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

  • Authors:
  • Matt Jones;Will Harwood;David Bainbridge;George Buchanan;David Frohlich;Dorothy Rachovides;Maxine Frank;Mounia Lalmas

  • Affiliations:
  • Swansea University, UK;Swansea University, UK;Swansea University, UK;Swansea University, UK;Surrey University, UK;Surrey University, UK;Surrey University, UK;Queen Mary University, London, UK

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 7th ACM conference on Designing interactive systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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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.