Value Sensitive Design and power in socio-technical ecosystems
Recent European policy papers call for the consideration of human values in the design of information technology. Value Sensitive Design (VSD) provides a framework for systematically accounting for values in the design of technical artefacts. This paper examines how the distribution of power within...
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| description | Recent European policy papers call for the consideration of human values in the design of information technology. Value Sensitive Design (VSD) provides a framework for systematically accounting for values in the design of technical artefacts. This paper examines how the distribution of power within socio-technical ecosystems poses a challenge for the application of VSD. It identifies four crucial factors determining the effect of the distribution of power on VSD: the level of decentralisation of the ecosystem; if VSD is applied at the core or periphery; when power can be exercised (temporality); and the phase of VSD (conceptual, empirical, and technical) that power can be exercised in. Based on these factors, it outlines how the challenge of accounting for power can be addressed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b48e138668ec4b4e9b081ed7fd3a295f2025-08-20T02:46:43ZengAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and SocietyInternet Policy Review2197-67752021-09-0110310.14763/2021.3.1580Value Sensitive Design and power in socio-technical ecosystemsMattis Jacobs0Christian Kurtz1Judith Simon2Tilo Böhmann3Universität HamburgUniversität HamburgUniversität HamburgUniversität HamburgRecent European policy papers call for the consideration of human values in the design of information technology. Value Sensitive Design (VSD) provides a framework for systematically accounting for values in the design of technical artefacts. This paper examines how the distribution of power within socio-technical ecosystems poses a challenge for the application of VSD. It identifies four crucial factors determining the effect of the distribution of power on VSD: the level of decentralisation of the ecosystem; if VSD is applied at the core or periphery; when power can be exercised (temporality); and the phase of VSD (conceptual, empirical, and technical) that power can be exercised in. Based on these factors, it outlines how the challenge of accounting for power can be addressed.https://policyreview.info/node/1580Value sensitive designPowerSociotechnical ecosystemsPlatformsBlockchain |
| spellingShingle | Mattis Jacobs Christian Kurtz Judith Simon Tilo Böhmann Value Sensitive Design and power in socio-technical ecosystems Internet Policy Review Value sensitive design Power Sociotechnical ecosystems Platforms Blockchain |
| title | Value Sensitive Design and power in socio-technical ecosystems |
| title_full | Value Sensitive Design and power in socio-technical ecosystems |
| title_fullStr | Value Sensitive Design and power in socio-technical ecosystems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Value Sensitive Design and power in socio-technical ecosystems |
| title_short | Value Sensitive Design and power in socio-technical ecosystems |
| title_sort | value sensitive design and power in socio technical ecosystems |
| topic | Value sensitive design Power Sociotechnical ecosystems Platforms Blockchain |
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