Social dynamics of early stage co-design in developing regions Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:3338135, abstract = {Technology arguably has the potential to play a key role in improving the lives of people in developing regions. However, these communities are not well understood and designers must thoroughly investigate possibilities for technological innovations in these contexts. We describe findings from two field studies in India and one in Uganda where we explore technological solutions in the domains of communication, microfinance and education. Two common underlying themes emerge from these studies: (1) local stakeholders can contribute cultural information relevant to design such as needs and practices through interaction with technology artifacts and (2) unique social network structures embedded within communities are crucial to the acceptance and potential adoption of technology. We end with a synthesis of the three experiences that draws some practical lessons for ICT designers to elicit meaningful feedback and participation from local stakeholders in developing regions communities.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Ramachandran, Divya and Kam, Matthew and Chiu, Jane and Canny, John and Frankel, James F.}, booktitle = {CHI '07: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems}, citeulike-article-id = {3338135}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1240790}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240790}, doi = {10.1145/1240624.1240790}, isbn = {978-1-59593-593-9}, keywords = {participatory-design}, location = {San Jose, California, USA}, pages = {1087--1096}, posted-at = {2008-09-25 20:43:17}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Social dynamics of early stage co-design in developing regions}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240790}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3338135 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3338135 N2 - Technology arguably has the potential to play a key role in improving the lives of people in developing regions. However, these communities are not well understood and designers must thoroughly investigate possibilities for technological innovations in these contexts. We describe findings from two field studies in India and one in Uganda where we explore technological solutions in the domains of communication, microfinance and education. Two common underlying themes emerge from these studies: (1) local stakeholders can contribute cultural information relevant to design such as needs and practices through interaction with technology artifacts and (2) unique social network structures embedded within communities are crucial to the acceptance and potential adoption of technology. We end with a synthesis of the three experiences that draws some practical lessons for ICT designers to elicit meaningful feedback and participation from local stakeholders in developing regions communities. CY - San Jose, California, USA SN - 978-1-59593-593-9 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 1096 TI - Social dynamics of early stage co-design in developing regions PB - ACM T2 - CHI '07: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems SP - 1087 KW - participatory-design AU - Ramachandran, Divya AU - Kam, Matthew AU - Chiu, Jane AU - Canny, John AU - Frankel, James PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240790 ER -