Feminist HCI has been rapidly developing in East Asian contexts in recent years. The region's unique cultural and political backgrounds have contributed valuable, situated knowledge, revealing topics such as localized digital feminism practices, or women's complex navigation among social expectations. However, the very factors that ground these perspectives also create significant survival challenges for researchers in East Asia. These include a scarcity of dedicated funding, the stigma of being perceived as less valuable than productivity-oriented technologies, and the lack of senior researchers and established, resilient communities.
Grounded in these challenges and our prior collective practices, our meet-up with two focused goals: (1) to provide a legitimized channel for Feminist HCI researchers to connect and build community, and (2) to facilitate an action-oriented dialogue on how to legitimize, develop, and sustain Feminist HCI in the East Asian context.
Check our meet-up proposal at arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13000
🔥 We have invited Prof. Shaowen Bardzell, the author of the seminal work Feminist HCI: Taking Stock and Outlining an Agenda for Design (CHI 2010), to join our meet-up, and to deliver an opening remark!
Interested? 👉 Please fill out this Google Form, so we can estimate the number of participants and better prepare for the event.
We have also created a 💬 Slack channel for participants to connect with each other. Feel free to join the conversation!
Opening Remarks: Prof. Shaowen Bardzell will open the meet-up with reflections on the development of Feminist HCI and its implications for researchers working in East Asia.
Warm-up: Participants briefly introduce themselves and share their perspectives on: “What does Feminist HCI mean to you?”
Group Discussion: An open discussion on navigating Feminist HCI in East Asia, including challenges, experiences, and strategies for sustaining feminist research and communities.
Open Networking: Participants continue informal conversations and explore opportunities for collaboration.
You do not have to be a feminist to participate in the Feminist HCI meet-up. We welcome allies and believe that our work is more powerful in collaboration. Please take a moment to review our Code of Conduct.
Interested in more feminist HCI activities at CHI 2026? Check out our sister meet-up 🫰: CHI Stitch ’n B*tch, A Feminist HCI Meet-up
For more Feminist HCI resources and events, please check our umbrella homepage 👀
