Katta Spiel (they/them)

@sagaftra.org legend @frandrescher.bsky.social is in town. 😍

Save the date: @katta.bsky.social and me are organizing the Austrian Computer Science Day #ACSD on June 1, 2026 at TU Wien with the motto CS in Modern Society: a Sign of the Times!

More info and program coming soon here:
informatics.tuwien.ac.at/acsd

(CC) @tuwien.at & @informatics.tuwien.ac.at

Loving and knowing: reflections for an engaged epistemology - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences In search of our highest capacities, cognitive scientists aim to explain things like mathematics, language, and planning (and while explaining them, they often imagine computers at work). But are thes...

Thanks to @katta.bsky.social who virtually joined us at UCC to speak on Global Ethics Day...Plenty of food for thought, and brilliant reading suggestions, including this article by Hanne De Jaegher, "Loving and knowing: reflections for an engaged epistemology" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Zugang zu Technologien: Was wirklich zählt Warum es weniger um futuristische Lösungen und mehr um Solidarität, Selbstbestimmung und einfache Zugänge geht

Warum Technologien, die für Menschen mit Behinderungen entwickelt wurden, oft an den Bedürfnissen Betroffener vorbeigehen und worauf es eigentlich ankommt, 👉 beschreibt @katta.bsky.social im Standard-Blog. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Does alt.chi have a future? – Design Research Works Survey results and a discussion on why we should preserve alt.chi

Blogged about the survey I ran regarding the future of alt.chi within the #chi conference: designresearch.works/blog/future-...

Als die Welt laut wurde - andererseits.org Die Welt ist oft laut – und manchmal wird man selbst dabei leise. Ein Text über Audismus – also der Abwertung von Hör-Behinderungen – und welche Wege wir gefunden haben, damit umzugehen.

Das wundervolle @andererseits.org Magazin hat einen Schwerpunkt zu Gehörlosigkeit. <3

Teil 1: Audismus www.andererseits.org/als-die-welt...
Teil 2: Wahrnehmung www.andererseits.org/zwischen-uns/
Teil 3: Pride www.andererseits.org/was-macht-di...

Why vaccination is important and the safest way to protect yourself Find out how vaccines work, what they contain and the most common side effects.

In my recent paper "DeafinAI", I discussed the slippery slope of language and access rights in the age of AI. What starts as using AI in low-stakes situations can quickly expand into high-stakes areas such as healthcare. That slope seems even slipperier than I thought.
www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

Do you have Opinions™ on what it means to "represent" things and people with data? Then submit 1-2 pages by May 28th and join us in Århus 🇩🇰 this summer to discuss representation and representativeness with synthetic data!

And yes, that’s a subskeet of sorts. If you are a hearing professor working with a signing deaf student, and haven’t learned to sign, please assess honestly why not.

Two people presenting on opposite ends of a podium. On the left, the deaf presenter (Oliver) looks on while their hearing collaborator (Katta) is signing on the right.

Oliver Suchanek and @katta.bsky.social at #CHI2025. Refreshing to see a good deaf-hearing collaborator dynamic: both presenters signed, and interpreters did the voicing. So much more respectful than the typical scenario of the deaf presenter signing and the hearing presenter talking up a storm.

Every head of department explaining his justification for why he hasn’t hired more women:
#CHI2025

I made a site to show all the trans/queer content at #CHI2025. There are 13 papers on Monday alone! padlet.com/haimson/chi

Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Our #CHI2025 paper „Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People“ with @katta.bsky.social and @mdemeulder.bsky.social is finally out! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 🚀 See you on the Eyeth?!

Sometimes you receive an email that gives you that cozy feeling of a really good hug.

It is with such... immense pride for the ACCESSTECH team, seeing how we already had the privilege to create such impactful work early on, that I present to you now our contributions to the CHI 2025 programme.
#chi2025

www.experiencing-access.eu/2025/04/22/a...

For those who will be at #CHI2025, hope you can join us for the CHI Queers Meetup! It will be on Monday 4/28 at a space near the conference. RSVP: tinyurl.com/chiqueers

I just quoted before but let me also add with everything bad going on in the world seeing how @robinxtech.bsky.social just keeps on excelling over and over again amazes me to no end.

Our paper won a Best Paper Award at #chi2025 ! It challenges the idea that Deaf tech should only be assistive. It presents alternative narratives that center deaf lives and show why we need Deaf-centred design in tech. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...

Over 275 responses from deaf ChatGPT users in Europe already. It is still possible to respond to the survey! Some preliminary results in the comments. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social @ninakt.bsky.social

tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications

I just said no to conference service. Would have loved to serve in that role and am fond of the conference. But it’ll be held in the US and I can’t feasibly exploit myself to contribute to events I am banned from joining.

(Affects all trans/nb folks)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Study Exploring Communication and Technology in Disabled & Neurodiverse LGBTQIA+ Romantic Relationships | UMBC Study Application Thank you for your interest in this research study! Please fill out this survey to let the research team know you're willing to participate. Research Purpose: This study will explore issues at t...

I'm running a paid ($80 per participant) research study for disabled and neurodivergent LGBTQIA+ romantic partners! Sign up here: forms.gle/8U7HeYNSnWfw...
#LGBTQ #Disability #Neurodivergent #Relationships #AccessibilityResearch

@robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social @ninakt.bsky.social and I are investigating the experiences of deaf users in Europe interacting with ChatGPT. If you’re deaf, live in Europe, and are using ChatGPT, please fill in our survey, and share! 🙏🏻 tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Thank you!!! ☺️

Building Solidarity Amid Hostility: Experiences of Fat People in Online Communities | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction Online communities are important spaces for members of marginalized groups to organize and support one another. To better understand the experiences of fat people - a group whose marginalization often...

Here is a cute article that we just got published about how fat people create solidarity in online spaces hostile towards them. Maybe something to learn from in these times. 🧡

dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Währenddessen wusste die ÖGS Dolmetscherin am Anfang nicht wie lang es dauert und musste 40 Minuten machen bis wer zum abwechseln kam. 🫣

Ich warte seit Stunden auf das Wetter.

VOLUME 5, BONUS ISSUE A: SURVIVING WHITENESS IN GAMES FULL ISSUE PERMALINK (September, 2023) Introduction Bonus issue editors: Sabine Harrer, Mahli-Ann Butt, Rilla Khaled, Florence M. Chee, Amani Naseem, Katta Spiel, Cale Passmore, Kishonna L. Gray, O…

Surviving Whiteness In Games
Co-edited by @mahliann.bsky.social, @sabha.bsky.social, @cheeflo.bsky.social, @amaani.bsky.social, @katta.bsky.social, @outi.bsky.social, Rilla Khaled, Cale Passmore & Kishonna L. Gray

14 essay collection examining whiteness in games

gamescriticism.org/volume-5-bon...

#5QW: Katta Spiel “I think if we better understand power and care and solidarity, that also helps us to understand why there are so few disabled people in computer science.”

Did this interview a while ago and I really appreciated how they foregrounded the need for care and solidarity in tech research before we can even start thinking about developing new things. 🤗

Das Adjektiv „weiblich“ ist medizinisch maximal unpräzise

Screenshot of a text stating Prof.x and Dr.x as my titles.

Sechs Jahre und eine Datenschutzbeschwerde später und meine Uni kann endlich den Titel den sie mir verliehen haben im System abbilden.

Die TU hat sich übrigens gewundert, warum ich zur Beschwerde “eskaliert” habe.