Quick reminder of tomorrow's talk. best,
UW Change organizers On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 4:45 PM Innocent Obi <inno...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > At next week's Change talk we will be hearing from Dr. Dhaval Vyas > (he/him) from University of Queensland, Australia. Dr. Vyas's talk is > titled *Democratizing Making: Scaffolding Participation Using e-Waste to > Engage Under-resourced Communities in Technology Design*. > > *Description* > Maker culture and DIY practices are central to democratizing the design of > technology; enabling non-designers (future end-users) to actively > participate in the design process. However, little is known about how > individuals from under-resourced communities and low socioeconomic status > (SES) backgrounds, can practically leverage maker practices to design > technology, creating value for themselves or their communities. To > investigate this, we collaborated with an e-waste recycling centre, > involving 24 participants (staff and low-SES volunteers) in two > participatory maker workshop activities. Participants were provided with a > generative e-waste toolkit, through which they repurposed e-waste materials > and developed novel technology prototypes that created value from their > perspectives and agendas. Our findings unpack three factors that influenced > their making: balancing personal and community needs; incorporating > convenience and productivity; and re-thinking sustainability and > connection; and discussing strategies for scaffolding participation and > engagement of under-resourced communities in making use of an e-waste > generative toolkit to democratize technology design. > > *Seminar Details* > Location: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates > Center) > Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95254816636 > > *Presenter Bio* > Dhaval is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland, Australia. > His research primarily focuses on Human-Centered Computing (HCC) and > Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). He runs a research group called > the Compassion Lab, which focuses on designing technologies to support > members from under-resourced communities. > > > Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! > > Best, > > UW Change Organizers >
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