Towards Feminist Intersectional XAI: From Explainability to Response-Ability
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Abstract (arXiv)
This paper follows calls for critical approaches to computing and conceptualisations of intersectional, feminist, decolonial HCI and AI design and asks what a feminist intersectional perspective in HCXAI research and design might look like. Sketching out initial research directions and implications for explainable AI design, it suggests that explainability from a feminist perspective would include the fostering of response-ability - the capacity to critically evaluate and respond to AI systems - and would centre marginalised perspectives.
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- 2026Emergent, not Immanent: A Baradian Reading of Explainable AI21 Jan 2026