Exploring Positionality in HCI: Perspectives, Trends, and Challenges

要旨

Positionality acknowledges that researchers’ subjectivities, values and experiences influence approaches to and outcomes of research. It underlines and promotes self-awareness and explicit demonstration of reflexivity. To understand how positionality is conceptualised and used in HCI, we conducted two studies: (i) a scoping review of positionality and reflexivity statements in CHI papers from the last 11 years and (ii) a survey of HCI researchers (n=75). Our findings show that positionality statements are often viewed as a box-ticking exercise and their influence on the research is seldom discussed. They are also often restricted to more sensitive areas of research and may impact marginalised identities. We argue that positionality statements may be valuable but not as markers of methodological rigour; their content should be at the discretion of authors and methodologically consistent. Our contributions include a current snapshot of positionality in HCI and reflections on its current role and future directions in HCI.

著者
Aneesha Singh
University College London, London, United Kingdom
Martin Johannes. Dechant
University College London, London, United Kingdom
Dilisha Patel
UCL, London, United Kingdom
Ewan Soubutts
University College London, London, United Kingdom
Giulia Barbareschi
Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
Amid Ayobi
University College London, London, United Kingdom
Nikki Newhouse
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
DOI

10.1145/3706598.3713280

論文URL

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713280

動画

会議: CHI 2025

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2025.acm.org/)

セッション: Future of HCI and Research Practices

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