Decentering ≠ Disconnecting

Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 1–3

Abstract

Although there is a growing interest in the more-than-human, human-centred approaches are still dominant in HCI and design research. Emerging more-than-human approaches aim at decentring the human perspective in the design process while connecting human and non-human actors. This workshop explores strategies to bridge more-than-human with human-centred design and emphasises that decentring is not equal to disconnecting the human designer from being a human. Instead, we intend to elaborate on how our being in the world –co-shaped by non-human entities– can be experienced through decentring our individual human perspectives and re-connecting us to other perspectives, be they human or non-human. We start tackling the following questions: How do designers position themselves in more-than-human approaches? How does decentring the human perspective lead to growing empathy and care? What is a designer’s responsibility within more-than-human approaches?

Authors 3

1. Barbro Scholz Aachen Center of Design Research

   Leiden University · HAW Hamburg

   Affiliation as printed

   Center of Design Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany and Academy of Creative and Performative Arts, Leiden University & Royal Academy of Fine Arts The Hague, Netherlands

2. Claudia Núñez-Pacheco

   Umeå University · Malmö University

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden and Malmö University, Sweden

3. Michaela Honauer

   University of Twente

   Affiliation as printed

   HMI Group, University of Twente, Netherlands