TU Wien Informatics

Katta Spiel

Projektass.in(FWF) Dr.in techn. / BSc B.A. MSc

Research Focus

Research Areas

  • Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Accessibility Expert, Technology Assessment, Participatory Design, Disability Studies, Textile Technologies
Katta Spiel

About

I research marginalised perspectives on technology to inform critical design and engineering. My work is situated at the intersection of Computer Science, Design and Cultural Studies Drawing on methods from (Critical) Participatory Design and Action Research, I collaborate with neurodivergent and/or nonbinary folks in conducting explorations of novel potentials for designs, methodological contributions to Human-Computer Interaction and innovative technological artefacts.

Roles

Note: Due to the rollout of TU Wien’s new publication database, the list below may be slightly outdated. Once the migration is complete, everything will be up to date again.

2022

2020

  • Desiging Social Play Things / Frauenberger, C., Kender, S.-K., Scheepmaker, L., Werner, K., & Spiel, K. (2020). Desiging Social Play Things. In NordiCHI ’20: Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society (pp. 1–12). ACM. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/58435

2019

2018

  • Limits of Empathy-Neurodiversity as a Framework for Participatory Design / Spiel, K. (2018). Limits of Empathy-Neurodiversity as a Framework for Participatory Design. Neurodiversity and Design Discussion Forum, Dublin, Ireland, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86747
  • Participatory Design - State of the Art and Potential for Interaction Design / Spiel, K. (2018). Participatory Design - State of the Art and Potential for Interaction Design. University of Ontario, Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, Kanada, Non-EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86746
  • Tending the Trees: Strategies in Caring for Online Communities / Spiel, K. (2018). Tending the Trees: Strategies in Caring for Online Communities. University of Michigan, School of Information, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Non-EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86745
  • Understanding Material Speculation and Object Oriented Inquiry, / Spiel, K. (2018). Understanding Material Speculation and Object Oriented Inquiry,. Faculty Meeting HCI in Engineering at the Games Institute in Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Kanada, Non-EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86744
  • The Things We Play with Roles of Technology in Social Play / Scheepmaker, L., Frauenberger, C., & Spiel, K. (2018). The Things We Play with Roles of Technology in Social Play. In Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. CHI Play ’18, Melbourne, Australien, Non-EU. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3242671.3242695 / Project: Social Play Technologies
  • Design considerations towards long-term engagement in games for health / Kayali, F., Luckner, N., Purgathofer, P., Spiel, K., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2018). Design considerations towards long-term engagement in games for health. In S. Dahlskog, S. Deterding, J. M. Font, M. Khandaker, C. M. Olsson, S. Risi, & C. Salge (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3235765.3235789
  • Fitter, Happier,More Productive? Normative Ontologies of Fitness Trackers / Spiel, K., Kayali, F., Horvath, L., Penkler, M., Harrer, S., Sicart, M., & Hammer, J. (2018). Fitter, Happier,More Productive? Normative Ontologies of Fitness Trackers. In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Acm Sigchi, Austria. ACM Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3188401
  • Collaborative Mixed Reality Games / Alharthi, S. A., Spiel, K., Hamilton, W. A., Bonsignore, E., & Toups, Z. O. (2018). Collaborative Mixed Reality Games. In Companion of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Acm Sigchi, Austria. ACM Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.1145/3272973.3273013
  • Micro-ethics for participatory design with marginalised children / Spiel, K., Brulé, E., Frauenberger, C., Bailly, G., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2018). Micro-ethics for participatory design with marginalised children. In Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference: Full Papers - Volume 1. Acm Sigchi, Austria. ACM Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.1145/3210586.3210603 / Project: OutsideTheBox
  • Feminist HCI / Bellini, R., Strohmayer, A., Alabdulqader, E., Ahmed, A. A., Spiel, K., Bardzell, S., & Balaam, M. (2018). Feminist HCI. In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Acm Sigchi, Austria. ACM Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3185370
  • Games and Play SIG / Nacke, L. E., Mirza-Babaei, P., Spiel, K., Toups, Z. O., & Isbister, K. (2018). Games and Play SIG. In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3185360
  • Supporting Care as a Layer of Concern: Nurturing Attitudes in Online Community Moderation / Yu, B., Spiel, K., & Watts, L. (2018). Supporting Care as a Layer of Concern: Nurturing Attitudes in Online Community Moderation. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/39544
  • Negotiating Marginalised Identities in and through Participatory Design / Spiel, K., Scheepmaker, L., Frauenberger, C., & Posch, I. (2018). Negotiating Marginalised Identities in and through Participatory Design. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/39543 / Project: Social Play Technologies
  • Sex Toys and Neurodiversity / Spiel, K., Brulé, E., Nacke, L., Harrer, S., & Grenzfurthner, J. (2018). Sex Toys and Neurodiversity. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/39542
  • Evaluating experiences of autistic children with technologies in co-design / Spiel, K. (2018). Evaluating experiences of autistic children with technologies in co-design [Dissertation, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2018.62060

2017

  • Experiences of Autistic Children with Technologies / Spiel, K., Frauenberger, C., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2017). Experiences of Autistic Children with Technologies. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 11, 50–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2016.10.007 / Project: OutsideTheBox
  • Demo Hour / Bengler, B., Martin, F., Bryan-Kinns, N., Frauenberger, C., Makhaeva, J., Spiel, K., Vishkaie, R., & Jones, L. (2017). Demo Hour. Interactions, 25(1), 8–11. https://doi.org/10.1145/3162013
  • Just Don't Make It Too Predictable: Structuring Academic Work with ADHD / Spiel, K. (2017). Just Don’t Make It Too Predictable: Structuring Academic Work with ADHD. The Sociological Review -- Blog, HTTPS://WWW.THESOCIOLOGICALREVIEW.COM/BLOG/JUST-DON-T-MAKE-IT-TOO-PREDICTABLE-STRUCTURING-ACADEMIC-WORK-WITH-ADHD.HTML. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/147804
  • Eluding Experiences - The Broken Promises of Player Experience Questionnaires / Spiel, K. (2017). Eluding Experiences - The Broken Promises of Player Experience Questionnaires. Seminar Series of the HCI Games Group, Waterloo, Kanada, Non-EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86555
  • Verschränkte Spielwelten / Spiel, K., & Horvath, L. (2017). Verschränkte Spielwelten. Privacy Week 2017, Volkskundemuseum, Wien, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86554 / Project: OutsideTheBox
  • Beyond Empathy - Including Marginalised Users in Participatory Research / Spiel, K. (2017). Beyond Empathy - Including Marginalised Users in Participatory Research. Beyond Empathy - Including Marginalised Users in Participatory Research, Brighton, UK, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86510 / Project: OutsideTheBox
  • Not another Z piece!" - Adaptive Difficulty inTETRIS / Spiel, K., Bertel, S., & Kayali, F. (2017). Not another Z piece!" - Adaptive Difficulty inTETRIS. In Proceedings of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems CHI 2017 (pp. 5126–5131). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/56954
  • Critical Experience / Spiel, K. (2017). Critical Experience. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017), Denver, CO, USA, Non-EU. https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3027118 / Project: OutsideTheBox
  • When Empathy Is Not Enough / Spiel, K., Frauenberger, C., Hornecker, E., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2017). When Empathy Is Not Enough. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017), Denver, CO, USA, Non-EU. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025785 / Project: OutsideTheBox
  • Participatory Evaluation with Autistic Children / Spiel, K., Malinverni, L., Good, J., & Frauenberger, C. (2017). Participatory Evaluation with Autistic Children. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017), Denver, CO, USA, Non-EU. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025851 / Project: OutsideTheBox
  • Blending Methods / Frauenberger, C., Makhaeva, J., & Spiel, K. (2017). Blending Methods. In Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Interaction Design and Children. International Conference for Interaction Design and Children (IDC), Tampere, Finland, EU. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3078072.3079727 / Project: OutsideTheBox
  • Creating Community Fountains by (Re-)Designing the Digital Layer of Way-finding Pillars / Spiel, K., Werner, K., Hödl, O., Ehrenstrasser, E., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2017). Creating Community Fountains by (Re-)Designing the Digital Layer of Way-finding Pillars. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services -- MobileHCI 2017, Wien, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/56931 / Project: ILUM

2016

2015

 

Note: Due to the rollout of TU Wien’s new publication database, the list below may be slightly outdated. Once the migration is complete, everything will be up to date again.

  • Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien in der Sparte Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaft, Technik
    2022 / Stadt Wien / Austria
  • Best Paper Honourable Mention Award
    2022 / Mensch und Computer 2022 / Germany
  • Best Paper Award
    2022 / Mensch und Computer 2022 / Germany
  • Best Paper 2020
    2021 / International Journal of Human-Computer Studies / USA
  • Best Paper Award & Diversity and Inclusion Award
    2021 / SIGCHI Designing Interactive Systems / USA
  • Best Pictorial Award
    2021 / SIGCHI Creativity & Cognition / USA
  • Diversity and Inclusion Award
    2021 / SIGCHI Conference on Tangible Embodied and Embedded Interaction / USA
  • Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
    2020 / Mensch und Computer / Germany
  • Exceptional Norms
    2020 / Firnberg-Programm / Austria
  • Evaluating the Experiences of Autistic Children with Technologies in Co-Design
    2020 / SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award / USA
  • Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
    2019 / SIGCHI CHIPLAY / USA
  • Diversity & Inclusion Award
    2019 / Communities & Technologies / USA
  • Best Paper Honourable Mention Award
    2018 / Foundations of Digital Games Conference / USA

Soon, this page will include additional information such as reference projects, activities as journal reviewer and editor, memberships in councils and committees, and other research activities.

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