A 13ª Creativity Talk, a primeira de 2024, terá como convidada a Professora Batya Friedman (University of Washington), pioneira em Value Sensitive Design (VSD), uma abordagem que tem em conta os valores humanos na conceção de sistemas técnicos. Demonstrará de que forma o seu trabalho nesta área resultou em construções teóricas robustas, dezenas de métodos inovadores e conjuntos de ferramentas práticas, como os Envisioning Cards. A conceção sensível aos valores foi amplamente adotada, sendo atualmente utilizada em arquitetura, informática biomédica, engenharia civil, segurança informática, energia, saúde global, interação homem-computador, interação homem-robótica, gestão da informação, teoria jurídica, filosofia moral, política tecnológica, transportes e planeamento urbano, entre outras áreas.
“Shaping Technology with Moral Imagination: The Creative Act of Value Sensitive Design” será apresentada dia 22 de fevereiro, às 18:00, no canal YouTube das C Talks, com a moderação da Prof. Eliana Santiago, Professora Auxiliar da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto.
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“Batya Friedman is a Professor in the Information School and holds adjunct appointments in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, the School of Law, and the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington where she co-founded the Value Sensitive Design Lab and the UW Tech Policy Lab. At the heart of Dr. Friedman’s work lies a fascination with cultivating moral and technical imagination. Dr. Friedman pioneered value sensitive design (VSD), an approach to account for human values in the design of technical systems. Over the course of three decades, her work in value sensitive design has resulted in robust theoretical constructs, dozens of innovative methods, and practical toolkits such as the Envisioning Cards. Value sensitive design has had wide appeal globally where it has been used in architecture, biomedical health informatics, civil engineering, computer security, energy, global health, human-computer interaction, human-robotic interaction, information management, legal theory, moral philosophy, tech policy, transportation, and urban planning, among other fields. Additionally, value sensitive design is emerging in higher education, government, and industry as a key approach to address computing ethics and responsible innovation. Today, Dr. Friedman is working on open questions in value sensitive design including multi-lifespan design, and designing for and with non-human stakeholders – questions critical for the wellbeing of human societies and the planet.”