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hfrlucka · 2021-02-18T16:49:15Z

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hfrlucka · 2021-02-18T18:21:33Z

My blog post on Designing Trans Technology paper

bvasiles

Great write-up, I think the style is perfect for a blog post. Made me want to read the original paper.

bvasiles · 2021-03-15T03:26:00Z

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+Haimson et al. first introduce the problem of exclusionary technology design. Trans people have difficult lives in the real world, and this challenging experience is continued on the internet as well. Online, trans people can experience legal challenges (e.g. changing their deadname), transphobic and discriminatory comments, algorithmic bias, and a lack of resources and support. Haimson et. al review both existing work related to trans technologies as well as 'anti-trans' technologies which often cause harm for trans users. 
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+In the related work section, Haimson et al. discuss anti-trans technologies and the four different categories of exisiting trans technologies: technolgies highlighting identity, supporting safety, providing resources, and building up community. For each of these four categories, the paper includes several examples of these categories and discuss those that succeed (e.g. U-Signal, a prototype technology for trans women and non-binary people of color's safety by alerting their contacts if they percieve a physical threat), as well as fail (i.e. Transdr, a trans dating app, which may not serve trans people's needs so much as it is fetishizing them). The anti-trans technology section of the related work section struck me as very extensive on providing examples of harmful technologies, as some of the examples came as a surprise to me. I would recommend anyone read this paper for that section alone, as it sheds a lot of light on unique issues that trans people face that I believe many people are unaware about. This section also notes the progress that some technologies have made, such as Facebook's gender options becoming much more inclusive over time. Finally, the related work section discusses where the exisiting literature is lacking, which is primarily that there have been broader LGBTQ+ studies, there have been no participatory design studies on *specifically* trans populations. This paper does a good job of identifying and explaining the problem (the hook) with current technologies, as well as explaining how they intend to remedy this issue.


Can you be more explicit about what are the problem, gap, and hook? Take a look at the two Lingard readings from class

bvasiles · 2021-03-15T03:30:56Z

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+I believe the future-making part of the participatory design contributes heavily to the theory of this paper, as well as this field, since it produces previously unseen results to the academic world. Participants identified thirteen unique challenges to trans folk: access to society, financial/employment challengers, gatekeeping, healthcare, housing, lack of access to resources, online identity (which I found very relevant to my work), polie, pressure to educate cisgender people about trans identities, racial injustice, and miscellaneous challenges (e.g., lack of access to trans history). Each of these challenges provides a path for a new direction of research, which I find very exciting, and I personally hope to contribute to the online identity body of research.
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+Perhaps unsurprisingly given the very challenge/problem focused attitude of this paper, I believe Haimson's philosophical stance to be pragmatic. (Side note: They're giving a talk at CMU on March. 26th - do I get bonus points if they confirm this?) The world of trans technoligies is incredibly nuanced, and as a result a more objective or binary philosophy would not be well-matched to the area. As a result, something a lot more qualitative, detailed, and human-focused is required here to focus on combatting the many issues that trans individuals face, which implies a certain pragmaticism towards the problem.


Sounds more like Advocate / Critical Theorist to me based on your description, but yes, bonus points after they confirm.

See page 19 in https://bvasiles.github.io/empirical-methods/slides/01-intro.pdf

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		Haimson et al. first introduce the problem of exclusionary technology design. Trans people have difficult lives in the real world, and this challenging experience is continued on the internet as well. Online, trans people can experience legal challenges (e.g. changing their deadname), transphobic and discriminatory comments, algorithmic bias, and a lack of resources and support. Haimson et. al review both existing work related to trans technologies as well as 'anti-trans' technologies which often cause harm for trans users.

		In the related work section, Haimson et al. discuss anti-trans technologies and the four different categories of exisiting trans technologies: technolgies highlighting identity, supporting safety, providing resources, and building up community. For each of these four categories, the paper includes several examples of these categories and discuss those that succeed (e.g. U-Signal, a prototype technology for trans women and non-binary people of color's safety by alerting their contacts if they percieve a physical threat), as well as fail (i.e. Transdr, a trans dating app, which may not serve trans people's needs so much as it is fetishizing them). The anti-trans technology section of the related work section struck me as very extensive on providing examples of harmful technologies, as some of the examples came as a surprise to me. I would recommend anyone read this paper for that section alone, as it sheds a lot of light on unique issues that trans people face that I believe many people are unaware about. This section also notes the progress that some technologies have made, such as Facebook's gender options becoming much more inclusive over time. Finally, the related work section discusses where the exisiting literature is lacking, which is primarily that there have been broader LGBTQ+ studies, there have been no participatory design studies on specifically trans populations. This paper does a good job of identifying and explaining the problem (the hook) with current technologies, as well as explaining how they intend to remedy this issue.


		I believe the future-making part of the participatory design contributes heavily to the theory of this paper, as well as this field, since it produces previously unseen results to the academic world. Participants identified thirteen unique challenges to trans folk: access to society, financial/employment challengers, gatekeeping, healthcare, housing, lack of access to resources, online identity (which I found very relevant to my work), polie, pressure to educate cisgender people about trans identities, racial injustice, and miscellaneous challenges (e.g., lack of access to trans history). Each of these challenges provides a path for a new direction of research, which I find very exciting, and I personally hope to contribute to the online identity body of research.

		Perhaps unsurprisingly given the very challenge/problem focused attitude of this paper, I believe Haimson's philosophical stance to be pragmatic. (Side note: They're giving a talk at CMU on March. 26th - do I get bonus points if they confirm this?) The world of trans technoligies is incredibly nuanced, and as a result a more objective or binary philosophy would not be well-matched to the area. As a result, something a lot more qualitative, detailed, and human-focused is required here to focus on combatting the many issues that trans individuals face, which implies a certain pragmaticism towards the problem.

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