Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People

Authors Robin Angelini, Katta Spiel, Maartje de Meulder
Published in CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publication date 2025
Research groups Logopedie: Participatie door Communicatie
Type Article

Summary

This deaf-led work critically explores Deaf Tech, challenging conventional understandings of technologies ‘for’ deaf people as merely assistive and accessible, since these understandings are predominantly embedded in medical and audist ideologies. By employing participatory speculative workshops, deaf participants from different European countries envisioned technologies on Eyeth - a mythical planet inhabited by deaf people - centered on their perspectives and curiosities. The results present a series of alternative socio-technical narratives that illustrate qualitative aspects of technologies desired by deaf people. This study advocates for expanding the scope of deaf technological landscapes, emphasizing the needs of establishing deaf-centered HCI, including the development of methods and concepts that truly prioritize deaf experiences in the design of technologies intended for their use.

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  • Maartje de Meulder
    • Teacher-researcher
    • Research group: Logopedie: Participatie door Communicatie
Language Engels
Published in CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
ISBN/ISSN URN:ISBN:979-8-4007-1394-1
Key words participatory design, deaf community, deaf tech, lternative sociotechnical narratives, storytelling
Digital Object Identifier 10.1145/3706598.3713238
Page range 1-18

Logopedie Participatie door Communicatie