I wanna talk about a thing in #ParticipatoryDesign that we didn't get to talk about during @fempowertech #CHIversity panel today.
INTERNALIZED OPPRESSION
INTERNALIZED OPPRESSION
When we work with marginalized groups as co-informants, co-designers, and co-researchers, we have to be aware of internalized oppression in ourselves and our participants.
Internalized Oppression can result in our participants expressing desires that align with their systemic oppression.
This doesn't mean that those desires are invalid! BUT
This doesn't mean that those desires are invalid! BUT
As researchers and designers we have a responsibility to address those desires with reflection and respect for the nuanced realities of their origins.
We have to be able to meet the desires of our participants without contributing to or exacerbating the systems of oppression in which they are imagined.
We can talk about examples later. I'm being yelled at by tiny humans of my own making.
We can talk about examples later. I'm being yelled at by tiny humans of my own making.
