Dear Information Architecture Community, These are increasingly turbulent times. As we, the IAC21 co-chairs, meet to plan next year’s conference, we can’t help but reflect on the current protests and uprisings in the United States in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and countless other Black lives taken from this world by the police and other forms of …
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The Information Architect with an identity crisis: Grace Lau
This blog post introduces another of the co-chairs for IAC21. When not planning the conference, Grace Lau is also the co-president for World IA Day, the nonprofit entity behind World IA Day (the annual event), and co-founder of DIA Design Guild, LLC, a design consultancy uplifting aspiring and transitioning UX designers and researchers. Why did you get into Information Architecture? 15 …
The Information Architecture of a Student Co-Chair
Reflecting on the past year is mind-blowing to say the least. It was almost a year ago now that I was announced as the first student liaison for the 2021 IA conference. My photo on the website has stayed the same, but a lot has changed. My title has transitioned to Student Co-Chair, and I have worked tirelessly to live up to that name by engaging students as speakers, volunteers, and attendees, …
Poster submission deadline has been extended!
Have an idea that you want to share with the IA community? The deadline for IAC21 poster night has been extended an additional week to February 17, 2021. New to the IA/UX/tech community? In the midst of a job change that you don’t want to talk about? Have an idea you want to share, but haven’t fully fleshed out? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, then submit a poster for IA …
The Reluctant Information Architect: Claire Morville
Why did you get into Information Architecture? I didn’t get a choice. I was born into IA. My first words were taxonomy and wireframe. My first pet was a polar bear. Okay, I’m joking, but as you’ve probably guessed, my dad is Peter Morville. What you may not know is that I’ve spent most of my life avoiding information architecture. During my childhood, IA was that annoying, ever-present …
IAC21’s Day 2 Keynote Speakers: Safiya U. Noble and Sarah T. Roberts
One of our IAC keynote speakers tells us that search engines are racist, the other that artificial intelligence can’t replace humans. Both help us recalibrate our shared responsibilities as professionals and practitioners. Safiya Umoja Noble’s Algorithms of Oppression challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for ideas, identities, and …
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