What if?.. Fabulating African HCI Futures within the Veil of HCI
Shaimaa Lazem, Muhammad Sadi Adamu, Yasmeen Abdrabou, Chris Muashekele, Sheena Lewis Erete, Jakita O. Thomas, Hafeni Mthoko, Heike Winschiers‐Theophilus, Nicola J. Bidwell, Aderonke Busayo Sakpere, Anicia Nicola Peters · 2023
This workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners (African and otherwise) engaging with diverse communities and industries to discuss the geopolitics of knowledge production in computing research and design. Our proposal builds on existing works that have explored the modalities of the knowledge economy - particularly as knowledge is created, legitimized, and circulated as objective truth via the exercise of power. For example, engaging indigenous communities in conferences and knowledge fairs have sought to challenge disciplinary silos and boundaries imposed on non-Western academics and practitioners. This workshop, as a platform for interaction and discussion with no “sage on the stage”, is the first of its kind within AfriCHI and it seeks to explore and promote more subtle discussions about HCI knowledge production and dissemination practices.