"Short on time and big on ideas": Perspectives from Lab Members on DIYBio Work in Community Biolabs
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DIYbio challenges the status quo by positioning laboratory biology work outside of traditional institutions. HCI has increasingly explored the DIYbio movement, but we lack insight into sites of practice such as community biolabs. Therefore, we gathered data on eleven community biolabs by interviewing sixteen lab managers and members. These labs represent half of identified organizations in scope worldwide. Participants detailed their practices and motivations, outlining the constraints and opportunities of their community biolabs. We found that lab members conducted technically challenging project work with access to high-end equipment and professional expertise. We found that the unique nature of biowork exacerbated challenges for cooperative work, partially due to the particular time sensitivities of work with living organisms. Building on our findings, we discuss how community biolab members are creating new approaches to laboratory biology and how this has design implications for systems that support non-traditional settings for scientific practice.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference : Digital Wellbeing |
Number of pages | 19 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Publication date | 2022 |
Pages | 1358-1376 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450393584 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing, DIS 2022 - Virtual, Online, Australia Duration: 13 Jun 2022 → 17 Jun 2022 |
Conference
Conference | 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing, DIS 2022 |
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Land | Australia |
By | Virtual, Online |
Periode | 13/06/2022 → 17/06/2022 |
Sponsor | Deakin University, Monash University, SIGCHI |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:
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- citizen science, community biolab, community labs, DIY, DIYbio, laboratory science
Research areas
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