The Vibes are Off: Considering Embodied Reflections by TBIPOC to Account for Displacement and Discomfort in Makerspaces
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Makerspaces are identified in HCI to have great potential in foster- ing diverse participation in technology and computing–considering making as a democratic form of innovation. However, growing re- search also indicates many current makerspaces fail to address non-white and non-cisheteronormative perspectives. Prior works suggest embodiment as a core but seldom understood considera- tion for intersectional inclusion. Current trends in technologies and computing also stifle such considerations through two phenomena: broader implications of “woman lite” thinking, and what this provo- cation defines as “techno-disembodiments.” To combat perpetuating these phenomena in makerspaces, we posit looking to bodily and sensory responses, or embodied reflections, from communities of Trans and Black, Indigenous and People of Color (TBIPOC). Fur- ther, we examine prior works in visual auto-ethnography and diary studies for approaches to inquire about embodied reflections. In con- sidering embodied reflections of TBIPOC communities, researchers can gain insights on decentering cisheteronormative whiteness to afford broader inclusion in maker culture.
Source: University of Michigan Library
DOI: 10.7302/26063
Authors: Khan, Ria, Williams, Apryl, Dillahunt, Tawanna, Haimson, Oliver
Language: English
Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6958797735
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