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HCI for peace: a call for constructive action
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HCI for peace: a call for constructive action

Juan Pablo Hourcade and Natasha Bullock-Rest
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on human factors in computing systems, pp.443-452
CHI '11
05/07/2011
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979005

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Abstract

Peace is an important value for the human-computer interaction research community, yet it has not resulted in the development of a research sub-community or even a research agenda. In this paper we seek to address this void by first motivating the need for computing research on promoting peace and preventing war. We then review evidence on the factors that affect the likelihood that armed conflict will occur, as well as the aspects involved when individuals make moral decisions on whether or not to support a war. Based on this review, we propose a research agenda, citing research examples from the human-computer interaction literature and discussing new ideas.
causes of conflict compassion empathy peace research agenda Software technology war

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