Human-centered computing in international development

  • Authors:

  • Nithya Sambasivan;Melissa Ho;Matthew Kam;Neesha Kodagoda;Susan Dray;John C. Thomas;Ann Light;Kentaro Toyama

  • Affiliations:

  • University of California, Irvine, CA, USA;University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom;Dray and Associates, Inc., Mineeapolis, MN, USA;IBM T.J.Watson Research , Hawthorne, NY, USA;Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom;Microsoft Research India, Bangalore, India

  • Venue:
  • CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This workshop continues the dialog on exploring the challenges in applying, extending, and inventing appropriate methods and contributions of Humancentered Computing (HCC) to International economic and community development, borne out of tremendously successful HCI4D workshops at CHI 2007 and 2008. The workshop aims at 1) providing a platform to discuss interaction design practices that allow for meaningful embedding of interactive systems in the cultural, infrastructural, and political settings where they will be used 2) addressing interaction design issues in developing regions, as well as areas in the developed world marginalized by poverty or other barriers. We hope to continue to extend the boundaries of the field of Humancentered Computing (HCC) by spurring on more discussion on how existing methods and practices can be adapted/ modified, and how new practices be developed, to combat