Addressing Global HCI Challenges at the Time of Geopolitical Tensions Through Planetary Thinking and Indigenous Methodologies

Huatong Sun; José Abdelnour-Nocera; Torkil Clemmensen; Sheethal Liz Tom

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-05008-3_64

Addressing Global HCI Challenges at the Time of Geopolitical Tensions Through Planetary Thinking and Indigenous Methodologies

Huatong Sun^*, José Abdelnour-Nocera, Torkil Clemmensen, Sheethal Liz Tom

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Abstract

HCI researchers and practitioners witness an even more divided world in 2025 that manifests global inequalities and disparities, triggered by local politics and global and regional geopolitical tensions, and perpetuated by sociocultural structures. This workshop invites participants to reimagine a new world order of HCI at the time of geopolitical tensions with the emerging ontology of the planetary thinking. We aim to explore local design principles, rationales, and heuristics for global HCI design projects. It is our first step towards defining how planetary thinking can help scale up HCI design approaches to address global challenges and risks to nurture the well-being of diverse species for and with the planet that we live on. Our goal is to achieve technology diversity by including diverse local values and intellectual traditions in our design processes with an emic strategy inspired by indigenous design methodologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2025 : 20th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, September 8–12, 2025, Proceedings, Part IV
Editors	Carmelo Ardito, Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa, Tayana Conte, André Freire, Isabela Gasparini, Philippe Palanque, Raquel Prates
Number of pages	6
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2026
Pages	339–344
ISBN (Print)	9783032050076
ISBN (Electronic)	9783032050083
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05008-3_64
Publication status	Published - 2026
Event	20th IFIP TC 13 International Conference. INTERACT 2025 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil Duration: 8 Sept 2025 → 12 Sept 2025 Conference number: 20 https://interact2025.org/

Conference

Conference	20th IFIP TC 13 International Conference. INTERACT 2025
Number	20
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Belo Horizonte
Period	08/09/2025 → 12/09/2025
Internet address	https://interact2025.org/

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	16111
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Planetary thinking
Geopolitical tensions
Emic
Indigenous design
Cultural differences

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Sun, H., Abdelnour-Nocera, J., Clemmensen, T., & Tom, S. L. (2026). Addressing Global HCI Challenges at the Time of Geopolitical Tensions Through Planetary Thinking and Indigenous Methodologies. In C. Ardito, S. D. J. Barbosa, T. Conte, A. Freire, I. Gasparini, P. Palanque, & R. Prates (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2025: 20th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, September 8–12, 2025, Proceedings, Part IV (pp. 339–344). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05008-3_64

Sun, Huatong ; Abdelnour-Nocera, José ; Clemmensen, Torkil et al. / Addressing Global HCI Challenges at the Time of Geopolitical Tensions Through Planetary Thinking and Indigenous Methodologies. Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2025: 20th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, September 8–12, 2025, Proceedings, Part IV. editor / Carmelo Ardito ; Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa ; Tayana Conte ; André Freire ; Isabela Gasparini ; Philippe Palanque ; Raquel Prates. Cham : Springer, 2026. pp. 339–344 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 16111).

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Sun H, Abdelnour-Nocera J, Clemmensen T, Tom SL. Addressing Global HCI Challenges at the Time of Geopolitical Tensions Through Planetary Thinking and Indigenous Methodologies. In Ardito C, Barbosa SDJ, Conte T, Freire A, Gasparini I, Palanque P, Prates R, editors, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2025: 20th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, September 8–12, 2025, Proceedings, Part IV. Cham: Springer. 2026. p. 339–344. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 16111). doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-05008-3_64