1st TiM Seminar (2021-2022)

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Shifting Grounds: Translating Academic Research on Affect to User Experience Research at Google

The theme of this year's seminar series is Practices of Translation!In the first seminar session, we will meet with Marta Zarzycka:In this talk, I discuss the applicability and limits of scholarly approaches to emotions in the business oriented environment of UX Research. I will briefly introduce my past academic research on the role emotions play among underserved and under-represented communities, and address the re-adjustment required when shifting focus to enterprise for-profit context. An example of such a pivot is the concept of “empathy,” traditionally understood as a driver of personal and communal ethics. In UX settings of B2B or B2C, this human-subject becomes muddied with corporate and enterprise agendas and is no longer a voice of one. My aim is to highlight how and why I have adjusted my methods, metrics, and deliverables in the narrowed context of product-focused impact. What remains? What gets lost in translation? How to be accountable when talking about emotions knowing fully well that the insights gathered serve to reach business goals and drive revenue?Suggested readingMarta Zarzycka has shared a list of books that have influenced her work as a UX researcher:- Design Struggles: Intersecting Histories, Pedagogies, and Perspectives, by Claudia Mareis, Zoy Anastassakis, Cheryl Buckley, Sria Chatterjee, and Nina Paim, 2021.- What Works: Gender Equality by Design, by Iris Bohnet, 2018.- Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men, by Katrine Marçal, 2021.- White Logic White Methods, edited by Tukufu Zuberi and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, 2008.We are looking forward to seeing you there.Very best wishes,TiM Community

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