{"686227":{"#nid":"686227","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Catherine Wieczorek","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECritical Approaches to Temporality in Human-Computer Interaction\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECatherine Wieczorek\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. Student in Human-Centered Computing\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate and time:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;November 20, 2025 1\u20133pm\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;IC Cafe (TSRB)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Lynn Dombrowski\u0026nbsp;\u2013 School of Interactive Computing,\u0026nbsp;Georgia Institute of\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETechnology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Cindy Kaiying Lin\u0026nbsp;\u2013 School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of\u003Cbr\u003ETechnology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Richmond Wong \u2013 Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Institute of\u003Cbr\u003ETechnology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Laura Forlano \u2013 College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Paul Dourish \u2013 Department of Informatics, UC Irvine\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisors:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Shaowen Bardzell \u2013\u0026nbsp; School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Carl DiSalvo \u2013\u0026nbsp; School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis dissertation examines how time shapes and organizes sociotechnical systems, emphasizing its political and infrastructural dimensions. Within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), time has often been studied as a resource to manage or design with, rather than as a force that structures power, access, and inequality. I advance a critical approach to temporality, showing how temporal systems sustain privilege and institutional order. Using design ethnography, I analyze two cases: young people navigating sexual health systems in Chicago and U.S. library workers managing infrastructural strain. These studies reveal how time governs participation, responsibility, and endurance. From this work, I develop the concept of temporal arrangements as recurring patterns of pacing, delay, and recurrence that emerge through historical, accreted assemblages. These arrangements organize, distribute, and make time consequential, exposing misalignments and durable structures that reproduce inequities. I describe three temporal arrangements\u2014compression, gaps, and loops\u2014to show how systems structure, and at times disrupt, people\u2019s ability to access care, support, or basic services. Together, these concepts offer an analytic and design vocabulary for understanding temporality as a mechanism of power and for envisioning more equitable sociotechnical systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECritical Approaches to Temporality in Human-Computer Interaction\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Critical Approaches to Temporality in Human-Computer Interaction"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2025-11-05 19:26:56","changed_gmt":"2025-11-05 19:27:35","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-11-20T13:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2025-11-20T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-11-20T15:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-11-20 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-11-20 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-11-20 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"IC Cafe (TSRB)","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}