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Designing Touch Technologies for and with Bodies in Menstrual Discomfort
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0767-6973
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5277-3863
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7673-0822
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0009-0004-6727-0678
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2025 (English)In: Proceedings CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2025, ACM Publications, 2025Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Menstrual discomfort is a prevalent, diverse, and cyclical lived experience, impacting everyday lives. However, in HCI, it has been mostly approached as a data point, leaving much unknown on how technologies can care for these experiences. In response, we designed Touchware, a collection of on-body touch probes with pneumatic shape-change and weight components, which invite wearers to engage with and care for their menstrual discomfort. We report on the participatory soma design process of making Touchware and its two-week-long deployment study with 6 participants in a workplace setting. Our data analysis highlights diffuse and lingering qualities of menstrual discomfort, shedding light on how technologies may touch bodies in vulnerable states. We discuss the importance and challenges of designing touch technologies for and with bodies in the moments of menstrual discomfort. We conclude with a reflection on the agency of touch and its potential to support the self-care labour and nurturing the radical normalization of rest.

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ACM Publications, 2025.
Keywords [en]
menstrual pain, touch, discomfort, shape-changing, intimate care, feminist research, Research through Design, pneumatics
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Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
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Art, Technology and Design
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-362486DOI: 10.1145/3706598.3714032OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-362486DiVA, id: diva2:1952910
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CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2025, April 26 - May 1, 2025, Yokohama, Japan
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Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, CHI19-0034EU, European Research Council, 101043637
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Part of Proceedings ISBN 979-8-4007-1394-1

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