From her story, to our story: Digital storytelling as public engagement around abortion rights advocacy in Ireland

Lydia Michie; Madeline Balaam; John McCarthy; Timur Osadchiy; Kellie Morrissey

doi:10.1145/3173574.3173931

From her story, to our story: Digital storytelling as public engagement around abortion rights advocacy in Ireland

Lydia Michie
, Madeline Balaam
, John McCarthy
, Timur Osadchiy
, Kellie Morrissey

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Abstract

Despite the divisive nature of abortion within the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, where access to safe, legal abortion is severely restricted, effecting legislative reform demands widespread public support. In light of a building pro-choice counter-voice, this work contributes to a growing body of HCI research that takes an activist approach to design. We report findings from four design workshops with 31 pro-choice stakeholders across Ireland in which we positioned an exploratory protosite, HerStoryTold, to engender critical conversations around the use of sensitive abortion narratives as a tool for engagement. Our analysis shows how digital storytelling can help reject false narratives and raise awareness of the realities of abortion laws. It suggests design directions to curate narratives that provoke empathy, foster polyvocality, and ultimately expand the engaged community. Furthermore, this research calls for designers to actively support community mobilization through providing 'stepping stones' to activism.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Engage with CHI
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450356206, 9781450356213
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173931
Publication status	Published - 20 Apr 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 21 Apr 2018 → 26 Apr 2018

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume	2018-April

Conference

Conference	2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	21/04/18 → 26/04/18

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Activism
Feminist HCI
Reproductive rights
Social movements
Storytelling

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Michie, L., Balaam, M., McCarthy, J., Osadchiy, T., & Morrissey, K. (2018). From her story, to our story: Digital storytelling as public engagement around abortion rights advocacy in Ireland. In CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 2018-April). Association for Computing Machinery . https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173931

Michie, Lydia ; Balaam, Madeline ; McCarthy, John et al. / From her story, to our story : Digital storytelling as public engagement around abortion rights advocacy in Ireland. CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. Association for Computing Machinery , 2018. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Michie, L, Balaam, M, McCarthy, J, Osadchiy, T & Morrissey, K 2018, From her story, to our story: Digital storytelling as public engagement around abortion rights advocacy in Ireland. in CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, vol. 2018-April, Association for Computing Machinery , 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018, Montreal, Canada, 21/04/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173931

From her story, to our story: Digital storytelling as public engagement around abortion rights advocacy in Ireland. / Michie, Lydia; Balaam, Madeline; McCarthy, John et al.
CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. Association for Computing Machinery , 2018. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 2018-April).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Conference proceeding › peer-review

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Michie L, Balaam M, McCarthy J, Osadchiy T, Morrissey K. From her story, to our story: Digital storytelling as public engagement around abortion rights advocacy in Ireland. In CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. Association for Computing Machinery . 2018. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3173574.3173931

From her story, to our story: Digital storytelling as public engagement around abortion rights advocacy in Ireland

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