Researchers and activists are increasingly drawing on the practice of collecting, archiving, and sharing stories to advance social justice, especially given the low cost and accessibility of digital technologies. These practices differ in their aims and scope yet they share a common conviction: that digital storytelling is empowering especially when curating and disseminating life stories of marginalized groups. In this paper, I question this conviction and ask: is it possible that such practices take away from what is found to be meaningful and worthwhile in practices of storytelling and listening, and, if so, how? To answer this question, I argue for a renewed attentiveness to story scenes, highlighting the inherently relational nature of storytelling and listening. I examine this relational nature through a fictional account that exemplifies storied encounters and demonstrates the ethical issues they entail through three themes—reciprocity, responsiveness, and communion—borne out of the plurality of philosophical positions on what it means to relate to another. I explain each of these themes as a starting point for thinking through how digital storytelling may be just, with implications for participatory methods in science and technology studies, design studies, and human-computer interaction inclusive of participatory design, co-design, ethnographic research, and participatory action research.

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为故事伸张正义：数字叙事的伦理与政治

研究人员和激进主义者越来越多地利用收集，存档和分享故事的实践来促进社会正义，特别是考虑到数字技术的低成本和可访问性。这些做法的目的和范围各不相同，但他们有共同的信念：数字叙事正在增强能力，尤其是在策划和传播边缘化群体的生活故事时。在本文中，我对这种信念提出了质疑，并提出了这样的疑问：这种做法是否有可能从讲故事和听故事的做法中被认为是有意义的和有价值的呢？如果是，那又如何呢？为了回答这个问题，我主张重新关注故事场景，突出讲述故事和聆听的内在联系。我通过一个虚构的叙述来考察这种关系性质，该叙述举例说明了故事性的遭遇，并通过互惠，响应和共融这三个主题论证了它们所涉及的道德问题，这些问题来自于关于与另一种事物的含义的多种哲学立场。我将解释每个主题，以此作为思考数字叙事如何公正的出发点，对科学技术研究，设计研究和人机交互（包括参与式设计，共同设计，人种学研究）中的参与式方法产生影响以及参与式行动研究。和共融-来自与另一个人意味着什么的多个哲学立场。我将解释每个主题，以此作为思考数字叙事如何公正的起点，并对科学技术研究，设计研究以及人机交互（包括参与式设计，共同设计，人种志研究）中的参与式方法产生影响以及参与式行动研究。和共融-来自与另一个人意味着什么的多个哲学立场。我将解释每个主题，以此作为思考数字叙事如何公正的出发点，对科学技术研究，设计研究和人机交互（包括参与式设计，共同设计，人种学研究）中的参与式方法产生影响以及参与式行动研究。