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UCLIC Research Seminar Series
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Online access available on Zoom: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/96085676099
Abstract
This talk will provide insights from a two-year long duoethnography of family informatics. The work focuses on tracking technologies designed to support new parents and takes a data feminist perspective. From the findings, I will be discussing how family informatics in particular can encapsulate moral views of care, help make visible and invisible different forms of care labour, as well as unpack privacy and ethical concerns and how this differs from other forms of data tracking. Ultimately, this talk broadens the understanding of family informatics and how we should be designing for it.
Biography
Dr Marta E. Cecchinato is an Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) in the Computer and Information Sciences Department at Northumbria University. Her research is centred around the core vision of addressing challenges in how we work and live in the digital age, by understanding the problems, conceptualising strategies to help develop users' digital resilience and wellbeing, and designing and evaluating digital solutions that empower users. In particular, she is interested in the impact technology can have on productivity, and has developed interventions around work-life balance and mental wellbeing for various stakeholders, such as students, knowledge workers, junior doctors, new parents, freelancers, and gig economy workers. More recently she has been studying the role that personal data plays when shared in work and family settings, with implication for privacy and agency. More details can be found on her website: www.cecchinato.me