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Katta Spiel (they/them)

@katta.bsky.social
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queer crip in tech research, hearing sign language enthusiast

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Dan Gardner @dangphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
@aspirelab.bsky.social , @katta.bsky.social , and I have a wee correspondence out in Nature soon about how we need to update copyright licensing to better accommodate/mitigate re-use in the AI era. You can access it early here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Amend copyright licences to halt AI misuse and reassert human control | Nature
Letter to the Editor
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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 12/08/2026
This resonates with me. By the always-insightful @katta.bsky.social katta563309.substack.com/p/a-loss-of-...
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A Loss of Clarity, Curiosity and Care
How 'AI' is Changing Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
After some technical hiccups, our opening keynote @katta.bsky.social is ready to tell us all about technology for dynamic concepts (like gender) at #GITT2026
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
While identity and language need to be renegotiated continously and keep evolving, technology tends to be normativising by default (e.g. reclaiming terms that might automatically get flagged as slurs by tools) #GITT2026
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can
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GITT 2026 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Belgium not international enough? Fine. Our third and final keynote is none other than @katta.bsky.social from TU Wien 🇦🇹! Their work on Critical Access in Embodied Computing inspires #design and #engineering, ensuring that #technology reflects and supports #diversity - a perfect fit for #GITT2026!
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
@sagaftra.org legend @frandrescher.bsky.social is in town. 😍
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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · 09/01/2026
Save the date: @katta.bsky.social and me are organizing the Austrian Computer Science Day #ACSD on June 1, 2026 at TU Wien with the motto CS in Modern Society: a Sign of the Times! More info and program coming soon here: informatics.tuwien.ac.at/acsd (CC) @tuwien.at & @informatics.tuwien.ac.at
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Save the Date: Austrian Computer Science Day 2026
Join us on June 1, 2026, at TU Wien’s Kuppelsaal for the annual Austrian Computer Science Day!
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Luigina Ciolfi @luiciolfi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Thanks to @katta.bsky.social who virtually joined us at UCC to speak on Global Ethics Day...Plenty of food for thought, and brilliant reading suggestions, including this article by Hanne De Jaegher, "Loving and knowing: reflections for an engaged epistemology" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Loving and knowing: reflections for an engaged epistemology - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
In search of our highest capacities, cognitive scientists aim to explain things like mathematics, language, and planning (and while explaining them, they often imagine computers at work). But are thes...
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Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) @ya-oeaw.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Warum Technologien, die für Menschen mit Behinderungen entwickelt wurden, oft an den Bedürfnissen Betroffener vorbeigehen und worauf es eigentlich ankommt, 👉 beschreibt @katta.bsky.social im Standard-Blog. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Zugang zu Technologien: Was wirklich zählt
Warum es weniger um futuristische Lösungen und mehr um Solidarität, Selbstbestimmung und einfache Zugänge geht
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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 22/06/2025
Blogged about the survey I ran regarding the future of alt.chi within the #chi conference: designresearch.works/blog/future-...
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Does alt.chi have a future? – Design Research Works
Survey results and a discussion on why we should preserve alt.chi
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Das wundervolle @andererseits.org Magazin hat einen Schwerpunkt zu Gehörlosigkeit. <3 Teil 1: Audismus www.andererseits.org/als-die-welt... Teil 2: Wahrnehmung www.andererseits.org/zwischen-uns/ Teil 3: Pride www.andererseits.org/was-macht-di...
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Als die Welt laut wurde - andererseits.org
Die Welt ist oft laut – und manchmal wird man selbst dabei leise. Ein Text über Audismus – also der Abwertung von Hör-Behinderungen – und welche Wege wir gefunden haben, damit umzugehen.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
In my recent paper "DeafinAI", I discussed the slippery slope of language and access rights in the age of AI. What starts as using AI in low-stakes situations can quickly expand into high-stakes areas such as healthcare. That slope seems even slipperier than I thought. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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Why vaccination is important and the safest way to protect yourself
Find out how vaccines work, what they contain and the most common side effects.
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Vagrant Gautam @dippedrusk.com · 14/05/2025
Do you have Opinions™ on what it means to "represent" things and people with data? Then submit 1-2 pages by May 28th and join us in Århus 🇩🇰 this summer to discuss representation and representativeness with synthetic data!
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Call for Participation | Synthetic Data
Workshop on synthetic data at the Aarhus Conference 2025
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Christian Vogler @krischi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
And yes, that’s a subskeet of sorts. If you are a hearing professor working with a signing deaf student, and haven’t learned to sign, please assess honestly why not.
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Christian Vogler @krischi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Oliver Suchanek and @katta.bsky.social at #CHI2025. Refreshing to see a good deaf-hearing collaborator dynamic: both presenters signed, and interpreters did the voicing. So much more respectful than the typical scenario of the deaf presenter signing and the hearing presenter talking up a storm.
Two people presenting on opposite ends of a podium. On the left, the deaf presenter (Oliver) looks on while their hearing collaborator (Katta) is signing on the right.
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Nanna Inie @nannainie.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Every head of department explaining his justification for why he hasn’t hired more women: #CHI2025
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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I made a site to show all the trans/queer content at #CHI2025. There are 13 papers on Monday alone! padlet.com/haimson/chi
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Robin @robinxtech.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Our #CHI2025 paper „Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People“ with @katta.bsky.social and @mdemeulder.bsky.social is finally out! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 🚀 See you on the Eyeth?!
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Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Sometimes you receive an email that gives you that cozy feeling of a really good hug.
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
It is with such... immense pride for the ACCESSTECH team, seeing how we already had the privilege to create such impactful work early on, that I present to you now our contributions to the CHI 2025 programme. #chi2025  www.experiencing-access.eu/2025/04/22/a...
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ACCESSTECH @ CHI’25 – ACCESSTECH
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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
For those who will be at #CHI2025, hope you can join us for the CHI Queers Meetup! It will be on Monday 4/28 at a space near the conference. RSVP: tinyurl.com/chiqueers
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I just quoted before but let me also add with everything bad going on in the world seeing how @robinxtech.bsky.social just keeps on excelling over and over again amazes me to no end.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Our paper won a Best Paper Award at #chi2025 ! It challenges the idea that Deaf tech should only be assistive. It presents alternative narratives that center deaf lives and show why we need Deaf-centred design in tech. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
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Conference Programs
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Over 275 responses from deaf ChatGPT users in Europe already. It is still possible to respond to the survey! Some preliminary results in the comments. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social @ninakt.bsky.social tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I just said no to conference service. Would have loved to serve in that role and am fond of the conference. But it’ll be held in the US and I can’t feasibly exploit myself to contribute to events I am banned from joining. (Affects all trans/nb folks) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers
Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications
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Kirk Crawford @kac2025.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I'm running a paid ($80 per participant) research study for disabled and neurodivergent LGBTQIA+ romantic partners! Sign up here: forms.gle/8U7HeYNSnWfw... #LGBTQ #Disability #Neurodivergent #Relationships #AccessibilityResearch
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Study Exploring Communication and Technology in Disabled & Neurodiverse LGBTQIA+ Romantic Relationships | UMBC Study Application
Thank you for your interest in this research study! Please fill out this survey to let the research team know you're willing to participate. Research Purpose: This study will explore issues at t...
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
@robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social @ninakt.bsky.social and I are investigating the experiences of deaf users in Europe interacting with ChatGPT. If you’re deaf, live in Europe, and are using ChatGPT, please fill in our survey, and share! 🙏🏻 tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Here is a cute article that we just got published about how fat people create solidarity in online spaces hostile towards them. Maybe something to learn from in these times. 🧡 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Building Solidarity Amid Hostility: Experiences of Fat People in Online Communities | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Online communities are important spaces for members of marginalized groups to organize and support one another. To better understand the experiences of fat people - a group whose marginalization often...
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Mr Abbott @thegeometrician.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Surviving Whiteness In Games Co-edited by @mahliann.bsky.social, @sabha.bsky.social, @cheeflo.bsky.social, @amaani.bsky.social, @katta.bsky.social, @outi.bsky.social, Rilla Khaled, Cale Passmore & Kishonna L. Gray 14 essay collection examining whiteness in games gamescriticism.org/volume-5-bon...
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VOLUME 5, BONUS ISSUE A: SURVIVING WHITENESS IN GAMES
FULL ISSUE PERMALINK (September, 2023) Introduction Bonus issue editors: Sabine Harrer, Mahli-Ann Butt, Rilla Khaled, Florence M. Chee, Amani Naseem, Katta Spiel, Cale Passmore, Kishonna L. Gray, O…
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Did this interview a while ago and I really appreciated how they foregrounded the need for care and solidarity in tech research before we can even start thinking about developing new things. 🤗
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#5QW: Katta Spiel
“I think if we better understand power and care and solidarity, that also helps us to understand why there are so few disabled people in computer science.”
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Felicia 'Liz’ Ewert @feliciaewert.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Das Adjektiv „weiblich“ ist medizinisch maximal unpräzise
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Sechs Jahre und eine Datenschutzbeschwerde später und meine Uni kann endlich den Titel den sie mir verliehen haben im System abbilden. Die TU hat sich übrigens gewundert, warum ich zur Beschwerde “eskaliert” habe.
Screenshot of a text stating Prof.x and Dr.x as my titles.
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Ingrid Brodnig @brodnig.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Ein kleiner Auszug aus der gestrigen Diskussionssendung #ImZentrum - weil ich schon eher kurios finde, dass manchmal Personen über die Einschränkung der Meinungsfreiheit sprechen, die gerade mitten in einer reichweitenstarken Sendung ihre Meinung kundtun können
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Eine Gruppe Jugendlicher hat grad minutenlang lauthals ein*e Autofahrer*in geshamed, weil mit dem Fahrverhalten mehrere Straßenbahnen blockiert wurden… 😍😍
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Got scolded by a reviewer once more that I really need to cite the works by Spiel et al. some more. Bit awkward.
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I was plagiarised apparently and while, sure, that’s rude. But also kind of flattering to know the work is so good it got published twice?
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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Free Disabled Radicals zine by the Disability Action Research Kollective : files.libcom.org/files/2024-0...
Disabled Radicals
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Looking at travelling through five countries in less than 48 hours all by train. Only in Europe. 😅
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
You can love a thing (like night trains) and still acknowledge the sleep deprivation it can bring along when the window blinds don’t fully close. 😵‍💫
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Am 6. Dezember um 14 Uhr gibts eine Demo für persönliche Assistenz beim Wiener Rathaus! www.behindertenrat.at/2024/11/demo... #PersoenlicheAssistenz
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Demo für Persönliche Assistenz am 6. Dezember 2024 – Österreichischer Behindertenrat
Menschen mit Behinderungen fordern die Beteiligung Wiens am Pilotprojekt Persönliche Assistenz.
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
So, I didn’t post here in a while and suddenly I have several hundred followers in a few days? What happened?
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 09/12/2023
Ich war grad jemandes erster follower und irgendwie finde ich das ist ne ganz besondere Verbindung.
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
Das Heft zu Behinderungen am Arbeitsmarkt von Dossier und andererseits ist übrigens extrem empfehlenswert.
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
Bissi ironisch, dass #LichtInsDunkel dieses Jahr auch wieder die Schiene der unangekündigten Stroboskop Lichter fährt. 🤦🏻
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Die heute show stellt fest, dass Winfried Kretschmar Politik gegen Geflüchtete macht, aber tut so als wäre das neu. Ich bin deswegen vor knapp 10 Jahren bei den Grünen ausgetreten. Das ist also nix neues.
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Erik Marquardt @erik-marquardt.eu · 10/11/2023
Man kann nicht einfach behaupten, dass man #Seenotrettung nicht kriminalisieren will, während man Rechtsverschärfungen durchpeitschen will, die klar dem UN-Protokoll widersprechen und praktisch nur zur Kriminalisierung genutzt werden. taz.de/Strafen-fuer...
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Strafen für private Seenotretter: Faeser rudert zurück
Innenministerin Faeser will härter gegen Schleuser vorgehen. Die Seenotrettung ist wohl nicht in Gefahr, aber Hilfsorganisationen fordern Klarheit.
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Montag halte ich übrigens einen Vortrag über Neurodivergenz und Spiele vor Lehrpersonen. Hoffe dann, dass sie lernen dass Spiele auch mal nur Spaß machen dürfen, das aber nicht tun, wenn sie immer nur zweckgebunden angeboten werden.
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Ich werde morgen in Bern eine kleinen feinen Vortrag über Cyborg Solidarity und Crip Technologies halten und freu mich schon voll.
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Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
FDG 2024 submission deadline has been extended to November 30. Abstracts due November 20. We'll update the website soon to reflect this change fdg2024.org/for-authors (For all the academic games people here)
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Information for Authors -- FDG 2024 in Worcester, MA
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