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Values in computing

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Publication date1/03/2017
Host publicationCHI 2017
<mark>Original language</mark>English
EventCHI 2017 - Colorado Convention Center, Denver, United States
Duration: 6/05/201711/05/2017
https://chi2017.acm.org

Conference

ConferenceCHI 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period6/05/1711/05/17
Internet address

Conference

ConferenceCHI 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period6/05/1711/05/17
Internet address

Abstract

Whether it is in the form of software, system architecture or interface design, anything digital is inevitably affected by values: the organizational values of the project sponsor, the values of the research partners, and the values of each developer and designer. Some values (e.g. commercial success, academic prestige) are easier to quantify than others (e.g. social justice, care for the environment) with the latter often dismissed in decision making processes as lacking of measurable ‘evidence’. However, less easy to measure values are not less real: they are simply less visible. The aim of this one-day workshop is precisely to investigate mechanisms which give more exposure to those values in computing that are less frequently considered. We do so by bringing together practitioners from different computing backgrounds (e.g. software engineering, interaction design, information systems) who have first-hand experience of trying to represent on an equal footing all human values in computing.