Katta Spiel (they/them)
@katta.bsky.social
queer crip in tech research, hearing sign language enthusiast
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Thanks to @katta.bsky.social who virtually joined us at UCC to speak on Global Ethics Day...Plenty of food for thought, and brilliant reading suggestions, including this article by Hanne De Jaegher, "Loving and knowing: reflections for an engaged epistemology" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Loving and knowing: reflections for an engaged epistemology - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
In search of our highest capacities, cognitive scientists aim to explain things like mathematics, language, and planning (and while explaining them, they often imagine computers at work). But are thes...
link.springer.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Thanks to @katta.bsky.social who virtually joined us at UCC to speak on Global Ethics Day...Plenty of food for thought, and brilliant reading suggestions, including this article by Hanne De Jaegher, "Loving and knowing: reflections for an engaged epistemology" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Warum Technologien, die für Menschen mit Behinderungen entwickelt wurden, oft an den Bedürfnissen Betroffener vorbeigehen und worauf es eigentlich ankommt, 👉 beschreibt @katta.bsky.social im Standard-Blog. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Zugang zu Technologien: Was wirklich zählt
Warum es weniger um futuristische Lösungen und mehr um Solidarität, Selbstbestimmung und einfache Zugänge geht
www.derstandard.at
July 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Warum Technologien, die für Menschen mit Behinderungen entwickelt wurden, oft an den Bedürfnissen Betroffener vorbeigehen und worauf es eigentlich ankommt, 👉 beschreibt @katta.bsky.social im Standard-Blog. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Blogged about the survey I ran regarding the future of alt.chi within the #chi conference: designresearch.works/blog/future-...
Does alt.chi have a future? – Design Research Works
Survey results and a discussion on why we should preserve alt.chi
designresearch.works
June 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Blogged about the survey I ran regarding the future of alt.chi within the #chi conference: designresearch.works/blog/future-...
Das wundervolle @andererseits.org Magazin hat einen Schwerpunkt zu Gehörlosigkeit. <3
Teil 1: Audismus www.andererseits.org/als-die-welt...
Teil 2: Wahrnehmung www.andererseits.org/zwischen-uns/
Teil 3: Pride www.andererseits.org/was-macht-di...
Teil 1: Audismus www.andererseits.org/als-die-welt...
Teil 2: Wahrnehmung www.andererseits.org/zwischen-uns/
Teil 3: Pride www.andererseits.org/was-macht-di...
Als die Welt laut wurde - andererseits.org
Die Welt ist oft laut – und manchmal wird man selbst dabei leise. Ein Text über Audismus – also der Abwertung von Hör-Behinderungen – und welche Wege wir gefunden haben, damit umzugehen.
www.andererseits.org
June 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Das wundervolle @andererseits.org Magazin hat einen Schwerpunkt zu Gehörlosigkeit. <3
Teil 1: Audismus www.andererseits.org/als-die-welt...
Teil 2: Wahrnehmung www.andererseits.org/zwischen-uns/
Teil 3: Pride www.andererseits.org/was-macht-di...
Teil 1: Audismus www.andererseits.org/als-die-welt...
Teil 2: Wahrnehmung www.andererseits.org/zwischen-uns/
Teil 3: Pride www.andererseits.org/was-macht-di...
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In my recent paper "DeafinAI", I discussed the slippery slope of language and access rights in the age of AI. What starts as using AI in low-stakes situations can quickly expand into high-stakes areas such as healthcare. That slope seems even slipperier than I thought.
www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
Why vaccination is important and the safest way to protect yourself
Find out how vaccines work, what they contain and the most common side effects.
www.nhs.uk
May 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In my recent paper "DeafinAI", I discussed the slippery slope of language and access rights in the age of AI. What starts as using AI in low-stakes situations can quickly expand into high-stakes areas such as healthcare. That slope seems even slipperier than I thought.
www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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Do you have Opinions™ on what it means to "represent" things and people with data? Then submit 1-2 pages by May 28th and join us in Århus 🇩🇰 this summer to discuss representation and representativeness with synthetic data!
Call for Participation | Synthetic Data
Workshop on synthetic data at the Aarhus Conference 2025
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io
May 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Do you have Opinions™ on what it means to "represent" things and people with data? Then submit 1-2 pages by May 28th and join us in Århus 🇩🇰 this summer to discuss representation and representativeness with synthetic data!
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And yes, that’s a subskeet of sorts. If you are a hearing professor working with a signing deaf student, and haven’t learned to sign, please assess honestly why not.
May 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
And yes, that’s a subskeet of sorts. If you are a hearing professor working with a signing deaf student, and haven’t learned to sign, please assess honestly why not.
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Oliver Suchanek and @katta.bsky.social at #CHI2025. Refreshing to see a good deaf-hearing collaborator dynamic: both presenters signed, and interpreters did the voicing. So much more respectful than the typical scenario of the deaf presenter signing and the hearing presenter talking up a storm.
May 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Oliver Suchanek and @katta.bsky.social at #CHI2025. Refreshing to see a good deaf-hearing collaborator dynamic: both presenters signed, and interpreters did the voicing. So much more respectful than the typical scenario of the deaf presenter signing and the hearing presenter talking up a storm.
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I made a site to show all the trans/queer content at #CHI2025. There are 13 papers on Monday alone! padlet.com/haimson/chi
padlet.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I made a site to show all the trans/queer content at #CHI2025. There are 13 papers on Monday alone! padlet.com/haimson/chi
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Our #CHI2025 paper „Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People“ with @katta.bsky.social and @mdemeulder.bsky.social is finally out! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 🚀 See you on the Eyeth?!
Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
dl.acm.org
April 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Our #CHI2025 paper „Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People“ with @katta.bsky.social and @mdemeulder.bsky.social is finally out! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 🚀 See you on the Eyeth?!
Sometimes you receive an email that gives you that cozy feeling of a really good hug.
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Sometimes you receive an email that gives you that cozy feeling of a really good hug.
It is with such... immense pride for the ACCESSTECH team, seeing how we already had the privilege to create such impactful work early on, that I present to you now our contributions to the CHI 2025 programme.
#chi2025
www.experiencing-access.eu/2025/04/22/a...
#chi2025
www.experiencing-access.eu/2025/04/22/a...
ACCESSTECH @ CHI’25 – ACCESSTECH
www.experiencing-access.eu
April 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It is with such... immense pride for the ACCESSTECH team, seeing how we already had the privilege to create such impactful work early on, that I present to you now our contributions to the CHI 2025 programme.
#chi2025
www.experiencing-access.eu/2025/04/22/a...
#chi2025
www.experiencing-access.eu/2025/04/22/a...
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For those who will be at #CHI2025, hope you can join us for the CHI Queers Meetup! It will be on Monday 4/28 at a space near the conference. RSVP: tinyurl.com/chiqueers
April 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
For those who will be at #CHI2025, hope you can join us for the CHI Queers Meetup! It will be on Monday 4/28 at a space near the conference. RSVP: tinyurl.com/chiqueers
I just quoted before but let me also add with everything bad going on in the world seeing how @robinxtech.bsky.social just keeps on excelling over and over again amazes me to no end.
Our paper won a Best Paper Award at #chi2025 ! It challenges the idea that Deaf tech should only be assistive. It presents alternative narratives that center deaf lives and show why we need Deaf-centred design in tech. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
Conference Programs
programs.sigchi.org
April 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I just quoted before but let me also add with everything bad going on in the world seeing how @robinxtech.bsky.social just keeps on excelling over and over again amazes me to no end.
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Our paper won a Best Paper Award at #chi2025 ! It challenges the idea that Deaf tech should only be assistive. It presents alternative narratives that center deaf lives and show why we need Deaf-centred design in tech. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
Conference Programs
programs.sigchi.org
April 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Our paper won a Best Paper Award at #chi2025 ! It challenges the idea that Deaf tech should only be assistive. It presents alternative narratives that center deaf lives and show why we need Deaf-centred design in tech. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
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Over 275 responses from deaf ChatGPT users in Europe already. It is still possible to respond to the survey! Some preliminary results in the comments. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social @ninakt.bsky.social
tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
March 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Over 275 responses from deaf ChatGPT users in Europe already. It is still possible to respond to the survey! Some preliminary results in the comments. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social @ninakt.bsky.social
tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
I just said no to conference service. Would have loved to serve in that role and am fond of the conference. But it’ll be held in the US and I can’t feasibly exploit myself to contribute to events I am banned from joining.
(Affects all trans/nb folks)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
(Affects all trans/nb folks)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers
Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I just said no to conference service. Would have loved to serve in that role and am fond of the conference. But it’ll be held in the US and I can’t feasibly exploit myself to contribute to events I am banned from joining.
(Affects all trans/nb folks)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
(Affects all trans/nb folks)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I'm running a paid ($80 per participant) research study for disabled and neurodivergent LGBTQIA+ romantic partners! Sign up here: forms.gle/8U7HeYNSnWfw...
#LGBTQ #Disability #Neurodivergent #Relationships #AccessibilityResearch
#LGBTQ #Disability #Neurodivergent #Relationships #AccessibilityResearch
Study Exploring Communication and Technology in Disabled & Neurodiverse LGBTQIA+ Romantic Relationships | UMBC Study Application
Thank you for your interest in this research study!
Please fill out this survey to let the research team know you're willing to participate.
Research Purpose:
This study will explore issues at t...
forms.gle
February 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm running a paid ($80 per participant) research study for disabled and neurodivergent LGBTQIA+ romantic partners! Sign up here: forms.gle/8U7HeYNSnWfw...
#LGBTQ #Disability #Neurodivergent #Relationships #AccessibilityResearch
#LGBTQ #Disability #Neurodivergent #Relationships #AccessibilityResearch
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@robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social @ninakt.bsky.social and I are investigating the experiences of deaf users in Europe interacting with ChatGPT. If you’re deaf, live in Europe, and are using ChatGPT, please fill in our survey, and share! 🙏🏻 tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
January 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social @ninakt.bsky.social and I are investigating the experiences of deaf users in Europe interacting with ChatGPT. If you’re deaf, live in Europe, and are using ChatGPT, please fill in our survey, and share! 🙏🏻 tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Here is a cute article that we just got published about how fat people create solidarity in online spaces hostile towards them. Maybe something to learn from in these times. 🧡
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Building Solidarity Amid Hostility: Experiences of Fat People in Online Communities | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Online communities are important spaces for members of marginalized groups to organize
and support one another. To better understand the experiences of fat people - a group
whose marginalization often...
dl.acm.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Here is a cute article that we just got published about how fat people create solidarity in online spaces hostile towards them. Maybe something to learn from in these times. 🧡
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Surviving Whiteness In Games
Co-edited by @mahliann.bsky.social, @sabha.bsky.social, @cheeflo.bsky.social, @amaani.bsky.social, @katta.bsky.social, @outi.bsky.social, Rilla Khaled, Cale Passmore & Kishonna L. Gray
14 essay collection examining whiteness in games
gamescriticism.org/volume-5-bon...
Co-edited by @mahliann.bsky.social, @sabha.bsky.social, @cheeflo.bsky.social, @amaani.bsky.social, @katta.bsky.social, @outi.bsky.social, Rilla Khaled, Cale Passmore & Kishonna L. Gray
14 essay collection examining whiteness in games
gamescriticism.org/volume-5-bon...
VOLUME 5, BONUS ISSUE A: SURVIVING WHITENESS IN GAMES
FULL ISSUE PERMALINK (September, 2023) Introduction Bonus issue editors: Sabine Harrer, Mahli-Ann Butt, Rilla Khaled, Florence M. Chee, Amani Naseem, Katta Spiel, Cale Passmore, Kishonna L. Gray, O…
gamescriticism.org
January 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Surviving Whiteness In Games
Co-edited by @mahliann.bsky.social, @sabha.bsky.social, @cheeflo.bsky.social, @amaani.bsky.social, @katta.bsky.social, @outi.bsky.social, Rilla Khaled, Cale Passmore & Kishonna L. Gray
14 essay collection examining whiteness in games
gamescriticism.org/volume-5-bon...
Co-edited by @mahliann.bsky.social, @sabha.bsky.social, @cheeflo.bsky.social, @amaani.bsky.social, @katta.bsky.social, @outi.bsky.social, Rilla Khaled, Cale Passmore & Kishonna L. Gray
14 essay collection examining whiteness in games
gamescriticism.org/volume-5-bon...
Did this interview a while ago and I really appreciated how they foregrounded the need for care and solidarity in tech research before we can even start thinking about developing new things. 🤗
#5QW: Katta Spiel
“I think if we better understand power and care and solidarity, that also helps us to understand why there are so few disabled people in computer science.”
informatics.tuwien.ac.at
December 30, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Did this interview a while ago and I really appreciated how they foregrounded the need for care and solidarity in tech research before we can even start thinking about developing new things. 🤗
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Das Adjektiv „weiblich“ ist medizinisch maximal unpräzise
December 22, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Das Adjektiv „weiblich“ ist medizinisch maximal unpräzise
Sechs Jahre und eine Datenschutzbeschwerde später und meine Uni kann endlich den Titel den sie mir verliehen haben im System abbilden.
Die TU hat sich übrigens gewundert, warum ich zur Beschwerde “eskaliert” habe.
Die TU hat sich übrigens gewundert, warum ich zur Beschwerde “eskaliert” habe.
December 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Sechs Jahre und eine Datenschutzbeschwerde später und meine Uni kann endlich den Titel den sie mir verliehen haben im System abbilden.
Die TU hat sich übrigens gewundert, warum ich zur Beschwerde “eskaliert” habe.
Die TU hat sich übrigens gewundert, warum ich zur Beschwerde “eskaliert” habe.