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Audrey Desjardins

Audrey Desjardins

· Associate Professor, Interaction Design

University of Washington · Art + Art History + Design

Active 1917–2025

h-index24
Citations2.1k
Papers8330 last 5y
Funding$174k

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About

Using a critical lens, my research investigates experiences of living with technology in the home. I use methods like research-through-design, autobiographical design, and participatory design as approaches to critique and reimagine current visions of Internet of Things technologies.

Research topics

  • Computer Science
  • Sociology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Engineering
  • Human–computer interaction
  • Art
  • Aesthetics
  • Social Science
  • Business

Selected publications

  • Introduction to the Special Issue on First-Person Methods in HCI

    ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction · 2021 · 117 citations

    1st authorCorresponding

    In this introduction to the special issue on First-Person Methods in (Human-Computer Interaction) HCI, we present a brief overview of first-person methods, their origin, and their use in Human-Computer Interaction. We also detail the difference between first-person methods, second-person, and third-person methods, as a way to guide the reader when engaging the special issue articles. We articulate our motivation for putting together this special issue: we wanted a collection of works that would…

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  • Cracks in the Success Narrative: Rethinking Failure in Design Research through a Retrospective Trioethnography

    ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction · 2021 · 84 citations

    What can design researchers learn from our own and each other's failures? We explore “failure” expansively—turning away from tidy success narratives toward messy unfoldings and reflexive discomfort—through retrospective trioethnography. Our findings reflect on failures we identified in six past design research projects: issues of relational labor of deployment, mismatched designer/participant imaginaries, burden of participation, and invisibility of researcher labor. Our discussion contributes t…

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  • IoT Data in the Home: Observing Entanglements and Drawing New Encounters

    2020 · 60 citations

    1st authorCorresponding

    Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for the home are gaining in popularity, generating exponential data byproducts. Yet, everyday relationships between home dwellers and domestic IoT data often remain secondary interactions, preventing deeper understanding and awareness of data tracked in the home. Our paper offers a design ethnography and design inquiry which examine these human-data entanglements. Findings from working with 10 inhabitants who interact with their IoT data illustrate five char…

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  • Monitoring Pets, Deterring Intruders, and Casually Spying on Neighbors: Everyday Uses of Smart Home Cameras

    CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2022-04-28 · 56 citations

    articleOpen access

    The increased adoption of smart home cameras (SHCs) foregrounds issues of surveillance, power, and privacy in homes and neighborhoods. However, questions remain about how people are currently using these devices to monitor and surveil, what the benefits and limitations are for users, and what privacy and security tensions arise between primary users and other stakeholders. We present an empirical study with 14 SHC users to understand how these devices are used and integrated within everyday life…

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  • On the Making of Alternative Data Encounters: The Odd Interpreters

    2023-04-19 · 38 citations

    articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding

    While data are the backbone for home Internet of Things’ (IoT) functional and economic model, data remain elusive and abstract for home dwellers. In response, we present the Odd Interpreters (OIs): a collection of three artifacts that materialize alternative ways of engaging with IoT data in home environments. The OIs recast home data as imaginative sounds (Broadcast), fading fabric (Soft Fading), and cookie recipes (Data Bakery) with the intent to reveal the hidden human labor and material infr…

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Frequent coauthors

  • Ron Wakkary

    Eindhoven University of Technology

    35 shared

  • Sabrina Hauser

    Umeå University

    11 shared

  • William Odom

    Simon Fraser University

    7 shared

  • Heidi Biggs

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    7 shared

  • Carman Neustaedter

    Simon Fraser University

    5 shared

  • Cayla Key

    Northumbria University

    5 shared

  • Andrés Lucero

    Aalto University

    4 shared

  • Daniela K. Rosner

    University of Washington

    4 shared

Labs

  • Studio TiltPI

    We weave together curiosity, critical thinking, attention to detail, a love of craft and a commitment to exploring the unknown.

Education

  • Ph.D.

    School of Interactive Arts + Technology

  • M.A.

    School of Interactive Arts + Technology

  • B.A.

    Université de Montreal

Awards & honors

  • Core77 Awards 2024

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