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Creating a rural community display with local engagement

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DIS '10: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

Pages 218 - 227

https://doi.org/10.1145/1858171.1858209

Published: 16 August 2010 Publication History

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We present our experiences of using an iterative, prototype-driven approach to developing social systems with the participation of communities, inspired by probe-based methodologies. This approach is illustrated by our attempts to design and understand the role of situated display technologies in a rural community, which has led to the development of a photo display and digital notice board, guided by the community's involvement.

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Creating a rural community display with local engagement
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping

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DIS '10: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

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DOI:10.1145/1858171

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