{"595557":{"#nid":"595557","#data":{"type":"news","title":"HCI Digital Media Student Receives Distinction at 2017 Society for Social Studies Meeting","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn August 30 - September 2, 2017, at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) \u0026ndash; the premier annual meeting in the interdisciplinary field of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;Human-Computer Interaction-Digital Media student Lorina Navarro won distinction for her provocative interactive narrative \u0026ldquo;Our Driverless Futures: Speculating Moral Dilemmas of Self-Driving Cars.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENavarro\u0026rsquo;s interactive narrative\u0026nbsp;iconography is endearing and even cute, but amid its visual and narrative wit, the piece conveys serious messages about the ethical stakes of driverless cars. Navarro\u0026rsquo;s work\u0026nbsp;was inspired by a paper written by Literature , Media, and Communication (LMC), which houses the HCI DM program, assistant professor of digital media, Nassim JafariNaimi, \u0026ldquo;Our Bodies on the Trolley\u0026rsquo;s Path, or Why Self-Driving Cars Must *Not* Be Programmed to Kill,\u0026rdquo; which was recently published by the 4S journal, \u003Cem\u003EScience, Technology and Human Values\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our Driverless Futures\u0026rdquo; was a part of the \u0026ldquo;Making and Doing\u0026rdquo; session of the conference, an exhibit that highlighted scholarly practices that extend beyond the academic paper or book. In addition to Navarro\u0026rsquo;s award-winning installation, graduate students Shruti Dalvi and Udaya Lakshmi presented a GVU\/IPAT-supported installation, \u0026ldquo;Tracing Eyes and Hearts,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;that they developed with Jafari Naimi and Anne Pollock (from LMC) and Lewis Wheaton and Regan Lawson (from Biological Sciences).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech faculty and students were well-represented overall at the 4S meeting.\u0026nbsp; Several faculty worked together with colleagues on other campuses to organize panels on key topics of interest.\u0026nbsp;From Literature, Media, and Communication: Carl DiSalvo on Critical Data Practices, Nassim JafariNaimi on Feminist Engagements with Smart Cities, Anne Pollock on Racism and Health. From History and\u0026nbsp;Sociology: Mary McDonald on Science, Technology \u0026amp; Sport, and Jennifer Singh on Autism Diagnosis and Care. In addition, Hans Klein, Robert Rosenberger, and John Walsh from Public Policy also presented papers, as did Digital Media doctoral\u0026nbsp;student Alyssa Rumsey; History and Sociology doctoral\u0026nbsp;students Mario Bianchini, Amanda Domingues, and Renee Shelby; and Architecture doctoral\u0026nbsp;student Marisabel Marratt.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;On August 30 - September 2, 2017, at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) \u0026ndash; the premier annual meeting in the interdisciplinary field of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;Human-Computer Interaction-Digital Media student Lorina Navarro won distinction for her provocative interactive narrative \u0026ldquo;Our Driverless Futures: Speculating Moral Dilemmas of Self-Driving Cars.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Over Labor Day weekend at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) \u2013 the premier annual meeting in the interdisciplinary field of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) \u2013 Human-Computer Interaction-Digital Media student Lorina Navarro won distinctio"}],"uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2017-09-06 14:22:12","changed_gmt":"2017-10-04 15:24:43","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"595558":{"id":"595558","type":"image","title":"Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)","body":null,"created":"1504707942","gmt_created":"2017-09-06 14:25:42","changed":"1504707942","gmt_changed":"2017-09-06 14:25:42","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226963","name":"Society for Social Studies of Science 00.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Society%20for%20Social%20Studies%20of%20Science%2000.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Society%20for%20Social%20Studies%20of%20Science%2000.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":461516,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Society%20for%20Social%20Studies%20of%20Science%2000.JPG?itok=8K9AEa8y"}}},"media_ids":["595558"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/4sonline.org\/","title":"Society for Social Studies of Science"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"url":"http:\/\/mshci.gatech.edu\/","title":"Human Computer Interaction"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15741","name":"4S"},{"id":"175416","name":"Society for Social Studies of Science"},{"id":"1932","name":"human computer interaction"},{"id":"175417","name":"Lorina Navarro"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}