Reappropriating hackathons: The production work of the CHI4Good day of service

Emily Porter; Chris Bopp; Elizabeth Gerber; Amy Voida

doi:10.1145/3025453.3025637

Reappropriating hackathons: The production work of the CHI4Good day of service

Emily Porter, Chris Bopp, Elizabeth Gerber, Amy Voida

Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

The popularity of hackathons has increased as technology pervades more facets of our lives. Originally designed for programmers, hackathons are now being appropriated by new stakeholders across diverse sectors. Yet with this evolution in hackathons, we no longer adequately understand what is produced and, thereby, the value of these events. We conducted an interview study with 22 stakeholders - participants, representatives of nonprofit organizations, and organizers - of the CHI4Good Day of Service to understand what is produced through philanthropic hackathons. Whereas traditional hackathons are oriented around the production of code or prototypes, our analysis of interview data suggests that the production work of philanthropic hackathons also includes technical capacity and expertise, expanded social networks, an exposure to design process, affective experiences, and an opportunity for participants to shape their identities against a cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary backdrop. We conclude by reflecting on implications for the CHI community in carrying out philanthropic events styled after hackathons.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Explore, Innovate, Inspire
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	810-814
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450346559
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025637
State	Published - May 2 2017
Event	2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2017 - Denver, United States Duration: May 6 2017 → May 11 2017

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume	2017-May

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Other	2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	5/6/17 → 5/11/17

Funding

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number 1602660. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Keywords

Civic
Design process
Hackathon
Material production
Social networks
Social-issue

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Porter, E., Bopp, C., Gerber, E., & Voida, A. (2017). Reappropriating hackathons: The production work of the CHI4Good day of service. In CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire (pp. 810-814). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 2017-May). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025637

Porter, Emily ; Bopp, Chris ; Gerber, Elizabeth et al. / Reappropriating hackathons : The production work of the CHI4Good day of service. CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. pp. 810-814 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Porter, E, Bopp, C, Gerber, E & Voida, A 2017, Reappropriating hackathons: The production work of the CHI4Good day of service. in CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, vol. 2017-May, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 810-814, 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2017, Denver, United States, 5/6/17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025637

Reappropriating hackathons: The production work of the CHI4Good day of service. / Porter, Emily; Bopp, Chris; Gerber, Elizabeth et al.
CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. p. 810-814 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 2017-May).

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Porter E, Bopp C, Gerber E, Voida A. Reappropriating hackathons: The production work of the CHI4Good day of service. In CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Association for Computing Machinery. 2017. p. 810-814. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3025453.3025637

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