Charting Ethical Tensions in Multispecies Technology Research through Beneficiary-Epistemology Space

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Autori principali: Benford, Steve, Mancini, Clara, Chamberlain, Alan, Schneiders, Eike, Castle-Green, Simon, Fischer, Joel, Kucukyilmaz, Ayse, Salimbeni, Guido, Ngo, Victor, Barnard, Pepita, Adams, Matt, Tandavanitj, Nick, Farr, Ju Row
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author Benford, Steve
Mancini, Clara
Chamberlain, Alan
Schneiders, Eike
Castle-Green, Simon
Fischer, Joel
Kucukyilmaz, Ayse
Salimbeni, Guido
Ngo, Victor
Barnard, Pepita
Adams, Matt
Tandavanitj, Nick
Farr, Ju Row
author_facet Benford, Steve
Mancini, Clara
Chamberlain, Alan
Schneiders, Eike
Castle-Green, Simon
Fischer, Joel
Kucukyilmaz, Ayse
Salimbeni, Guido
Ngo, Victor
Barnard, Pepita
Adams, Matt
Tandavanitj, Nick
Farr, Ju Row
contents While ethical challenges are widely discussed in HCI, far less is reported about the ethical processes that researchers routinely navigate. We reflect on a multispecies project that negotiated an especially complex ethical approval process. Cat Royale was an artist-led exploration of creating an artwork to engage audiences in exploring trust in autonomous systems. The artwork took the form of a robot that played with three cats. Gaining ethical approval required an extensive dialogue with three Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) covering computer science, veterinary science and animal welfare, raising tensions around the welfare of the cats, perceived benefits and appropriate methods, and reputational risk to the University. To reveal these tensions we introduce beneficiary-epistemology space, that makes explicit who benefits from research (humans or animals) and underlying epistemologies. Positioning projects and IRBs in this space can help clarify tensions and highlight opportunities to recruit additional expertise.
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spellingShingle Charting Ethical Tensions in Multispecies Technology Research through Beneficiary-Epistemology Space
Benford, Steve
Mancini, Clara
Chamberlain, Alan
Schneiders, Eike
Castle-Green, Simon
Fischer, Joel
Kucukyilmaz, Ayse
Salimbeni, Guido
Ngo, Victor
Barnard, Pepita
Adams, Matt
Tandavanitj, Nick
Farr, Ju Row
Human-Computer Interaction
Robotics
While ethical challenges are widely discussed in HCI, far less is reported about the ethical processes that researchers routinely navigate. We reflect on a multispecies project that negotiated an especially complex ethical approval process. Cat Royale was an artist-led exploration of creating an artwork to engage audiences in exploring trust in autonomous systems. The artwork took the form of a robot that played with three cats. Gaining ethical approval required an extensive dialogue with three Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) covering computer science, veterinary science and animal welfare, raising tensions around the welfare of the cats, perceived benefits and appropriate methods, and reputational risk to the University. To reveal these tensions we introduce beneficiary-epistemology space, that makes explicit who benefits from research (humans or animals) and underlying epistemologies. Positioning projects and IRBs in this space can help clarify tensions and highlight opportunities to recruit additional expertise.
title Charting Ethical Tensions in Multispecies Technology Research through Beneficiary-Epistemology Space
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.15439