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An Oldy's Lament: Poem of Resistance and Resilience of the 'Othered' in Technology Colonisation

Year: 2020

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The poem 'An Oldy's Lament' was written by Julie Butler, an 86 year old creative writer. Julie describes her personal reflections on technology and society, while at the same time questioning her part in this seemingly pre-ordained arrangement of the technological world, as technology colonises societies. We analyse this literary expression from a postcolonial perspective, discussing how the 'othered' of innovation bring to the fore pertinent issues that need overcoming in both HCI research and the community at large.

Source: CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA)

DOI: 10.1145/3334480.3381807

Authors: Aloha Hufana Ambe, Margot Brereton, Alessandro Soro

Institution: Queensland University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Australian Research Council

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