Examining appropriation, re-use, and maintenance for sustainability

Authors:
Jina Huh;Lisa P. Nathan;Six Silberman;Eli Blevis;Bill Tomlinson;Phoebe Sengers;Daniela Busse
Affiliations:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA;University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA;Indiana University, Bloomington, USA;University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA;Cornell University, Ithaca, USA;SAP Labs, LLC., Palo Alto, USA
Venue:
CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Within the past few years, the field of HCI has increasingly addressed the issue of environmental sustainability, primarily identifying the challenges and developing an agenda for designing for sustainability. Yet, the most difficult task remains, how do we develop realistic solutions when the digital ethos is based upon short-lived computing products that come and go at rapid pace. By examining appropriation, re-use, and maintenance practices, this workshop aims to identify sustainable interaction design challenges and directions in re-utilizing used or obsolete computing products for prolonged use.