TY - CHAP A1 - Chow, Rosan A1 - Dörrenbächer, Judith A1 - Poikolainen Rosén, Anton A1 - Yoo, Daisy A1 - Eriksson, Eva A1 - Hassenzahl, Marc T1 - Paradoxes, tensions and challenges in decentering the human : re-examining concepts, practices, methods and artifacts in More-Than-Human-Design T2 - DIS'25 Companion Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference : designing for a sustainable ocean N2 - In recent years, More-Than-Human-Design (MTHD) has gained traction in HCI, as exemplified by a growing body of workshops and publications. As this nascent field progresses, unresolved conceptual and practical methodological challenges continue to surface. It is time for MTHD researchers to critically revisit underlying assumptions, concepts and processes that shape their work. This one-day workshop invites the DIS community to engage in two key areas: a critical discussion on anthropocentrism, a core yet multifaceted concept in MTHD, and the presentation of practical work that either reveals paradoxes within MTHD – concerning how to decenter humans and how to engage with more-than-human actors – or explores constructive ways to navigate these paradoxes. Through mapping and discussing the challenges, we aim to identify patterns and shared concerns. The workshop will culminate in an open-ended Archive of Tensions, accessible via the workshop website, serving as a collective resource for ongoing reflection and inquiry. Furthermore, the Archive will be presented in an online event and the results will be published as an article. KW - More-Than-Human KW - Anthropocentrism KW - Paradoxes KW - Decenter human KW - Human Computer Interaction Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-84871 SN - 9798400714863 SP - 23 EP - 25 PB - ACM CY - New York, USA ER -