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"Narrowcast yourself": designing for community storytelling in a rural Indian context

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David Bainbridge,

George Buchanan,

David Frohlich,

Dorothy Rachovides,

Mounia LalmasAuthors Info & Claims

DIS '08: Proceedings of the 7th ACM conference on Designing interactive systems

Pages 369 - 378

https://doi.org/10.1145/1394445.1394485

Published: 25 February 2008 Publication History

Abstract

The StoryBank project is examining technologies and practices to allow digitally impoverished communities to take part in the user-generated content revolution. The approach involves combining mobile phones to create audio-visual stories and a touch screen display situated in a community meeting place. This paper discusses the design, evaluation and refinement of the situated display. We consider how our experiences of working with a rural Indian village community influenced design processes, principles and prototypes. The work highlights the value of community-centred design practices and prototypes in such developing-world contexts.

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