The Spectacle of Fidelity: Blind Resistance and the Wizardry of Prototyping
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| author | Bhowmick, Hrittika Anand, Shilpaa |
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| contents | Prototyping is widely regarded in Human-Computer Interaction as an iterative process through which ideas are tested and refined, often via visual mockups, screen flows, and coded simulations. This position paper critiques the visual-centric norms embedded in prototyping culture by drawing from the lived experiences of blind scholars and insights from cultural disability studies. It discusses how dominant methods of prototyping rely on an unexamined fidelity to sight, privileging what can be rendered visibly coherent while marginalizing other modes of knowing and making. By repositioning prototyping as a situated, embodied, and relational practice, this paper challenges HCI to rethink what kinds of design participation are legitimized and which are excluded when prototyping is reduced to screen-based simulations. |
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| spellingShingle | The Spectacle of Fidelity: Blind Resistance and the Wizardry of Prototyping Bhowmick, Hrittika Anand, Shilpaa Human-Computer Interaction H.5.2; K.4.2; D.2.2 Prototyping is widely regarded in Human-Computer Interaction as an iterative process through which ideas are tested and refined, often via visual mockups, screen flows, and coded simulations. This position paper critiques the visual-centric norms embedded in prototyping culture by drawing from the lived experiences of blind scholars and insights from cultural disability studies. It discusses how dominant methods of prototyping rely on an unexamined fidelity to sight, privileging what can be rendered visibly coherent while marginalizing other modes of knowing and making. By repositioning prototyping as a situated, embodied, and relational practice, this paper challenges HCI to rethink what kinds of design participation are legitimized and which are excluded when prototyping is reduced to screen-based simulations. |
| title | The Spectacle of Fidelity: Blind Resistance and the Wizardry of Prototyping |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction H.5.2; K.4.2; D.2.2 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09549 |