Schedule > 17. Speculative Design with Richmond Wong

Today’s class will be virtual, on Zoom (https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/97111290213). Richmond Wong will be joining us. Richmond’s research examines how technology professionals attend to and address ethical issues in their work. He also develops design-centered methods and approaches to identify ethical issues related to technology (particularly those surrounding social values such as privacy and security) with diverse stakeholders and users.

Slides

• Speculative Design

Readings

• Wong, Richmond; Van Wyk, Ellen; and Pierce, James (June, 2017). Real-Fictional Entanglements: Using Science Fiction and Design Fiction to Interrogate Sensing Technologies. Dis.
  • Methods for helping everyday people think about values in technology
• Wong, Richmond; Van Wyk, Ellen (June, 2017). Design Fiction Workbook.
  • Supplemental Workbook for "Real-Fictional Entanglements" paper
• Wong, Richmond; Nguyen, Tonya (May, 2021). Timelines: A World-Building Activity for Values Advocacy. CHI.
  • Methods for helping professional designers think about values

• Wong, Richmond (October, 2021). Tactics of Soft Resistance in User Experience Professionals’ Values Work. CSCW (Computer-Supported Collaborative Work).
  • How do design professionals navigate values in their work at large companies?