Para Cima y Pa’ Abajo: building bridges between HCI research in Latin America and in the Global North

Reynolds-Cuéllar, Pedro, Wong-Villacres, Marisol, Badillo-Urquiola, Karla, Machuca, Mayra Donaji Barrera, Cibrian, Franceli L., Felice, Marianela Ciofi, Fuentes, Carolina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0871-939X, Gaytan-Lago, Laura Sanely, Motti, Vivian Genaro, Perusquia-Hernandez, Monica and Lemus, Oscar A. 2023. Para Cima y Pa’ Abajo: building bridges between HCI research in Latin America and in the Global North. Presented at: CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Hamburg, Germany, 23-28 April 2023. Published in: Albrecht, A., Vaananen, K., Goyal, T., Kristensson, P. O., Peters, A., Mueller, S., Williamson, J. R. and Wilson, Max L. eds. Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery, 10.1145/3544548.3581138

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Abstract

The Human-computer Interaction (HCI) community has the opportunity to foster the integration of research practices across the Global South and North to begin overcoming colonial relationships. In this paper, we focus on the case of Latin America (LATAM), where initiatives to increase the representation of HCI practitioners lack a consolidated understanding of the practices they employ, the factors that influence them, and the challenges that practitioners face. To address this knowledge gap, we employ a mixed-methods approach, comprising a survey (66 respondents) and in-depth interviews (19 interviewees). Our analyses characterize a set of research perspectives on how HCI is practiced in/about LATAM; a set of driving forces and tensions with a heavy reliance on diasporic dynamics; and a set of professional demands and associated structural limitations. We also offer a roadmap towards building connections across HCI communities, in an attempt to rebuild HCI as a pluriverse.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Computer Science & Informatics
Publisher:	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN:	9781450394215
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	13 December 2023
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2023 13:23
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/164654

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