More than human centred design |
Publisher | ACM |
Pages | 87-100 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450369749 |
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Publication status | Published - 3 Jul 2020 |
Event | DIS2020: Designing Interactive Systems 2020: More than Human Centred Design - Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 6 Jul 2020 → 10 Jul 2020 https://dis.acm.org/2020/ |
Publication series
Name | DIS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference |
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Conference
Conference | DIS2020: Designing Interactive Systems 2020 |
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Abbreviated title | DIS |
Country/Territory | Netherlands |
City | Eindhoven |
Period | 6/07/20 → 10/07/20 |
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Keywords
- Activism
- Archives
- Feminist participatory action research
- Justice-oriented hci
- Remembrance
- Sex work