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_id: '63031'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Despite decades of awareness, asymmetries in conceptual resources, data, and
governance between users and developers persist. Meanwhile, socially situated
‘end-users’ experience harms, such as hidden labor, reinforced stereotypes, and
increased unpredictability, as machine learning advances. However, accurately
modeling social context does not constitute design justice. This paper reinterprets
Giuseppe Mantovani’s model of social context in human-computer interaction (HCI)
to address the relational emergence and political situatedness of social context
in human-AI interaction (HAI). Drawing on the concept of a multi-perspectival
algorithmic imaginary, we (1) conceptualize context as nested and entangled relations,
(2) identify actors, including users, developers, models, and interfaces, and
(3) foreground the organization of relations of power. Recognizing that models
are performative rather than predictive, we argue that the sociopolitical situatedness
of context must be acknowledged alongside its limits. To challenge design authority,
we propose that HCI and HAI strategically foster intra-actional negotiability,
enabling users to challenge, reinterpret, or modify their relationship with technology
through critical (design) practices.
author:
- first_name: Anna Lena
full_name: Menne, Anna Lena
id: '118085'
last_name: Menne
orcid: 0009-0008-0744-9165
- first_name: Christian
full_name: Schulz, Christian
id: '72684'
last_name: Schulz
citation:
ama: 'Menne AL, Schulz C. Social Context in Human-AI Interaction (HAI): Towards
a Theoretical Framework Based on Multi-Perspectival Imaginaries. In: Stephanidis
C, Margetis G, Ntoa S, Antona M, Salvendy G, eds. HCI International 2026 Posters:
28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2026, Montreal,
QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part I. Vol 3047. Communications
in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). Springer International Publishing;
2026:93-106. doi:10.1007/978-3-032-30552-7_10'
apa: 'Menne, A. L., & Schulz, C. (2026). Social Context in Human-AI Interaction
(HAI): Towards a Theoretical Framework Based on Multi-Perspectival Imaginaries.
In C. Stephanidis, G. Margetis, S. Ntoa, M. Antona, & G. Salvendy (Eds.),
HCI International 2026 Posters: 28th International Conference on Human-Computer
Interaction, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part
I (Vol. 3047, pp. 93–106). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-30552-7_10'
bibtex: '@inbook{Menne_Schulz_2026, series={Communications in Computer and Information
Science (CCIS)}, title={Social Context in Human-AI Interaction (HAI): Towards
a Theoretical Framework Based on Multi-Perspectival Imaginaries}, volume={3047},
DOI={10.1007/978-3-032-30552-7_10},
booktitle={HCI International 2026 Posters: 28th International Conference on Human-Computer
Interaction, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part
I}, publisher={Springer International Publishing}, author={Menne, Anna Lena and
Schulz, Christian}, editor={Stephanidis, Constantine and Margetis, George and
Ntoa, Stavroula and Antona, Margherita and Salvendy, Gavriel}, year={2026}, pages={93–106},
collection={Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)} }'
chicago: 'Menne, Anna Lena, and Christian Schulz. “Social Context in Human-AI Interaction
(HAI): Towards a Theoretical Framework Based on Multi-Perspectival Imaginaries.”
In HCI International 2026 Posters: 28th International Conference on Human-Computer
Interaction, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part
I, edited by Constantine Stephanidis, George Margetis, Stavroula Ntoa, Margherita
Antona, and Gavriel Salvendy, 3047:93–106. Communications in Computer and Information
Science (CCIS). Springer International Publishing, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-30552-7_10.'
ieee: 'A. L. Menne and C. Schulz, “Social Context in Human-AI Interaction (HAI):
Towards a Theoretical Framework Based on Multi-Perspectival Imaginaries,” in HCI
International 2026 Posters: 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction,
HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part I, vol.
3047, C. Stephanidis, G. Margetis, S. Ntoa, M. Antona, and G. Salvendy, Eds. Springer
International Publishing, 2026, pp. 93–106.'
mla: 'Menne, Anna Lena, and Christian Schulz. “Social Context in Human-AI Interaction
(HAI): Towards a Theoretical Framework Based on Multi-Perspectival Imaginaries.”
HCI International 2026 Posters: 28th International Conference on Human-Computer
Interaction, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part
I, edited by Constantine Stephanidis et al., vol. 3047, Springer International
Publishing, 2026, pp. 93–106, doi:10.1007/978-3-032-30552-7_10.'
short: 'A.L. Menne, C. Schulz, in: C. Stephanidis, G. Margetis, S. Ntoa, M. Antona,
G. Salvendy (Eds.), HCI International 2026 Posters: 28th International Conference
on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026,
Proceedings, Part I, Springer International Publishing, 2026, pp. 93–106.'
conference:
end_date: 2026-07-31
location: Montreal
name: 'HCI International 2026: 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction'
start_date: 2026-07-26
date_created: 2025-12-11T10:14:17Z
date_updated: 2026-07-23T10:02:20Z
department:
- _id: '757'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-30552-7_10
editor:
- first_name: 'Constantine '
full_name: 'Stephanidis, Constantine '
last_name: Stephanidis
- first_name: George
full_name: Margetis, George
last_name: Margetis
- first_name: Stavroula
full_name: Ntoa, Stavroula
last_name: Ntoa
- first_name: Margherita
full_name: Antona, Margherita
last_name: Antona
- first_name: Gavriel
full_name: Salvendy, Gavriel
last_name: Salvendy
intvolume: ' 3047'
keyword:
- Social Context
- Situatedness
- Imaginaries
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- url: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-30552-7_10
page: 93-106
project:
- _id: '109'
name: 'TRR 318: Erklärbarkeit konstruieren'
publication: 'HCI International 2026 Posters: 28th International Conference on Human-Computer
Interaction, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part
I'
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer International Publishing
series_title: Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)
status: public
title: 'Social Context in Human-AI Interaction (HAI): Towards a Theoretical Framework
Based on Multi-Perspectival Imaginaries'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '118085'
volume: 3047
year: '2026'
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