Sign up here Throughout 2021, a central part of my ESRC postdoctoral fellowship will be to disseminate the findings of my doctoral research that investigated communication involving children with severe speech and physical impairments andContinue reading
Author: Seray Ibrahim
Cultivating Care
For the benefit of three years down the line, when the pace of London life will likely resume to ‘business as normal’, I’m writing this post as daily routines are disrupted, relations protracted, and thoughtsContinue reading
What we Learn When Designing with Marginalised Children
IDC 2020 Workshop 12: What we Learn When Designing with Marginalised Children June 2020, online event So much child computer interaction (CCI) research has focused on the process of how to involve children and technologyContinue reading
Transcription, representation and children’s voices
A large focus of my PhD work has been on finding ways of hearing and amplifying the voices of non-speaking children with physical disabilities. Generating children’s voices that are faithful to what children wantContinue reading
A jack of all trades?
The start of the year proved itself to be an adrenaline (and coffee) filled journey of presenting my PhD project and discussing new directions with many people – old friends and new. It also coincidedContinue reading
A video study on AAC use in conversations
I’m so delighted to share details of my first full paper co-authored with Mina Vasalou and Mike Clarke. It’s to appear in the CHI 2018 proceedings and has been awarded an honourable mention. Continue reading
Theorising communication
Since my last post, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time studying some of the different perspectives on communication. In a bid to understand how my own thoughts align with or differ fromContinue reading
Cross pollinated disciplines
The benefits of interdisciplinary perspectives to tackle every day problems have long been advocated in many walks of life. Without the influence of arts and sciences, how could solutions for any situation be sustainableContinue reading
A focus on values
Over recent years, child computer interaction (CCI) research has pushed the agenda for interaction design, embedding the contributions of children throughout the design process. Researchers are teasing out and critiquing the roles thatContinue reading
Interaction Design and Children 2016: pre-conference workshop ‘Roles & Values’
Today I was fortunate to participate in the IDC 2016 pre-conference workshop which explored Roles and Values of Children in Design. ‘Role Workshop’ organisers: Monica Landoni, Elisa Rubegni, Emma Nicol, Janet C Read ‘Value Workshop’Continue reading