Restorying Through Design Intersecting Oppressions in Computing Education Using Black Feminist-Womanist Methodologies
Mia S. Shaw · Proceedings. · 2023
Despite the push for engaging nondominant youth in learning computing, researchers have stressed the importance of supporting youth in understanding the sociopolitical and ethical dimensions of the design of emerging technologies.This poster presents the design and implementation of an informal workshop in which a racially/ethnically-diverse group of nondominant, 14-15-year-old youth designed interactive artifacts that reimagined or "restoried" dominant narratives about computing technologies.Through centering Black women's knowledge and experiences with intersecting oppressions, this study framed African-American women's quilt-making as a restorying through design methodology rooted in Black feministwomanist theories.Reporting on the design experiences of 4 Black participants (i.e., 3 girls and 1 boy), I asked, How might restorying through design using Black feminist-womanist methodologies reveal intersecting oppressions throughout computing education and culture?Data collected and analyzed included participants' quilt artifacts, exit ticket/final survey responses, and observation field notes.Findings demonstrated how white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and capitalism can shape Black women's experiences in computing education and with computational technologies.Implications for this study include the affordances and challenges of centering Black feminist-womanist methodologies in computing education.