Resistance as Participation: Queer Theory’s Applications for HIV Health Technology Design

McKinley Green University of Minnesota System

Abstract

This article proposes resistance as a form of participation in user experience settings. It details a study to include people living with HIV in codesigning a health education technology, and it found that participants resisted online education initiatives, citing HIV stigma on social media and privacy concerns. Taken with queer theory, these findings underscore the offline inequities mediating interaction on social media for those living with HIV and open alternative design arrangements reflecting participants’ embodied experiences.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2021-10-02
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10.1080/10572252.2020.1831615
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