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HCD is Not OK. An Argument For Relational Design in the Age of Climate Crisis.

The world doesn’t actually revolve around us so pretending it does and ignoring everything else seems like a bad idea. Here are some of my…

Jan 24, 2022

HCD is Not OK. An Argument For Relational Design in the Age of Climate Crisis.

Jan 24, 2022

Being Objects / Being AI— a workshop

Two design fiction activities to decentre the human perspective

Dec 5, 2021

Being Objects / Being AI— a workshop

Dec 5, 2021

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Wellcome Data

How can we balance equity and empowerment with open mental health science?

Wellcome is enabling the development of new, more personalised interventions in mental health but there are some significant challenges.

Nov 9, 2021

How can we balance equity and empowerment with open mental health science?

Nov 9, 2021

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Wellcome Data

The MindKind Study has launched in the UK- update and insights so far

What we’re learning about embedding young people in research, ensuring equity, and some of the inevitable technical hurdles we’ve faced.

Sep 24, 2021

The MindKind Study has launched in the UK- update and insights so far

Sep 24, 2021

Data is about relationships, not individuals

A post about pluralism in data and AI and considering non-Western ethical frameworks like Ubuntu.

Jul 29, 2021

Data is about relationships, not individuals

Jul 29, 2021

The Black Box Body: Cultural Context and Machine Learning in Medical Diagnostics

A summary of an ethnographic analysis looking at medical uses of AI. It documents a San Fransisco based deep learning startup building a…

Jun 20, 2021

The Black Box Body: Cultural Context and Machine Learning in Medical Diagnostics

Jun 20, 2021

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UX Collective

Every data set has a setting — a workshop

Notes from a workshop I ran as part of the Uroboros 2021 Festival, organised by the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague. In the…

Jun 20, 2021

Every data set has a setting — a workshop

Jun 20, 2021

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UX Collective

Creative R&D for Data

Using creative R&D to go beyond ethics and build data technologies that embed a different set of values from the ground up.

Jul 25, 2021

Illustration of a hand holding a box of binary numbers.

Jul 25, 2021

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Wellcome Data

Moving from design to build — an update on the Global Mental Health Databank study

It’s been a while since we last updated you on the progress of the GMH Databank so here’s a quick update of where we’ve got to…

Feb 8, 2021

Moving from design to build — an update on the Global Mental Health Databank study

Feb 8, 2021

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UX Collective

Do we need a new approach for designing with AI?

Thinking through the limitations of HCD for AI tech, and considering the value of relational design for data systems.

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Coloured threads wound around spokes to form a network. Photo by Omar Flores on Unsplash

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Miranda Marcus

Miranda Marcus

Acting Head BBC News Labs / Wellcome Trust Data For Mental Health Research. ex Open Data Institute. Writes about data, design, digital, and anthropology.

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