Impromptu crowd science and the mystery of the bechdel-wallace test movement

Cosima Rughiniş; Razvan Rughiniş; Bogdana Huma

doi:10.1145/2851581.2892580

Impromptu crowd science and the mystery of the bechdel-wallace test movement

Cosima Rughiniş, Razvan Rughiniş, Bogdana Huma

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We propose the concept of 'impromptu crowd science' to analyze the Bechdel-Wallace movement. We argue that the practice of using this test to evaluate movies generates a form of digitally distributed knowledge that reveals a challenging conceptual impasse. The current organization of the movement, mainly through blog and newspaper articles, quantitative analyses and wiki syntheses, does not encourage the formulation of theoretically innovative answers, remaining captive in a rhetorical style of balancing pros-and-cons. We propose that hybridizations between such impromptu crowd science and academic inquiries could stimulate crowd theorizing, and we extend this challenge as an invitation for HCI researchers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2016
Subtitle of host publication	#chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	487-500
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450340823
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892580
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2016 - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume	07-12-May-2016

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Conference	34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	7/05/16 → 12/05/16

Keywords

Citizen science
Crowd science
Digitally distributed knowledge
Gender representations
The Bechdel-Wallace test

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Rughiniş, C., Rughiniş, R., & Huma, B. (2016). Impromptu crowd science and the mystery of the bechdel-wallace test movement. In CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 487-500). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 07-12-May-2016). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892580

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Rughiniş, C, Rughiniş, R & Huma, B 2016, Impromptu crowd science and the mystery of the bechdel-wallace test movement. in CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, vol. 07-12-May-2016, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 487-500, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2016, San Jose, United States, 7/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892580

Impromptu crowd science and the mystery of the bechdel-wallace test movement. / Rughiniş, Cosima; Rughiniş, Razvan; Huma, Bogdana.
CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. p. 487-500 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 07-12-May-2016).

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Rughiniş C, Rughiniş R, Huma B. Impromptu crowd science and the mystery of the bechdel-wallace test movement. In CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery. 2016. p. 487-500. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/2851581.2892580

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