Data Visualisation + Design for Disability + Speculative Design + Crip
Cripping Data Visualizations:
Crip Technoscience as Critical Lens for Designing Digital Access
Stacy Hsueh
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, shsueh@kth.se
Beatrice Vincenzi
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, bvin@kth.se
Akshata Murdeshwar
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, akshata@kth.se
Marianela Ciolfi Felice
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
ACCEPTED as a Long Paper to ASSETS2023 CONFERENCE in NYC, Oct 23-25
ABSTRACT:
Data visualizations have become the primary mechanism for engaging with quantitative information. However, many of these visualizations are inaccessible to blind and low-vision people. This paper investigates the challenge of designing accessible data visualizations through the lens of crip technoscience. We present four speculative design case studies that conceptually explore four qualities of access built on crip wisdom: access as an ongoing process, a frictional practice, a subjective position, and transformation. Each speculative study embodies inquiry and “futuring”, making visible common assumptions about access and exploring how an alternative crip-informed framework can shape designs that foreground the creativity of disabled people. We end by presenting tactics for designing digital access from a crip perspective.
MY ROLE:
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Participating in brainstorming and formulating speculative designs discussed in the paper
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Making all the visual assets through sketching, 3d modeling, hands-on-craft, photo editing etc.