EmpathiCH: Scrutinizing Empathy-Centric Design Beyond the Individual

Alok Debnath; Allison Lahnala; Uğur Genç; Ewan Soubutts; Michal Lahav; Tiffanie Horne; Wo Meijer; Yun Suen Pai; Yen-Chia Hsu; Giulia Barbareschi; Himanshu Verma; Andrea Mauri

doi:10.1145/3613905.3636297

EmpathiCH: Scrutinizing Empathy-Centric Design Beyond the Individual

Alok Debnath, Allison Lahnala, Uğur Genç, Ewan Soubutts, Michal Lahav, Tiffanie Horne, Wo Meijer, Yun Suen Pai, Yen-Chia Hsu, Giulia Barbareschi, Himanshu Verma, Andrea Mauri

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Abstract

The EmpathiCH Workshop aims to blend a diverse set of expertise to expand upon the nascent field of Empathy-Centric Design. Building on the discussions in previous editions of the workshop, this iteration invites contributions which scrutinize the use of empathy as a design principle in digital interfaces. We encourage inquiry in a number of research dimensions: examining the multifaceted nature of empathy; establishing both the requirements and shortcomings of empathy in design research; discussing key post-human stakeholders in digital interfaces (social groups, causes, digital avatars, artificial agents etc.); and expanding the scope of empathy research beyond preliminary perspective-taking. The workshop, structured as a combination of author panels, expert discussion, and interactive activities, provides the ideal venue to foster a critical discussion on the nature of the suitability of empathy in digital design, especially in the rapidly approaching context of its role in post-humanist HCI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2024
Subtitle of host publication	Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	F.F. Mueller, P. Kyburz, J.R. Williamson, C. Sas
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-7
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	979-8-4007-0331-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3636297
Publication status	Published - 2024
Event	CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Honolulu, United States Duration: 11 May 2024 → 16 May 2024 https://chi2024.acm.org

Conference

Conference	CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated title	CHI'24
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	11/05/24 → 16/05/24
Internet address	https://chi2024.acm.org

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Keywords

empathy
empathy-centric design
assessment of empathy
attributes of empathy
ethics of empathy
collaboration

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Debnath, A., Lahnala, A., Genç, U., Soubutts, E., Lahav, M., Horne, T., Meijer, W., Pai, Y. S., Hsu, Y.-C., Barbareschi, G., Verma, H., & Mauri, A. (2024). EmpathiCH: Scrutinizing Empathy-Centric Design Beyond the Individual. In F. F. Mueller, P. Kyburz, J. R. Williamson, & C. Sas (Eds.), CHI 2024 : Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-7). Article 467 ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3636297

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EmpathiCH: Scrutinizing Empathy-Centric Design Beyond the Individual. / Debnath, Alok; Lahnala, Allison; Genç, Uğur et al.
CHI 2024 : Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / F.F. Mueller; P. Kyburz; J.R. Williamson; C. Sas. New York: ACM, 2024. p. 1-7 467.

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