Papers by Hannah Washington
Taxonomizing Representational Harms using Speech Act Theory (2025.findings-acl)
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Emily Corvi, Hannah Washington, Stefanie Reed, Chad Atalla, Alexandra Chouldechova, P. Alex Dow, Jean Garcia-Gathright, Nicholas J Pangakis, Emily Sheng, Dan Vann, Matthew Vogel, Hanna Wallach
| Challenge: | a theoretical framework defines representational harms as perlocutionary effects of illocutional acts . the framework provides a granular taxonomy of ils that cause representational damages . |
| Approach: | They propose a framework that defines representational harms as perlocutionary effects of system behaviors . they propose illocutional acts that cause representational damage and a taxonomy that supports measurement instruments . |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework defines representational harms as perlocutionary effects of illocutionaries . it can support the development of valid measurement instruments, the authors show . |