CHI Stitch'n B*tch, A Feminist HCI Meetup
Paper in proceeding, 2026
This meetup invites feminist researchers and allies to gather for a relaxed textile crafting session (for all levels of expertise, including complete beginners) alongside informal discussion of our research, experiences, and visions for community-building in HCI. Building on a tradition of grassroots feminist CHI gatherings named #CHIversity since 2017-including zine-making, lunch meetups, curating lists of feminist and social justice-oriented papers published at CHI each year, and online programs during the pandemic, this session provides a safe and creative space to connect in times of increasing academic precarity and censorship. The format facilitates networking across institutions, disciplines, and career stages, while fostering dialogue that affirms feminist ideas as central to HCI. By offering an explicitly critical feminist environment as part of the CHI program, this meetup not only supports immediate exchange and connection, but also strengthens the long-term continuity of feminist community within CHI.
critical making
inclusive design
craft
embroidery
feminist hci
Author
Nadia Campo Woytuk
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Nimra Ahmed
University of Zürich
Mafalda Samuelsson-Gamboa
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
Fiona Bell
University of Maryland
Benedetta Lusi
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Daisy O'Neill
Eindhoven University of Technology
Michael Muller
IBM
Xinglin Sun
Tongji University
Amelia Lee Dogan
University of Washington
Adrian Petterson
University of Toronto
Ana O. Henriques
University of Lisbon
Gisela Reyes-Cruz
University of Nottingham
Anupriya Tuli
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Angelika Strohmayer
Northumbria University
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings
795
9798400722813 (ISBN)
Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2026
Barcelona, Spain,
Barcelona, Spain,
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Human Computer Interaction
Gender Studies
DOI
10.1145/3772363.3778787