Post-Growth HCI

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers have increasingly been questioning computing's engagement with unsustainable and unjust economic growth, pushing for identifying alternatives. Incorporating degrowth, post-development, and steady-state approaches, post-growth philosophy offers an alternative not rooted in growth but in improving quality of life. It recommends an equitable reduction in resource use through sensible distributive practices where fulfillment is based on values including solidarity, cooperation, care, social justice, and localized development. This brand new TOCHI paper—coauthored with Vishal Sharma and Bonnie Nardi—that I will present describes opportunities for HCI to take a post-growth orientation in research, design, and practice to reimagine the design of sociotechnical systems toward advancing sustainable, just, and humane futures. We aim for the critiques, concerns, and recommendations offered by post-growth to be integrated into transformative HCI practices for technology-mediated change.

Connect with Neha Kumar:
Profile: https://www.cc.gatech.edu/people/neha...
Personal Website: https://www.nehakumar.org/

Connect with BBISS:
Website: https://sustainable.gatech.edu
LinkedIn:   / georgia-tech-bbiss  

The Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems hosts a Seminar Series to bring together the community of sustainability researchers at Georgia Tech, and to highlight their work to a broader audience. Learn more by connecting with us!