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Seven Times Upon an Ism: Extending the Layered Drivers Framework
A year ago, we introduced the Layered Drivers “isms” framework building on Boehnert’s levels of sexism as a structured way to identify and act upon the complex, multi-level drivers of systemic oppression in professional settings. Since then, we’ve been busy not just talking about it, but testing and expanding it, in the messiness of real […]
Unpacking Layered Drivers: Tugging on the Threads of Systemic Change
June 29, 2025
When we began this work, we weren’t trying to build a new model. We were just trying to make sense of why meaningful change so often stalls—even when the will is there. As researchers and practitioners committed to Professional Practice with real-world impact, we’ve grown wary of single-point interventions. A new policy here, a workshop […]
Why We Needed to Retell the Story of Computing
June 29, 2025
When we started this work, we weren’t trying to retrofit sustainability or decolonisation into our existing computing teaching. We knew that would never be enough. Instead, we asked a more foundational question: What does a decolonised computing professional look like? Not just in theory, but in lived, everyday practice. That question led us down a […]
Post of a thread of a conference presentation as a podcast on podcasts as research on practice
December 11, 2024
That was a fun one – podcasting an #OPSITARA conference presentation about podcasts in professional practice research. With Tim Lynch and Lucky Hawkins (plus the words of Jules Tautz and Finn Boyle, with Mawera Karetai). “Like and Subscribe and Learn: Podcasts in Learning”. Jules Tautz recently completed her Master of Professional Practice at Capable NZ, […]
Am I an activist?
February 26, 2014
Ben Shneiderman declared at CHI last year that “HCI is an activist discipline”. We’re trying to work out the implications of this – what would it mean for computing to be an activist discipline? (see also Hopeful Tourism Computing). To find out, I’ve been trawling through the podcasts for sustainablelens.org where we ask […]
Computing for Sustainability 
June 29, 2025
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