Title
A Feminist HCI Approach to Designing Postpartum Technologies: "When I first saw a breast pump I was wondering if it was a joke".
Abstract
In recent years, the CHI community has begun to discuss how HCI research could improve the experience of motherhood. In this paper, we take up the challenge of designing for this complex life phase and present an analysis of data collected from a design process that included over 1,000 mother-submitted ideas to improve the breast pump, a technology that allows mothers around the world to collect and store their breast milk. In addition to presenting a range of ideas to improve this specific technology, we discuss environmental, legal, social, and emotional dimensions of the postpartum period that suggest opportunities for a range of additional supportive technologies. We close with insights linking our findings to ongoing discussions related to Feminist HCI theory, crowdsourcing, and participatory design.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1145/2858036.2858460
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
Motherhood,Feminist HCI,Human-Centered Design,Crowdsourcing,Breastfeeding,Postpartum
Breastfeeding,Joke,Participatory design,Engineering ethics,Computer science,Crowdsourcing,Breast pump,Design process,Multimedia,User-centered design
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-3362-7
14
0.72
References 
Authors
10
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Catherine D'Ignazio1225.22
Alexis Hope2737.13
Becky Michelson3140.72
Robyn Churchill4140.72
Ethan Zuckerman5475.54