@article{aagaardIntroducingPostphenomenologicalResearch2017, title = {Introducing Postphenomenological Research: A Brief and Selective Sketch of Phenomenological Research Methods}, shorttitle = {Introducing Postphenomenological Research}, author = {Aagaard, Jesper}, year = {2017}, month = jul, journal = {International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education}, volume = {30}, number = {6}, pages = {519--533}, issn = {0951-8398}, doi = {10.1080/09518398.2016.1263884}, abstract = {In time, phenomenology has become a viable approach to conducting qualitative studies in education. Popular and well-established methods include descriptive and hermeneutic phenomenology. Based on critiques of the essentialism and receptivity of these two methods, however, this article offers a third variation of empirical phenomenology: Postphenomenology. The article introduces postphenomenology, a philosophy of technology that highlights the importance of technological mediation of experience: Technologies transform our perceptions (amplify/reduce) and translate our actions (invite/inhibit). Based on this framework, two approaches to empirical fieldwork are suggested: In-depth exploration of the typical use of a given technology and critical comparison of multiple versions of a technology. It is argued that using postphenomenology as a research method helps researchers explore technological mediation, a vital and oft-neglected aspect of educational practice, but the method simultaneously entails epistemological commitments such as multistability, reflexivity, and posthumanism. The article concludes by discussing future challenges for the postphenomenological method.}, keywords = {Educational technology,materiality,mediation,phenomenology,qualitative research} } @article{AgencyPhilosophy2019, title = {Agency (Philosophy)}, year = {2019}, month = aug, journal = {Wikipedia}, abstract = {Agency is the capacity of an actor to act in a given environment. The capacity to act does not at first imply a specific moral dimension to the ability to make the choice to act, and moral agency is therefore a distinct concept. In sociology, an agent is an individual engaging with the social structure. Notably, though, the primacy of social structure vs. individual capacity with regard to persons' actions is debated within sociology. This debate concerns, at least partly, the level of reflexivity an agent may possess.Agency may either be classified as unconscious, involuntary behavior, or purposeful, goal directed activity (intentional action). An agent typically has some sort of immediate awareness of their physical activity and the goals that the activity is aimed at realizing. In `goal directed action' an agent implements a kind of direct control or guidance over their own behavior.}, copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License}, langid = {english}, annotation = {Page Version ID: 908913590} } @article{ahmedOpenForumImaginary2008, title = {Open {{Forum Imaginary Prohibitions}}: {{Some Preliminary Remarks}} on the {{Founding Gestures}} of the `{{New Materialism}}'}, shorttitle = {Open {{Forum Imaginary Prohibitions}}}, author = {Ahmed, Sara}, year = {2008}, month = feb, journal = {European Journal of Women's Studies}, volume = {15}, number = {1}, pages = {23--39}, issn = {1350-5068}, doi = {10.1177/1350506807084854}, abstract = {We have no interest whatever in minimizing the continuing history of racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise abusive biologisms, or the urgency of their exposure, that has made the gravamen of so many contemporary projects of critique. At the same time, we fear \textemdash{} with installation of an automatic antibiologism as the unshifting tenet of `theory' \textemdash{} the loss of conceptual access to an entire thought-realm. (Sedgwick and Frank, 1995: 15), I was left wondering what danger had been averted by the exclusion of biology. What does the nominative `biological or anatomical body' actually refer to? And what secures the separation of its inadmissible matter from the proper purview of Irigaray's textual interventions? When I asked a question to this effect it was met with a certain nervous comprehension. Deciding, perhaps, that I must still be immersed in a precritical understanding of the body, the speaker dismissed me with a revealing theatrical gesture. As if to emphasize the sheer absurdity of my question she pinched herself and commented `Well I don't mean this body'. And so it seemed with a gesture so matter of fact that it required no further comment, the fact of (the) matter was both decided and dispatched. (Kirby, 1997: 70), Feminism has been as deeply implicated in routinized antiessentialism as any of our critical procedures. Even though questions of `the body' have become increasingly fashionable in all manner of feminist projects (surely `the body' has become, in a very short space of time, one of our most routinized theoretical gestures), the schedule of feminism's antibiologism has been little altered. In most of these projects on `the body', the body in question is pursued in its socially, experientially, or psychically constituted forms, but rarely in its physiologically, biochemically, or microbiologically constituted form, the idea of biological construction having been rendered either unintelligible or naive. Despite an avowed interest in the body, there is a persistent distaste for biological detail. (Wilson, 1998: 14\textemdash 15), These feminist theories have usually been reluctant to engage with biological data: they retain, and encourage, the fierce antibiologism that marked the emergence of second wave feminism. (Wilson, 2004: 13), That feminist scholars are particularly prone to a `knee jerk constructivism' helps explain the reluctance of those in the humanities to engage seriously with the claims of science. (Squier, 2004: 46), This book functions primarily as a reminder to social, political, and cultural theorists, particularly those interested in feminism, antiracism and questions of the politics of globalisation, that they have forgotten a crucial dimension of research, if not necessary to, then certainly useful for more incisively formulating the concepts on which they so heavily, if implicitly rely. It is written as a remembrance of what we have forgotten \textemdash{} not just the body, but that which makes it possible and which limits its actions: the precarious, accidental, contingent, expedient, striving, dynamic status of life in a messy, complicated, resistant, brute world of materiality, a world regulated by the exigencies, the forces, of space and time. We have forgotten the nature, the ontology, of the body, the conditions under which bodies are encultured, psychologized, given identity, historical location, and agency. We have forgotten where we come from. (Grosz, 2004a: 2)}, langid = {english} } @inbook{allenFocusGroups2017, title = {Focus {{Groups}}}, booktitle = {The {{SAGE Encyclopedia}} of {{Communication Research Methods}}}, year = {2017}, publisher = {{SAGE Publications, Inc}}, address = {{2455 Teller Road,~Thousand Oaks~California~91320}}, doi = {10.4135/9781483381411.n208}, collaborator = {Allen, Mike}, isbn = {978-1-4833-8143-5 978-1-4833-8141-1} } @inbook{allenParticipantObservation2017, title = {Participant {{Observation}}}, booktitle = {The {{SAGE Encyclopedia}} of {{Communication Research Methods}}}, year = {2017}, publisher = {{SAGE Publications, Inc}}, address = {{2455 Teller Road,~Thousand Oaks~California~91320}}, doi = {10.4135/9781483381411.n412}, collaborator = {Allen, Mike}, isbn = {978-1-4833-8143-5 978-1-4833-8141-1} } @misc{AssistiveSoftwareUseful, title = {The {{Assistive Software}}, {{Useful}} and {{Necessary Tool}} for {{Blind Student}}'s {{Abilities Development}} | {{Elsevier Enhanced Reader}}}, doi = {10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.541}, howpublished = {https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S1877042814005588?token=B59577D0EC7A92530DB6D10647134E597F403313C7B95655F556586CD3137A4225E2A44E18E34004136621E481ECDA21\&originRegion=eu-west-1\&originCreation=20211227124820}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/X559GPKC/The Assistive Software, Useful and Necessary Tool .pdf} } @misc{AssistiveTechnology2021, title = {Assistive Technology}, year = {2021}, month = dec, abstract = {Assistive technology}, howpublished = {https://www.who.int/westernpacific/health-topics/assistive-technology}, langid = {english} } @misc{AssistiveTechnologyProducts2021, type = {Webpage}, title = {Assistive {{Technology Products}} for {{Information Access}}}, year = {2021}, month = dec, journal = {National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) | Library of Congress}, abstract = {2020 The products listed in this reference guide are designed to assist people who have disabilities in accessing printed information. They convert digital text or print into synthetic speech, braille, or enlarged text. Most items are available from multiple vendors, which are listed below the entry along with the price at the time this publication \ldots}, howpublished = {https://www.loc.gov/nls/resources/blindness-and-vision-impairment/devices-aids/assistive-technology-products-information-access/}, langid = {english} } @article{baeckerDesignvertrauenUngewissheitsabsorptionNachsten, title = {{Designvertrauen: Ungewissheitsabsorption in der n\"achsten Gesellschaft}}, author = {Baecker, Dirk}, pages = {9}, langid = {german}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/IHYJH5IM/Baecker_Designvertrauen.pdf} } @article{bajcarAsymmetryUsabilityEvaluation2020, title = {Asymmetry in {{Usability Evaluation}} of the {{Assistive Technology}} among {{Users With}} and {{Without Disabilities}}}, author = {Bajcar, Beata and Borkowska, Anna and Jach, Katarzyna}, year = {2020}, month = nov, journal = {International Journal of Human\textendash Computer Interaction}, volume = {36}, number = {19}, pages = {1849--1866}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1044-7318}, doi = {10.1080/10447318.2020.1798084}, abstract = {In the area of human\textendash computer interaction (HCI) of persons with disabilities (PWDs), the knowledge about the mechanisms determining their evaluation of the assistive technology is particularly important. This study is aimed at exploring the usability evaluation process of an assistive technology on the example of Face Controller (FC). To trace the evaluation process, a comparison of the FC usability evaluation between PWDs (N = 29) and persons with no disabilities (PNDs; N = 32) was performed. The present study revealed that the PWDs reported higher satisfaction and perceived usability of the FC comparing to the PNDs, whereas the effectiveness and efficiency were both lower for PWDs. This asymmetrical pattern of the results in the evaluation of the FC usability is discussed as an extension of disability paradox and can enhance the understanding of conceptualization and evaluation HCI made by PWDs.}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2020.1798084}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/THRB5TJC/Bajcar et al. - 2020 - Asymmetry in Usability Evaluation of the Assistive.pdf} } @article{bajorekVoiceRecognitionStill2019, title = {Voice {{Recognition Still Has Significant Race}} and {{Gender Biases}}}, author = {Bajorek, Joan Palmiter}, year = {2019}, month = may, journal = {Harvard Business Review}, issn = {0017-8012}, abstract = {It's both a social justice issue and a missed opportunity for companies.}, chapter = {Technology and analytics}, keywords = {Diversity and inclusion,Technology and analytics} } @article{bellIntimateComputing2004, title = {Intimate Computing?}, author = {Bell, G.}, year = {2004}, month = nov, journal = {IEEE Internet Comput.}, volume = {8}, number = {6}, pages = {91--93}, issn = {1089-7801, 1941-0131}, doi = {10.1109/MIC.2004.67}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/AKQ2CHU3/Bell_2004_Intimate computing.pdf} } @inproceedings{bellIntimateUbiquitousComputing2003a, title = {Intimate {{Ubiquitous Computing}}}, booktitle = {In: {{Proceedings}} of {{Ubicomp}} 2003, {{ACM}}}, author = {Bell, Genevieve and Brooke, Tim and Churchill, Elizabeth and Paulos, Eric}, year = {2003}, pages = {3--6}, publisher = {{Press}}, abstract = {Ubiquitous computing has long been associated with intimacy. Within the UbiComp literature we see intimacy portrayed as: knowledge our appliances and applications have about us and the minutiae of our day-to-day lives; physical closeness, incarnated on the body as wearable computing and in the body as `nanobots'; and computer mediated connection with friends, lovers, confidantes and colleagues. As appliances and computation move away from the desktop, and as designers move toward designing for emotion and social connection rather than usability and utility, we are poised to design technologies that are explicitly intimate and/or intimacy promoting. This workshop will: critically reflect on notions of intimacy; consider cultural and ethical issues in designing intimate technologies; and explore potential socio-technical design methods for intimate computing.}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/ZH5V4QCK/Bell et al_2003_Intimate Ubiquitous Computing.pdf} } @misc{BetteriotBetteriotprinciples2021, title = {Betteriot/Betteriot-Principles}, year = {2021}, month = may, abstract = {Better IoT Principles}, howpublished = {Better IoT} } @book{bielingInklusionAlsEntwurf2019, title = {{Inklusion als Entwurf}}, author = {Bieling, Tom}, year = {2019}, month = sep, journal = {Inklusion als Entwurf}, publisher = {{Birkh\"auser}}, abstract = {Wie wir Dinge gestalten, hat einen ma\ss geblichen Einfluss darauf, was oder wen wir als "normal" oder "normabweichend" empfinden. Design markiert somit die Grenzbereiche zwischen In- und Exklusion, indem es implizit Rollen- und Wertebilder konfiguriert und dabei gleicherma\ss en in den Herstellungs- und Deutungsprozess von Normalit\"at involviert ist. Wenn solche Normvorstellungen durch Design mitkonstruiert werden, bedeutet das im Umkehrschluss jedoch auch, dass sie sich durch Design dekonstruieren, also kritisch hinterfragen und ver\"andern lassen: Design kann auch Gegenmodelle entwickeln. In Inklusion als Entwurf deckt Tom Bieling auf zahlreichen Ebenen Verbindungen von Design und Inklusion auf und leitet daraus nicht nur neue Operationsbereiche f\"ur Designer ab, sondern liefert auch Ankn\"upfungspunkte f\"ur andere Praxis- und Wissensfelder.}, isbn = {978-3-0356-2021-4}, langid = {german}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/RPTXCURI/Bieling_2019_Inklusion als Entwurf.pdf} } @article{bigolinVITALMATERIALISMDESIGN2015, title = {{{VITAL MATERIALISM DESIGN METHODOLOGIES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE}}}, author = {Bigolin, Ricarda and Thornquist, Clemens}, year = {2015}, month = may, journal = {Nordes}, volume = {1}, number = {6}, issn = {1604-9705}, abstract = {Socially responsible design education is often grounded in case-based approaches. The problem with these approaches to socially responsible design is that they are usually based on a given set of design methods. Such methods respond to conditions of practice that are outmoded and don't respond to the contemporary presence of the image, and it's affect on materiality and the body in design practice. This is a problem in relation to evolving ecologies where new methods are needed to tackle problems that arise because of the change. In response, this work tries to develop alternative design methods for social change, particularly by exploring the relationships between image and vital material as a key variable. Through a series of experiments the work argues for the potential of material as foundational for creating changing within a system. This proposes engagement with material, body, space \& image as a precursor to the linear and formalistic version of the design process.}, copyright = {Copyright (c)}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/GVQJNU7K/Bigolin_Thornquist_2015_VITAL MATERIALISM DESIGN METHODOLOGIES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.pdf} } @incollection{birchFastPaceNew2010a, title = {The {{Fast Pace}} of {{New Emerging Information}} and {{Communication Technologies}}: {{The Need}} for {{Regulations}} and {{Standards}}}, shorttitle = {The {{Fast Pace}} of {{New Emerging Information}} and {{Communication Technologies}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Birch, Gary E.}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {97--104}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_10}, abstract = {Information and communication technologies (ICT) are directly or indirectly a form of assistive technology. Indeed, many forms of new emerging ICT have the potential to provide opportunities for persons with disabilities to obtain inclusion in the mainstream of society to an extent never before accomplished. However, due to the rapid ubiquitous insertion of these technologies into our society and given that most of these technologies are not accessible to persons with disabilities they are forming new barriers rather than opening up new opportunities. New strategies need to be adopted to deal with this trend and, particularly in the relatively near term, it is argued that the most important strategy is the development of enforceable regulations and standards that impact the accessibility of these new emerging technologies.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english} } @article{bjorgvinssonAgonisticParticipatoryDesign2012, title = {Agonistic Participatory Design: Working with Marginalised Social Movements}, shorttitle = {Agonistic Participatory Design}, author = {Bj{\"o}rgvinsson, Erling and Ehn, Pelle and Hillgren, Per-Anders}, year = {2012}, month = jun, journal = {CoDesign}, volume = {8}, number = {2-3}, pages = {127--144}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1571-0882}, doi = {10.1080/15710882.2012.672577}, abstract = {Participatory design (PD) has become increasingly engaged in public spheres and everyday life and is no longer solely concerned with the workplace. This is not only a shift from work-oriented productive activities to leisure and pleasurable engagements, but also a new milieu for production and `innovation'. What `democratic innovation' entails is often currently defined by management and innovation research, which claims that innovation has been democratised through easy access to production tools and lead-users as the new experts driving innovation. We sketch an alternative `innovation' practice more in line with the original visions of PD based on our experience of running Malm\"o Living Labs \textendash{} an open innovation milieu where new constellations, issues and ideas evolve from bottom\textendash up long-term collaborations among diverse stakeholders. Three cases and controversial matters of concern are discussed. The fruitfulness of the concepts `agonistic public spaces' (as opposed to consensual decision-making), `thinging' and `infrastructuring' (as opposed to projects) are explored in relation to democracy, innovation and other future-making practices.}, keywords = {agonistic,democracy,design,infrastructuring,innovation,participation,thinging}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2012.672577}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/NB6FJQI7/Björgvinsson et al_2012_Agonistic participatory design.pdf} } @article{blumAlexaWieWirds, title = {{Alexa! Wie wirds W\"atter morn?}}, author = {Blum, Pascal}, pages = {10}, langid = {german}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/BTY46BIC/Blum_Alexa.pdf} } @incollection{borisoffSmallMarketsAssistive2010a, title = {Small {{Markets}} in {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Obstacles}} and {{Opportunities}}}, shorttitle = {Small {{Markets}} in {{Assistive Technology}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Borisoff, Jaimie F.}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {105--113}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_11}, abstract = {While the inherently small market for assistive technology (AT) can be a significant hurdle in the development of AT solutions, small markets can also provide opportunities to foster technology innovation under the right circumstances. Focusing on the wheelchair industry, I summarize the numerous obstacles that small companies face in trying to address small AT markets, as well as the range of opportunities available to assist small companies in their efforts to impact the quality of life of those with disabilities. Indeed, small market AT may be a perfect fit for the growing field of ``small batch'' manufacturing in combination with motivated individuals suddenly empowered by a host of new technologies. I close with a brief discussion of future possibilities for AT in small markets.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Assistive Technology,Large Market,Small Company,Supply Chain,Venture Capital} } @book{braidottiPosthuman2012, title = {The Posthuman.}, author = {{Braidotti}}, year = {2012}, publisher = {{Polity Press}}, address = {{Oxford}}, abstract = {The Posthuman' starts by exploring the extent to which a post-humanist move displaces the traditional humanistic unity of the subject. Rather than perceiving this situation as a loss of cognitive and moral self-mastery, Braidotti argues that the posthuman helps us make sense of our flexible and multiple identities. Braidotti then analyzes the escalating effects of post-anthropocentric thought, which encompass not only other species, but also the sustainability of our planet as a whole. Because contemporary market economies profit from the control and commodification of all that lives, they result in hybridization, erasing categorical distinctions between the human and other species, seeds, plants, animals and bacteria. These dislocations induced by globalized cultures and economies enable a critique of anthropocentrism, but how reliable are they as indicators of a sustainable future? 'The Posthuman' concludes by considering the implications of these shifts for the institutional practice of the humanities.}, isbn = {978-0-7456-4157-7}, langid = {english}, annotation = {OCLC: 852259920}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/B7PL9DRT/Braidotti - 2012 - The posthuman..epub} } @incollection{braunThematicAnalysis2019, title = {Thematic {{Analysis}}}, booktitle = {Handbook of {{Research Methods}} in {{Health Social Sciences}}}, author = {Braun, Virginia and Clarke, Victoria and Hayfield, Nikki and Terry, Gareth}, editor = {Liamputtong, Pranee}, year = {2019}, pages = {843--860}, publisher = {{Springer Singapore}}, address = {{Singapore}}, doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-5251-4_103}, isbn = {978-981-10-5250-7 978-981-10-5251-4}, langid = {english} } @article{burdekObjectsLanguageMeaning, title = {Objects : {{In}} between Language and Meaning}, author = {B{\"u}rdek, Bernhard E}, pages = {12}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/E28E3ZHT/Bürdek_Objects.pdf} } @article{callonEinigeElementeSoziologie2006, title = {{Einige Elemente einer Soziologie der \"Ubersetzung : die Domestikation der Kammmuscheln und der Fischer der St. Brieuc-Bucht}}, shorttitle = {{Einige Elemente einer Soziologie der \"Ubersetzung}}, author = {Callon, Michel}, year = {2006}, journal = {ANThology}, pages = {135}, langid = {german}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/UIFDL8DI/Callon_2006_Einige Elemente einer Soziologie der Übersetzung.pdf} } @misc{carranzaAgency2018, title = {Agency}, author = {Carranza, Nancy}, year = {2018}, month = apr, journal = {Critical Posthumanism Network}, abstract = {In a newly published textbook on gender studies and materialism, agency is defined as ``the ability to act in such a way as to produce particular results''.[1] The entry explains that while mo\ldots}, langid = {american} } @misc{CenterDisabilityJustice, title = {Center {{Disability Justice}} in {{Diversity}}, {{Equity}}, and {{Inclusion Efforts}}}, howpublished = {https://ssir.org/articles/entry/there\_is\_no\_justice\_that\_neglects\_disability\#} } @article{chapmanDesignEmotionalDurability2009, title = {Design for ({{Emotional}}) {{Durability}}}, author = {Chapman, Jonathan}, year = {2009}, month = oct, journal = {Design Issues}, volume = {25}, number = {4}, pages = {29--35}, issn = {0747-9360, 1531-4790}, doi = {10.1162/desi.2009.25.4.29}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/FZZEI9EY/Chapman_2009_Design for (Emotional) Durability.pdf} } @book{chapmanEmotionallyDurableDesign2015, title = {Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, Experiences and Empathy}, shorttitle = {Emotionally Durable Design}, author = {Chapman, Jonathan}, year = {2015}, abstract = {"Emotionally Durable Design presents counterpoints to our 'throwaway society' by developing powerful design tools, methods and frameworks that build resilience into relationships between people and things. The book takes us beyond the sustainable design field's established focus on energy and materials, to engage the underlying psychological phenomena that shape patterns of consumption and waste. In fluid and accessible writing, the author asks: why do we discard products that still work? He then moves forward to define strategies for the design of products that people want to keep for longer. Along the way we are introduced to over twenty examples of emotional durability in smart phones, shoes, chairs, clocks, teacups, toasters, boats and other material experiences. Emotionally Durable Design transcends the prevailing doom and gloom rhetoric of sustainability discourse, to pioneer a more hopeful, meaningful and resilient form of material culture. This second edition features pull-out quotes, illustrated product examples, a running glossary and comprehensive stand firsts; this book can be read cover to cover, or dipped in-and-out of. It is a daring call to arms for professional designers, educators, researchers and students from in a range of disciplines from product design to architecture; framing an alternative genre of design that reduces the consumption and waste of resources by increasing the durability of relationships between people and things"--Page 4 de la couverture.}, isbn = {978-0-415-73216-1 978-0-415-73215-4}, langid = {english}, annotation = {OCLC: 937011280} } @book{christensenPoliticsThings2020, title = {Politics of {{Things}}}, author = {Christensen, Michelle and Conradi, Florian}, year = {2020}, month = feb, journal = {Politics of Things}, publisher = {{Birkh\"auser}}, abstract = {In der Gegenwart l\"osen sich die Grenzen zwischen Natur und Kultur, Mensch und Maschine, Objekt und Subjekt zunehmend auf: Sind wir in dieser \"Ara der Verwicklung, in der die Dinge selbst mehr und mehr denken, lernen, vorhersagen und jede unserer Handlungen leiten, nicht zum Apparat von Apparaten geworden, die wir einmal selbst entworfen haben? Die Autoren analysieren durch den Ansatz einer praxisbasierten Designforschung die Machtverh\"altnisse in dieser "Politik der Dinge", indem sie die Routinen ihres eigenen Alltags durch Gestaltungsexperimente umkehren, verschieben und in Frage stellen. So werden die Forschenden selbst zum Erforschten und entwickeln dadurch doch zugleich kritische Perspektiven auf die Verhandlungsmacht von Menschen und Dingen in Zeiten einer ontologischen Krise.}, isbn = {978-3-0356-2056-6}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/XM7YWXC7/Christensen_Conradi_2020_Politics of Things.pdf} } @misc{CollaborativelyDesigningAssistive, title = {Collaboratively Designing Assistive Technology | {{ACM Interactions}}}, howpublished = {https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/march-april-2014/collaboratively-designing-assistive-technology} } @misc{ConsentfulTechProject, title = {The {{Consentful Tech Project}} \textendash{} {{The Consentful Tech Project}} Raises Awareness, Develops Strategies, and Shares Skills to Help People Build and Use Technology Consentfully.}, langid = {american}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/YQU34H8Q/Building-Consentful-Tech-Zine-SPREADS.pdf} } @misc{ConversationDesign2021, title = {Conversation {{Design}}}, year = {2021}, month = dec, journal = {Google Developers}, howpublished = {https://developers.google.com/assistant/conversation-design/what-is-conversation-design?hl=de}, langid = {english} } @incollection{cookImportancePlayChildren2010a, title = {The {{Importance}} of {{Play}}: {{AT}} for {{Children}} with {{Disabilities}}}, shorttitle = {The {{Importance}} of {{Play}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Cook, Albert M. and Adams, Kim}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {33--39}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_4}, abstract = {The potential of robots as assistive tools for play activities has been demonstrated through a number of studies. Children with motor impairments can use robots to manipulate objects and engage in play in activities that parallel those of their typically developing peers. This participation creates opportunities to learn cognitive, social, motor, and linguistic skills. By comparing disabled children's performance with that of typically developing children, robot use can also provide a proxy measure of cognitive abilities.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english} } @incollection{cookNeedTaskBasedDesign2010a, title = {Need- and {{Task-Based Design}} and {{Evaluation}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Cook, Albert M. and Polgar, Jan Miller and Livingston, Nigel J.}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {41--48}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_5}, abstract = {Unfortunately, device abandonment (by clients or caregivers) is a pervasive problem in the provision of assistive technology. This is not necessarily the result of poor design of the technology, but rather a failure to account for other factors or determinants. This issue can be successfully addressed by employing the human activity assistive technology (HAAT) model when considering potential solutions for clients. The model conceptualizes the consumer, their activities, environment, and assistive technology as an integrated system in which changing one element affects all other elements in the system. The model can be applied in the design, selection, and evaluation of technology for use by an individual, or as a conceptual model for exploring the influence of assistive technology on participation in daily activities. In this chapter, examples and explanations are given for both ``successful'' and ``failed'' technologies with specific reference to the HAAT model.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Angelman Syndrome,Assistive Technology,Cerebral Palsy,Human Element,Pervasive Problem} } @techreport{costanza-chockDesignJusticeIntersectional2018, type = {{{SSRN Scholarly Paper}}}, title = {Design {{Justice}}: {{Towards}} an {{Intersectional Feminist Framework}} for {{Design Theory}} and {{Practice}}}, shorttitle = {Design {{Justice}}}, author = {{Costanza-Chock}, Sasha}, year = {2018}, month = jun, number = {ID 3189696}, address = {{Rochester, NY}}, institution = {{Social Science Research Network}}, abstract = {Design is key to our collective liberation, but most design processes today reproduce inequalities structured by what Black feminist scholars call the matrix of domination. Intersecting inequalities are manifest at all levels of the design process. This paper builds upon the Design Justice Principles, developed by an emerging network of designers and community organizers, to propose a working definition of design justice: Design justice is a field of theory and practice that is concerned with how the design of objects and systems influences the distribution of risks, harms, and benefits among various groups of people. Design justice focuses on the ways that design reproduces, is reproduced by, and/or challenges the matrix of domination (white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, capitalism, and settler colonialism). Design justice is also a growing social movement that aims to ensure a more equitable distribution of design's benefits and burdens; fair and meaningful participation in design decisions; and recognition of community based design traditions, knowledge, and practices.}, langid = {english}, keywords = {design,design justice,intersectional feminism,intersectionality,matrix of domination}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/RICR456E/Costanza-Chock_2018_Design Justice.pdf} } @misc{crippledscholarWhenAccessibilityGets2016, title = {When {{Accessibility}} Gets {{Labeled Wasteful}}}, author = {Crippledscholar, {\textasciitilde}}, year = {2016}, month = mar, abstract = {Note on Accessibility There has been some concerns about the contrast on this blog, unfortunately some find it hard to read light text on a dark background while others prefer it. I am looking into\ldots} } @article{csapoSurveyAssistiveTechnologies2015, title = {A Survey of Assistive Technologies and Applications for Blind Users on Mobile Platforms: A Review and Foundation for Research}, shorttitle = {A Survey of Assistive Technologies and Applications for Blind Users on Mobile Platforms}, author = {Csap{\'o}, {\'A}d{\'a}m and Wers{\'e}nyi, Gy{\"o}rgy and Nagy, Hunor and Stockman, Tony}, year = {2015}, month = dec, journal = {J Multimodal User Interfaces}, volume = {9}, number = {4}, pages = {275--286}, issn = {1783-8738}, doi = {10.1007/s12193-015-0182-7}, abstract = {This paper summarizes recent developments in audio and tactile feedback based assistive technologies targeting the blind community. Current technology allows applications to be efficiently distributed and run on mobile and handheld devices, even in cases where computational requirements are significant. As a result, electronic travel aids, navigational assistance modules, text-to-speech applications, as well as virtual audio displays which combine audio with haptic channels are becoming integrated into standard mobile devices. This trend, combined with the appearance of increasingly user-friendly interfaces and modes of interaction has opened a variety of new perspectives for the rehabilitation and training of users with visual impairments. The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of these developments based on recent advances in basic research and application development. Using this overview as a foundation, an agenda is outlined for future research in mobile interaction design with respect to users with special needs, as well as ultimately in relation to sensor-bridging applications in general.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/SRIE2ETP/Csapó et al. - 2015 - A survey of assistive technologies and application.pdf} } @book{csikszentmihalyiMeaningThingsDomestic2012, title = {The Meaning of Things: Domestic Symbols and the Self}, shorttitle = {The Meaning of Things}, author = {Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly and Halton, Eugene}, year = {2012}, publisher = {{Cambridge University Press}}, address = {{Cambridge [England]; New York}}, abstract = {"The meaning of things is a study of the significance of material possessions in contemporary urban life, and of the ways people carve meaning out of their domestic environment. Drawing on a survey of eighty families in Chicago who were interviewed on the subject of their feelings about common household objects, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Eugene Rochberg-Halton provide a unique perspective on materialism, American culture, and the self. They begin by reviewing what social scientists and philosophers have said about the transactions between people and things. In the model of 'personhood' that the authors develop, goal-directed action and the cultivation of meaning through signs assume central importance. They then relate theoretical issues to the results of their survey. An important finding is the distinction between objects valued for action and those valued for contemplation. The authors compare families who have warm emotional attachments to their homes with those in which a common set of positive meanings is lacking, and interpret the different patterns of involvement. They then trace the cultivation of meaning in case studies of four families. Finally, the authors address what they describe as the current crisis of environmental and material exploitation, and suggest that human capacities for the creation and redirection of meaning offer the only hope for survival. A wide range of scholars - urban and family sociologists, clinical, developmental and environmental psychologists, cultural anthropologists and philosophers, and many general readers - will find this book stimulating and compelling." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/81001443.html.}, isbn = {978-1-139-16761-1}, langid = {english}, annotation = {OCLC: 818882233} } @inproceedings{danielescuEschewingGenderStereotypes2020, title = {Eschewing {{Gender Stereotypes}} in {{Voice Assistants}} to {{Promote Inclusion}}}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2nd {{Conference}} on {{Conversational User Interfaces}}}, author = {Danielescu, Andreea}, year = {2020}, month = jul, series = {{{CUI}} '20}, pages = {1--3}, publisher = {{Association for Computing Machinery}}, address = {{New York, NY, USA}}, doi = {10.1145/3405755.3406151}, abstract = {The wide adoption of conversational voice assistants has shaped how we interact with this technology while simultaneously highlighting and reinforcing negative stereotypes. For example, conversational systems often use female voices in subservient roles. They also exclude marginalized groups, such as non-binary individuals, altogether. Speech recognition systems also have significant gender, race and dialectal biases [14, 15, 19]. Instead, there is an opportunity for these systems to help change gender norms and promote inclusion and diversity as we continue to struggle with gender equality [10], and progress towards LGBTQ+ rights across the globe [13]. However, prior research claims that users strongly dislike voices without clear gender markers or misalignments between a voice and personality [12]. This calls for additional research to understand how voice assistants may be designed to not perpetuate gender bias while promoting user adoption.}, isbn = {978-1-4503-7544-3}, keywords = {Conversational interfaces,inclusion and diversity,LGBTQ+,personality design}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/A6SN5DS7/Danielescu_2020_Eschewing Gender Stereotypes in Voice Assistants to Promote Inclusion.pdf} } @incollection{danielsonCaseStudyAssistive2010a, title = {Case {{Study}}: {{An Assistive Technology Ethics Survey}}}, shorttitle = {Case {{Study}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Danielson, Peter A. and Longstaff, Holly and Ahmad, Rana and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel and Mitchell, Ian M. and Oishi, Meeko M. K.}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {75--93}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_9}, abstract = {This chapter describes the online N-Reasons Ethics and Assistive Technology survey designed to address key ethical issues in assistive technologies. The survey was used to foster deliberation and focus discussions in a multidisciplinary workshop on assistive technologies. The survey focused on each of the four workshop topics (evaluation, sensing, networking, and mobility). This chapter thus begins with an overview of the survey design in Sect. 9.1 followed by the process that was used to establish survey content in Sect. 9.2. The results for the survey are presented in Sect. 9.3 followed by brief conclusions in Sect. 9.4.A survey on the ethics of assistive technologies was commissioned to identify debatable issues that could facilitate discussion about assistive technologies in a multidisciplinary setting. The survey was designed by a multidis ciplinary group of researchers in assistive technology prior to the workshop. All workshop participants completed the survey, as well as members of the general public. The results of the survey provided data about which issues were non-controversial, and which issues were far less clear.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Assistive Technology,Group Home,Survey Participant,Unfair Advantage,Wheelchair User} } @article{demleitnerPosthumanismusRosiBraido, title = {Posthumanismus - {{Rosi Braido}}}, author = {Demleitner, Adrian}, abstract = {Posthumanismus - Rosi Braido}, langid = {english} } @misc{DesigningNaturalInterfaces2018, title = {Designing for {{Natural Interfaces}}: {{Body}}}, shorttitle = {Designing for {{Natural Interfaces}}}, year = {2018}, month = jun, journal = {SPACE10}, abstract = {For years, human beings have been fascinated with the idea of removing the barriers between our bodies and technology. In films, action heroes don special suits to gain extraordinary strength\ldots}, howpublished = {https://space10.com/designing-for-natural-interfaces-body-lecture-notes/}, langid = {american} } @misc{DesigningObjectsMeaningful, title = {Designing {{Objects}} with {{Meaningful Associations}}}, journal = {International Journal of Dsign}, abstract = {International Journal of Design, IJDesign, IJD, SCI, SSCI, A\&HCI, Objects often become cherished for their ties to beliefs, experiences, memories, people, places or values that are significant to their owner. These ties can reflect the ways in which we as humans use objects to characterise, communicate and develop our sense of self. This paper outlines our approach to applying product attachment theory to design practices. We created six artefacts that were inspired by interviews conducted with three individuals who discussed details of their life stories. We then evaluated the associations that came to mind for our participants when interacting with these newly designed artefacts to determine whether these links brought meaning to them. Our findings highlight the potential of design to bring emotional value to products by embodying significant aspects of a person's self-identity. To do so, designers must consider both the importance and authenticity of the associations formed between an object and an individual.}, howpublished = {http://www.ijdesign.org/index.php/IJDesign/article/view/2916/822} } @inproceedings{desjardinsVoicesVoidsSubverting2021, title = {Voices and {{Voids}}: {{Subverting Voice Assistant Systems}} through {{Performative Experiments}}}, shorttitle = {Voices and {{Voids}}}, booktitle = {Creativity and {{Cognition}}}, author = {Desjardins, Audrey and Psarra, Afroditi and A. Whiting, Bonnie}, year = {2021}, month = jun, series = {C\&{{C}} '21}, pages = {1--10}, publisher = {{Association for Computing Machinery}}, address = {{New York, NY, USA}}, doi = {10.1145/3450741.3466807}, abstract = {Responding to concerns such as privacy, surveillance, and the commodification of personal data with regards to voice assistants, this artistic research focuses on creating performative artifacts and vignettes that challenge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies. By allowing AI voice assistants to listen to our most private conversations, we become receptive to their mediated care, while forgetting or ignoring how much these automated interactions have been pre-scripted. With our project Voices and Voids, we reclaim, examine, and ultimately transcode these voice assistant data through interdisciplinary performance and Post-Internet Art. In this paper, we thematically describe 12 vignettes which represent embodied and sonic experiments using a combination of design, data-driven art, cyber crafts, found-object and traditional percussion instruments, spoken word, and movement. We conclude with a discussion of how the experiments worked as a multifaceted whole, and how we used interdisciplinary methods as a central approach.}, isbn = {978-1-4503-8376-9}, keywords = {Data Driven,Digital Art,Labor,Percussion,Performance,Sound Art,Voice assistants}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/8GUJUUJJ/Desjardins et al_2021_Voices and Voids.pdf} } @article{desmondAssistiveTechnologyPeople2018, title = {Assistive Technology and People: A Position Paper from the First Global Research, Innovation and Education on Assistive Technology ({{GREAT}}) Summit}, shorttitle = {Assistive Technology and People}, author = {Desmond, Deirdre and Layton, Natasha and Bentley, Jacob and Boot, Fleur Heleen and Borg, Johan and Dhungana, Bishnu Maya and Gallagher, Pamela and Gitlow, Lynn and Gowran, Rosemary Joan and Groce, Nora and Mavrou, Katerina and Mackeogh, Trish and McDonald, Rachael and Pettersson, Cecilia and Scherer, Marcia J.}, year = {2018}, month = jul, journal = {Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology}, volume = {13}, number = {5}, pages = {437--444}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1748-3107}, doi = {10.1080/17483107.2018.1471169}, abstract = {Assistive technology (AT) is a powerful enabler of participation. The World Health Organization's Global Collaboration on Assistive Technology (GATE) programme is actively working towards access to assistive technology for all. Developed through collaborative work as a part of the Global Research, Innovation and Education on Assistive Technology (GREAT) Summit, this position paper provides a ``state of the science'' view of AT users, conceptualized as ``People'' within the set of GATE strategic ``P''s. People are at the core of policy, products, personnel and provision. AT is an interface between the person and the life they would like to lead. People's preferences, perspectives and goals are fundamental to defining and determining the success of AT. Maximizing the impact of AT in enabling participation requires an individualized and holistic understanding of the value and meaning of AT for the individual, taking a universal model perspective, focusing on the person, in context, and then considering the condition and/or the technology. This paper aims to situate and emphasize people at the centre of AT systems: we highlight personal meanings and perspectives on AT use and consider the role of advocacy, empowerment and co-design in developing and driving AT processes.}, pmid = {29772940}, keywords = {assistive technology,co-design,human rights,outcomes,People}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2018.1471169}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/6N62VYTD/Desmond et al_2018_Assistive technology and people.pdf} } @article{dossantosAestheticsPerceivedStigma2020, title = {Aesthetics and the Perceived Stigma of Assistive Technology for Visual Impairment}, author = {{dos Santos}, Aline Darc Piculo and Ferrari, Ana Lya Moya and Medola, Fausto Orsi and Sandnes, Frode Eika}, year = {2020}, month = jun, journal = {Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology}, volume = {0}, number = {0}, pages = {1--7}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1748-3107}, doi = {10.1080/17483107.2020.1768308}, abstract = {Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence the perceived stigma of two assistive devices for visual impairment, namely the white cane and smart glasses.Method: Face-to-face semi-structured interviews with eight European students were conducted to probe their experiences and knowledge related to disability, assistive technology, visual impairment, as well as handheld and wearable devices.Results: Close relationships with disabled people seems to have a positive influence on participants perceptions about stigma, disability, and assistive technology. Academic background seems to not have any influence. The aesthetics of assistive devices was observed as an important factor that influences the adoption or abandonment of the device.Conclusion: Device without negative symbolism but with modern aesthetics (smart glasses) were positively accepted by the participants than the device with traditional aesthetics and symbolisms of visual impairment (white cane). Designers should, therefore, consider aesthetics in addition to functionality in order to avoid the perceived stigma, thereby reducing the chances of device abandonment.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONUnderstanding the factors that influence the perceived stigma associated with assistive technology can help designers and developers to reduce assistive technology abandonment and perceived stigma.Designers need to consider both functionality and aesthetics. While functionality is crucial for the users' adaptation, aesthetics is important for the users' positive perceptions.}, pmid = {32501732}, keywords = {assistive technology,smart glasses,Stigma,visual impairment,white cane}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2020.1768308}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/SXLA22L4/dos Santos et al. - 2020 - Aesthetics and the perceived stigma of assistive t.pdf} } @article{dunnDisablingAssumptionsExploring2016, title = {Disabling {{Assumptions}}: {{Exploring Assistive Technology}}}, shorttitle = {Disabling {{Assumptions}}}, author = {Dunn, Patricia A. and Helquist, Melissa}, year = {2016}, journal = {The English Journal}, volume = {106}, number = {2}, pages = {96--98}, publisher = {{National Council of Teachers of English}}, issn = {0013-8274}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/SLBSQDPD/Dunn_Helquist_2016_Disabling Assumptions.pdf} } @article{easwaramoorthyPrivacyConcernsUse2014, title = {Privacy {{Concerns}} for {{Use}} of {{Voice Activated Personal Assistant}} in the {{Public Space}}}, author = {Easwara Moorthy, Aarthi and Vu, Kim-Phuong}, year = {2014}, month = apr, journal = {International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction}, volume = {31}, pages = {307--335}, doi = {10.1080/10447318.2014.986642}, abstract = {A review of popular technology adoption models identified several factors that are likely to influence Voice Activated Personal Assistant (VAPA) use in public spaces. To inform design decisions of how to make the private use of the VAPA in public spaces more acceptable from the users' point of view, an online survey was conducted to investigate the likelihood of usage of the smartphone VAPA such as Apple's Siri (compared to the usage of smartphone keyboard) as a function of location (private vs. public) and type of information (private vs. nonprivate). Responses from participants showed that users were more cautious of transmitting private than nonprivate information. This effect of type of information was amplified in the social context of public locations and when using conspicuous methods of information input such as the VAPA. Participants also preferred using the VAPA in private locations and showed no preference of location for keyboard entries. Correlations between likelihood of usage of VAPA and the social acceptability ratings were positive and predicted similar patterns of smartphone usage.} } @misc{ethmediatechnologycenterVoiceAssistantSpeaks2020, title = {Voice {{Assistant}} Speaks {{Swiss German}} [Work in Progress]}, author = {{ETH Media Technology Center}}, year = {2020}, month = dec, abstract = {Demo of our proof-of-concept for a "Swiss" voice assistant. Our system understands and replies in Swiss German. The prototype was developed together with recapp IT (https://recapp.ch\hspace{0pt}), who provided their Swiss German speech recognition technology. Voice assistants are gaining importance as future human-computer interfaces in our lives. However, so far, there was no broad adoption in Switzerland. We believe that a significant reason for this is how Swiss German speakers have to interact with these voice assistants. None of today's assistants speaks or understands the various dialects in Switzerland, thus making communicating with them feel unnatural and uncanny. In this project, we propose to build a new text-to-speech model for different Swiss German dialects. Such a synthesis model can be applied in many different contexts beyond voice assistants such as podcasts, article narration, and automatic radio show generation. This work's final outcome will be a model that translates High German text to Swiss German speech. Please note that this is a work in progress.} } @misc{EyeCareVision, title = {Eye Care, Vision Impairment and Blindness}, abstract = {Eye care, vision care, vision impairment and blindness}, howpublished = {https://www.who.int/westernpacific/health-topics/blindness-and-vision-loss}, langid = {english} } @misc{fastePostHumanWorldComing2016, title = {A {{Post-Human World Is Coming}}. {{Design Has Never Mattered More}}}, author = {Faste, Haakon and Faste, Haakon}, year = {2016}, month = jun, journal = {Fast Company}, abstract = {Designers will play a crucial role in shaping our post-human future. Our lives may depend on it.}, howpublished = {https://www.fastcompany.com/3060742/a-post-human-world-is-coming-design-has-never-mattered-more}, langid = {american} } @inproceedings{felixSmartPersonalAI2018, title = {A {{Smart Personal AI Assistant}} for {{Visually Impaired People}}}, booktitle = {2018 2nd {{International Conference}} on {{Trends}} in {{Electronics}} and {{Informatics}} ({{ICOEI}})}, author = {Felix, Shubham Melvin and Kumar, Sumer and Veeramuthu, A.}, year = {2018}, month = may, pages = {1245--1250}, doi = {10.1109/ICOEI.2018.8553750}, abstract = {In today's advanced hi-tech world, the need of independent living is recognized in case of visually impaired people who are facing main problem of social restrictiveness. They suffer in strange surroundings without any manual aid. Visual information is the basis for most tasks, so visually impaired people are at disadvantage because necessary information about the surrounding environment is not available. With the recent advances in inclusive technology, it is possible to extend the support given to people with visual impairment. This project is proposed to help those people who are blind or visually impaired using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Image and Text Recognition. The idea is implemented through Android mobile app that focuses on voice assistant, image recognition, currency recognition, e-book, chat bot etc. The app is capable to assist using voice command to recognize objects in the surrounding, do text analysis to recognize the text in the hard copy document. It will be an efficient way in which blind people can also interact with the environment with the help of technology and utilize the facilities of the technology.}, keywords = {AI,Chat bot,Conferences,Google,Image recognition,Image Recognition,Impaired,Informatics,Machine learning,Machine Learning,Market research,Voice Assistant}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/UP25IIRX/Felix et al_2018_A Smart Personal AI Assistant for Visually Impaired People.pdf} } @misc{FeministInternet, title = {Feminist {{Internet}}}, howpublished = {https://www.feministinternet.com/} } @article{forlanoPosthumanismDesign21, title = {Posthumanism and {{Design}}}, author = {Forlano, Laura}, year = {21}, journal = {She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation}, volume = {3}, number = {1}, pages = {16--29}, issn = {24058726}, doi = {10.1016/j.sheji.2017.08.001}, abstract = {Since at least the mid-1980s, design has been dominated by a human-centered and user-centered paradigm. Currently, the implications of technological and environmental transformations are challenging designers to focus on complex socio-technical systems. This article traces emergent discussions around posthumanism from across a range of disciplines and perspectives, and considers examples from emerging design practices that emphasize the interrelations between human and nonhuman actors. Specifically, this article reviews literature from actor-network theory (ANT), feminist new materialism, object-oriented ontology, non-representational theory, and transhumanism to inform the development of new methodologies and practices in the field of design. Finally, this article presents critiques of posthumanism from critical race theory and decolonial theory to consider how emergent design perspectives might better support values such as equality and justice for humans and nonhumans that have been traditionally ignored in design processes.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/XK6BD4UH/Forlano_2017_Posthumanism and Design.pdf} } @article{forlanoPosthumanismDesign21a, title = {Posthumanism and {{Design}}}, author = {Forlano, Laura}, year = {21}, journal = {She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation}, volume = {3}, number = {1}, pages = {16--29}, issn = {24058726}, doi = {10.1016/j.sheji.2017.08.001}, abstract = {Since at least the mid-1980s, design has been dominated by a human-centered and user-centered paradigm. Currently, the implications of technological and environmental transformations are challenging designers to focus on complex socio-technical systems. This article traces emergent discussions around posthumanism from across a range of disciplines and perspectives, and considers examples from emerging design practices that emphasize the interrelations between human and nonhuman actors. Specifically, this article reviews literature from actor-network theory (ANT), feminist new materialism, object-oriented ontology, non-representational theory, and transhumanism to inform the development of new methodologies and practices in the field of design. Finally, this article presents critiques of posthumanism from critical race theory and decolonial theory to consider how emergent design perspectives might better support values such as equality and justice for humans and nonhumans that have been traditionally ignored in design processes.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/WBZN7IPT/Forlano_2017_Posthumanism and Design.pdf} } @phdthesis{fourieRedrawingEcologyDark2018, type = {{Thesis}}, title = {{Redrawing ecology : dark ecological thought in art-design practice}}, shorttitle = {{Redrawing ecology}}, author = {Fourie, Martha Elizabeth}, year = {2018}, month = mar, abstract = {ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis follows my practice based research process as a visual communication designer concerned with visualising deep ecological thought. Throughout this thesis, I apply Timothy Morton's dark ecology theory that argues that an awareness of negativity and tragic melancholy is necessary in order to understand our current ecological climate. This mood is integral to closing the gap between internal human involvement and the supposed external environment. The first section Animism - from deep roots to dark loops is devoted to a theoretical unpacking of animism as a dark contested theory in relation to the darkness of our present ecology in crisis. In the second section, Aesthetic animism, I discuss my own creative practice as an expression of ecological thought supported by an animist mode of perceiving. Animism is unpacked as an outsider philosophy joins forces with working with waste matter in my art-design practice, more specifically the excrement of the ocean. This text incorporates a synergy between knowledge and visuality, text and designed objects as a means of practicing ecological literacy. In order to aid the ecology in crisis this text argues for a renewed, modest, prophetic kinship with our environment, that extends a hand towards non-human agents including the earth within a practice based research process in the realm of visual arts.}, copyright = {Stellenbosch University}, langid = {en\_ZA}, school = {Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/PNCXJFIL/Fourie_2018_Redrawing ecology.pdf} } @techreport{fuAIAlgorithmicBias2020, type = {{{SSRN Scholarly Paper}}}, title = {{{AI}} and {{Algorithmic Bias}}: {{Source}}, {{Detection}}, {{Mitigation}} and {{Implications}}}, shorttitle = {{{AI}} and {{Algorithmic Bias}}}, author = {Fu, Runshan and Huang, Yan and Singh, Param Vir}, year = {2020}, month = jul, number = {ID 3681517}, address = {{Rochester, NY}}, institution = {{Social Science Research Network}}, doi = {10.2139/ssrn.3681517}, abstract = {Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms are widely used throughout our economy in making decisions that have far-reaching impacts on employment, education, access to credit, and other areas. Initially considered neutral and fair, ML algorithms have recently been found increasingly biased, creating and perpetuating structural inequalities in society. With the rising concerns about algorithmic bias, a growing body of literature attempts to understand and resolve the issue of algorithmic bias. In this tutorial, we discuss five important aspects of algorithmic bias. We start with its definition and the notions of fairness policy makers, practitioners, and academic researchers have used and proposed. Next, we note the challenges in identifying and detecting algorithmic bias given the observed decision outcome, and we describe methods for bias detection. We then explain the potential sources of algorithmic bias and review several bias-correction methods. Finally, we discuss how agents' strategic behavior may lead to biased societal outcomes, even when the algorithm itself is unbiased. We conclude by discussing open questions and future research directions.}, langid = {english}, keywords = {algorithmic bias,algorithmic transparency,algorithms,artificial intelligence,fair machine learning,machine learning,unintended consequence of algorithms}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/YVJDVJ5X/Fu et al_2020_AI and Algorithmic Bias.pdf} } @inproceedings{gaverAmbiguityResourceDesign2003, title = {Ambiguity as a Resource for Design}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the {{SIGCHI Conference}} on {{Human Factors}} in {{Computing Systems}}}, author = {Gaver, William W. and Beaver, Jacob and Benford, Steve}, year = {2003}, month = apr, series = {{{CHI}} '03}, pages = {233--240}, publisher = {{Association for Computing Machinery}}, address = {{New York, NY, USA}}, doi = {10.1145/642611.642653}, abstract = {Ambiguity is usually considered anathema in Human Computer Interaction. We argue, in contrast, that it is a resource for design that can be used to encourage close personal engagement with systems. We illustrate this with examples from contemporary arts and design practice, and distinguish three broad classes of ambiguity according to where uncertainty is located in the interpretative relationship linking person and artefact. Ambiguity of information finds its source in the artefact itself, ambiguity of context in the sociocultural discourses that are used to interpret it, and ambiguity of relationship in the interpretative and evaluative stance of the individual. For each of these categories, we describe tactics for emphasising ambiguity that may help designers and other practitioners understand and craft its use.}, isbn = {978-1-58113-630-2}, keywords = {ambiguity,interaction design}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/4BHK97N2/Gaver et al_2003_Ambiguity as a resource for design.pdf} } @book{grusinNonhumanTurn2015, title = {The {{Nonhuman Turn}}}, editor = {Grusin, Richard}, year = {2015}, publisher = {{University of Minnesota Press}}, abstract = {Edited by Richard Grusin of the Center for 21st Century Studies, this is the first book to name and characterize-and therefore consolidate-a wide array of current critical, theoretical, and philosophical approaches to the humanities and social sciences under the concept of the nonhuman turn. Each of these approaches is engaged in decentering the human in favor of a concern for the nonhuman, understood by contributors in a variety of ways-in terms of animals, affectivity, bodies, materiality, technologies, and organic and geophysical systems. The nonhuman turn in twenty-first-century studies can be traced to multiple intellectual and theoretical developments from the last decades of the twentieth century: actor-network theory, affect theory, animal studies, assemblage theory, cognitive sciences, new materialism, new media theory, speculative realism, and systems theory. Such varied analytical and theoretical formations obviously diverge and disagree in many of their assumptions, objects, and methodologies. However, they all take up aspects of the nonhuman as critical to the future of twenty-first-century studies in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Unlike the posthuman turn, the nonhuman turn does not make a claim about teleology or progress in which we begin with the human and see a transformation from the human to the posthuman. Rather, the nonhuman turn insists (paraphrasing Bruno Latour) that "we have never been human," that the human has always coevolved, coexisted, or collaborated with the nonhuman-and that the human is identified precisely by this indistinction from the nonhuman. Contributors: Jane Bennett, Johns Hopkins U; Ian Bogost, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Brown U; Mark B. N. Hansen, Duke U; Erin Manning, Concordia U, Montreal; Brian Massumi, U of Montreal; Timothy Morton, Rice U; Steven Shaviro, Wayne State U; Rebekah Sheldon, Indiana U.}, isbn = {978-0-8166-9467-9} } @article{guthTheorizingHariKuyo2014, title = {Theorizing the {{Hari Kuy\=o}}: {{The Ritual Disposal}} of {{Needles}} in {{Early Modern Japan}}}, shorttitle = {Theorizing the {{Hari Kuy\=o}}}, author = {Guth, Christine M. E.}, year = {2014}, month = jul, journal = {Design and Culture}, volume = {6}, number = {2}, pages = {169--186}, issn = {1754-7075, 1754-7083}, doi = {10.2752/175470814X14031924627068}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/X9VUAD5H/Guth_2014_Theorizing the Hari Kuyō.pdf} } @book{habermasGeliebteObjekteSymbole2012, title = {{Geliebte Objekte Symbole und Instrumente der Identit\"atsbildung}}, author = {Habermas, Tilmann}, year = {2012}, publisher = {{Suhrkamp}}, address = {{Frankfurt a.M.}}, isbn = {978-3-518-29014-9}, langid = {german}, annotation = {OCLC: 1076204321} } @article{haines-gaddEmotionalDurabilityDesign2018, title = {Emotional {{Durability Design Nine}}\textemdash{{A Tool}} for {{Product Longevity}}}, author = {{Haines-Gadd}, Merryn and Chapman, Jonathan and Lloyd, Peter and Mason, Jon and Aliakseyeu, Dzmitry}, year = {2018}, month = jun, journal = {Sustainability}, volume = {10}, number = {6}, pages = {1948}, issn = {2071-1050}, doi = {10.3390/su10061948}, abstract = {How can we develop products that consumers want to use for longer? The lifetime of electrical products is an ongoing concern in discussions about the circular economy. It is an issue that begins at an industry level, but that directly influences the way in which consumers use and discard products. Through a series of workshops and knowledge exchange sessions with Philips Lighting, this paper identifies which design factors influence a consumer's tendency to retain their products for longer. These were distilled into a guiding framework for new product developers\textemdash The Emotional Durability Design Nine\textemdash consisting of nine themes: relationships, narratives, identity, imagination, conversations, consciousness, integrity, materiality, and evolvability. These nine themes are complemented by 38 strategies that help in the development of more emotionally engaging product experiences. We propose that the framework can be applied at multiple points during the new product development process to increase the likelihood that `emotion building' features are integrated into an end product.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/YF56XYTK/Haines-Gadd et al_2018_Emotional Durability Design Nine—A Tool for Product Longevity.pdf} } @article{haines-gaddEmotionalDurabilityDesign2018a, title = {Emotional {{Durability Design Nine}}\textemdash{{A Tool}} for {{Product Longevity}}}, author = {{Haines-Gadd}, Merryn and Chapman, Jonathan and Lloyd, Peter and Mason, Jon and Aliakseyeu, Dzmitry}, year = {2018}, month = jun, journal = {Sustainability}, volume = {10}, number = {6}, pages = {1948}, issn = {2071-1050}, doi = {10.3390/su10061948}, abstract = {How can we develop products that consumers want to use for longer? The lifetime of electrical products is an ongoing concern in discussions about the circular economy. It is an issue that begins at an industry level, but that directly influences the way in which consumers use and discard products. Through a series of workshops and knowledge exchange sessions with Philips Lighting, this paper identifies which design factors influence a consumer's tendency to retain their products for longer. These were distilled into a guiding framework for new product developers\textemdash The Emotional Durability Design Nine\textemdash consisting of nine themes: relationships, narratives, identity, imagination, conversations, consciousness, integrity, materiality, and evolvability. These nine themes are complemented by 38 strategies that help in the development of more emotionally engaging product experiences. We propose that the framework can be applied at multiple points during the new product development process to increase the likelihood that `emotion building' features are integrated into an end product.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/LXIBA92I/Haines-Gadd et al_2018_Emotional Durability Design Nine—A Tool for Product Longevity.pdf} } @article{hakioNewParadigmAlready2021, title = {The {{New Paradigm Is Already Here}} : {{The Practicing}} of {{Prototypes}} of {{Future}} through {{Vertical Alignment}}}, shorttitle = {The {{New Paradigm Is Already Here}}}, author = {Hakio, Kirsi}, year = {2021}, month = nov, journal = {Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change}, volume = {1}, number = {2}, pages = {73--94}, issn = {2767-6021}, doi = {10.47061/jabsc.v1i2.939}, abstract = {This paper examines how abstract concepts of alignment, such as moving~between different levels of attention, were rendered visible and~concrete in a nature-tourism context. The case study is a project~designed to construct a prototype of a possible future culture rooted~in care and awareness-based co-creation. To support the concept of~vertical alignment, the paper includes an introduction to the~literature on care ethics and tangible perspectives on the connections~and relationships between self, others, and the larger whole. The~research findings are examined through the analytical lenses generated~during the research process with the idea of following how the~internal abilities related to moving between different levels of~attention influenced the formation of the visible outcomes and thus~the emergence of the new. In light of the current global pressures for~change toward human and planetary sustainability and the~capacity-building needs emphasizing new inner postures and abilities~to act from broader ecosystem awareness, the paper provides real-world~examples of what new ways of becoming with the world could look like~in practice, as everyday activities and choices.}, copyright = {Copyright (c) 2021 Kirsi Hakio}, langid = {english}, keywords = {case study}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/63BNVMXQ/Hakio_2021_The New Paradigm Is Already Here.pdf} } @book{hamraieBuildingAccessUniversal2017, title = {Building Access: {{Universal}} Design and the Politics of Disability}, shorttitle = {Building Access}, author = {Hamraie, Aimi}, year = {2017}, month = oct, journal = {Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability}, pages = {335}, doi = {10.5749/minnesota/9781517901639.001.0001}, abstract = {``All too often,'' wrote disabled architect Ronald Mace, ``designers don't take the needs of disabled and elderly people into account.'' Building Access investigates twentieth-century strategies for designing the world with disability in mind. Commonly understood in terms of curb cuts, automatic doors, Braille signs, and flexible kitchens, Universal Design purported to create a built environment for everyone, not only the average citizen. But who counts as ``everyone,'' Aimi Hamraie asks, and how can designers know? Blending technoscience studies and design history with critical disability, race, and feminist theories, Building Access interrogates the historical, cultural, and theoretical contexts for these questions, offering a groundbreaking critical history of Universal Design. Hamraie reveals that the twentieth-century shift from ``design for the average'' to ``design for all'' took place through liberal political, economic, and scientific structures concerned with defining the disabled user and designing in its name. Tracing the co-evolution of accessible design for disabled veterans, a radical disability maker movement, disability rights law, and strategies for diversifying the architecture profession, Hamraie shows that Universal Design was not just an approach to creating new products or spaces, but also a sustained, understated activist movement challenging dominant understandings of disability in architecture, medicine, and society. Illustrated with a wealth of rare archival materials, Building Accessbrings together scientific, social, and political histories in what is not only the pioneering critical account of Universal Design but also a deep engagement with the politics of knowing, making, and belonging in twentieth-century United States. \textcopyright{} 2017 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.}, isbn = {978-1-5179-0163-9} } @article{harrisDesignDevelopmentAssistive2017, title = {The {{Design}} and {{Development}} of {{Assistive Technology}}}, author = {Harris, N.}, year = {2017}, month = jan, journal = {IEEE Potentials}, volume = {36}, pages = {24--28}, doi = {10.1109/MPOT.2016.2615107}, abstract = {Over the last ten years, the term user-centered design (UCD) has become an essential component of any research proposal that seeks to develop enabling technology for people living with challenging health conditions (assistive technology). While this should be viewed as a very positive development, it is uncertain whether the engineering community fully understands what the term actually means. Is this activity a central component of the work, or just lip service? What do we make of references to participatory design (PD)-is this the same thing? Designability (formerly the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering) has more than 40 years of experience working in this field. In this article, I will review the meanings of these terms, consider some of the challenges of working with people living with disabilities, and detail our experiences of developing successful new designs.}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/SUSY6J86/Harris_2017_The Design and Development of Assistive Technology.pdf} } @article{hectorIntelligentePersonlicheAssistenten2020, title = {{Intelligente Pers\"onliche Assistenten im h\"auslichen Umfeld : Erkenntnisse aus einer linguistischen Pilotstudie zur Erhebung audiovisueller Interaktionsdaten}}, shorttitle = {{Intelligente Pers\"onliche Assistenten im h\"auslichen Umfeld}}, author = {Hector, Tim Moritz and Hrncal, Christine}, year = {2020}, doi = {10.25819/UBSI/1013}, abstract = {Sprachassistenten werden in einer steigenden Zahl von Haushalten in den Alltag eingebunden. Es zeigen sich dabei sprachliche und kulturelle Praktiken, die durch die Integration artifizieller M\"undlichkeit in die Interaktion entstehen, wie sie bisher noch nicht beschrieben werden konnten. Diese untersucht der gespr\"achslinguistisch ausgerichtete Teilbereich des Projekts B06 ,,Un/erbetene Beobachtung in Interaktion: ,Intelligente Pers\"onliche Assistenten` (IPA)`` im Sonderforschungsbereich ,,Medien der Kooperation`` an der Universit\"at Siegen. Sprachassistenzsysteme sind au\ss erdem f\"ur ihre Funktionalit\"at auf die dauerhafte Beobachtung des h\"auslichen Umfelds angewiesen. Die Reflexion der NutzerInnen \"uber dieses ,,Mith\"oren``, das im \"offentlichen Diskurs teilweise sehr kritisch betrachtet wird, steht ebenfalls im Fokus der im Projekt durchgef\"uhrten Untersuchungen. Im Rahmen der hier vorgestellten Pilotstudie werden methodische Pr\"amissen im Hinblick auf das Vorgehen bei der Datenerhebung reflektiert und aus den gewonnenen Daten erste Anhaltspunkte f\"ur die sprachwissenschaftlichen Analysekategorien herauskristallisiert. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Identifikation von sprachlich-interaktionalen Praktiken und deren Einbettung in soziokulturelle Praktiken, die in der Hauptstudie ebenfalls n\"aher beleuchtet werden sollen. Unsere Daten zeigen, dass Interagierende ein Sprachassistenzsystem nicht wie einen zus\"atzlichen Gespr\"achsteilnehmer in die Interaktion einbeziehen, sondern es durchaus wie ein technisches Ger\"at behandeln. Gleichzeitig scheint die parallele Nutzung des medial m\"undlichen Kanals zur Bedienung eines Ger\"ats auf der einen und zum F\"uhren einer Konversation auf der anderen Seite Auswirkungen auf das Repertoire sprachlich-interaktionaler sowie kultureller Praktiken zu haben.}, collaborator = {Universit{\"a}tsbibliothek Siegen and Universit{\"a}tsbibliothek Siegen}, langid = {german}, keywords = {302.23 Medien (Kommunikationsmittel); Medienwissenschaft,Konversationsanalyse,Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion,Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation,Sprachassistenten,Voice User Interfaces}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/Q7JP4Z2G/Hector_Hrncal_2020_Intelligente Persönliche Assistenten im häuslichen Umfeld.pdf} } @misc{HowAlexaCan, title = {How {{Alexa}} Can Change the Life of a Disabled Person | {{AbilityNet}}}, howpublished = {https://abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/how-alexa-can-change-life-disabled-person} } @misc{HowCanAlexa, title = {How Can {{Alexa}} Make Life Easier for Those Living with Sight Loss?}, journal = {UK Day One Blog}, abstract = {Voice assistant technology is helping to transform the lives of blind and partially sighted people. Life of a Blind Girl blogger Holly Tuke explains why.}, howpublished = {https://blog.aboutamazon.co.uk/innovation/how-can-alexa-make-life-easier-for-those-living-with-sight-loss}, langid = {english} } @article{hoyAlexaSiriCortana2018, title = {Alexa, {{Siri}}, {{Cortana}}, and {{More}}: {{An Introduction}} to {{Voice Assistants}}}, shorttitle = {Alexa, {{Siri}}, {{Cortana}}, and {{More}}}, author = {Hoy, Matthew B.}, year = {2018}, month = jan, journal = {Medical Reference Services Quarterly}, volume = {37}, number = {1}, pages = {81--88}, issn = {0276-3869, 1540-9597}, doi = {10.1080/02763869.2018.1404391}, abstract = {Voice assistants are software agents that can interpret human speech and respond via synthesized voices. Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, Microsoft's Cortana, and Google's Assistant are the most popular voice assistants and are embedded in smartphones or dedicated home speakers. Users can ask their assistants questions, control home automation devices and media playback via voice, and manage other basic tasks such as email, to-do lists, and calendars with verbal commands. This column will explore the basic workings and common features of today's voice assistants. It will also discuss some of the privacy and security issues inherent to voice assistants and some potential future uses for these devices. As voice assistants become more widely used, librarians will want to be familiar with their operation and perhaps consider them as a means to deliver library services and materials.}, langid = {english} } @article{hoyAlexaSiriCortana2018a, title = {Alexa, {{Siri}}, {{Cortana}}, and {{More}}: {{An Introduction}} to {{Voice Assistants}}}, shorttitle = {Alexa, {{Siri}}, {{Cortana}}, and {{More}}}, author = {Hoy, Matthew B.}, year = {2018}, month = jan, journal = {Medical Reference Services Quarterly}, volume = {37}, number = {1}, pages = {81--88}, issn = {0276-3869, 1540-9597}, doi = {10.1080/02763869.2018.1404391}, abstract = {Voice assistants are software agents that can interpret human speech and respond via synthesized voices. Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, Microsoft's Cortana, and Google's Assistant are the most popular voice assistants and are embedded in smartphones or dedicated home speakers. Users can ask their assistants questions, control home automation devices and media playback via voice, and manage other basic tasks such as email, to-do lists, and calendars with verbal commands. This column will explore the basic workings and common features of today's voice assistants. It will also discuss some of the privacy and security issues inherent to voice assistants and some potential future uses for these devices. As voice assistants become more widely used, librarians will want to be familiar with their operation and perhaps consider them as a means to deliver library services and materials.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/B5AZ5EYX/Hoy_2018_Alexa, Siri, Cortana, and More.pdf} } @misc{HumanCenteredDesign2021, title = {Beyond {{Human-Centered Design}}}, year = {2021}, month = apr, abstract = {By now, it is pretty clear that human-centered design is not going according to plan. It goes without saying that design needs to be good for the many. After all, the purpose of design is to solve\ldots}, howpublished = {https://space10.com/beyond-human-centered-design/}, keywords = {Design} } @article{humphryPreparingSmartVoice2020, title = {Preparing for Smart Voice Assistants: {{Cultural}} Histories and Media Innovations}, shorttitle = {Preparing for Smart Voice Assistants}, author = {Humphry, Justine and Chesher, Chris}, year = {2020}, month = may, journal = {New Media \& Society}, pages = {146144482092367}, issn = {1461-4448, 1461-7315}, doi = {10.1177/1461444820923679}, abstract = {Smart voice assistants have become popular thanks largely to their default naturalistic female voices and helpful personae. In this article, we trace changes in robot voices in popular culture and explain how this history influenced the voice design of smart voice assistants. Our research draws on cultural analysis of Hollywood and international films, television and literature, and observations from our personal experiences with voice assistants. We argue that designers of devices like the Google Home and Amazon Echo inherited a cultural imaginary of alien and dangerous robots with artificial voices and personalities. Manufacturers leveraged techniques of modality, personae and invocation and pre-existing social connotations of the voice to create positive associations of these devices in the home. We conclude by arguing that smart voice assistants are new media innovations prepared for consumers through pre-domestication and represent an emerging regime of power and influence based on technologised voice interaction.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/YJM6ICZ5/Humphry_Chesher_2020_Preparing for smart voice assistants.pdf} } @article{humphryPreparingSmartVoice2020a, title = {Preparing for Smart Voice Assistants: {{Cultural}} Histories and Media Innovations}, shorttitle = {Preparing for Smart Voice Assistants}, author = {Humphry, Justine and Chesher, Chris}, year = {2020}, month = may, journal = {New Media \& Society}, pages = {146144482092367}, issn = {1461-4448, 1461-7315}, doi = {10.1177/1461444820923679}, abstract = {Smart voice assistants have become popular thanks largely to their default naturalistic female voices and helpful personae. In this article, we trace changes in robot voices in popular culture and explain how this history influenced the voice design of smart voice assistants. Our research draws on cultural analysis of Hollywood and international films, television and literature, and observations from our personal experiences with voice assistants. We argue that designers of devices like the Google Home and Amazon Echo inherited a cultural imaginary of alien and dangerous robots with artificial voices and personalities. Manufacturers leveraged techniques of modality, personae and invocation and pre-existing social connotations of the voice to create positive associations of these devices in the home. We conclude by arguing that smart voice assistants are new media innovations prepared for consumers through pre-domestication and represent an emerging regime of power and influence based on technologised voice interaction.}, langid = {english} } @misc{impaktnlDesigningEcologicalAlexa2019, title = {Designing an {{Ecological Alexa}} l {{IMPAKT Event}}}, author = {{IMPAKT NL}}, year = {2019}, month = oct, abstract = {`IMPAKT Event: Designing an Ecological Alexa', revolves around the environmental impact of technologies. Together with Feminist Internet we explored how smart devices like phones and personal assistants impact the planet, and gain the tools to think about designing environmentally conscious technologies. ========================================= WEBSITE: www.impakt.nl TWITTER: www.twitter.com/ImpaktFestival FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/impaktfestival INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/impaktfestival} } @misc{IntroducingAssistiveTechnology, title = {Introducing {{Assistive Technology}} and {{Universal Design Theory}}, {{Applications}} in {{Design Education}}}, journal = {springerprofessional.de}, abstract = {The aim of this study was to better understand student assumptions related to the challenges of developing a universally designed device compared to designing a dedicated assistive device. Two projects were conducted in a sophomore industrial \ldots}, howpublished = {https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/introducing-assistive-technology-and-universal-design-theory-app/15475402}, langid = {english} } @article{kbarAssistiveTechnologiesHearing2017, title = {Assistive Technologies for Hearing, and Speaking Impaired People: A Survey}, shorttitle = {Assistive Technologies for Hearing, and Speaking Impaired People}, author = {Kbar, Ghassan and Bhatia, Akshay and Abidi, Mustufa Haider and Alsharawy, Ibraheem}, year = {2017}, month = jan, journal = {Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology}, volume = {12}, number = {1}, pages = {3--20}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1748-3107}, doi = {10.3109/17483107.2015.1129456}, abstract = {This study presents a novel method for evaluating the scientific research papers in the field of assistive technologies pertaining to different impairment conditions. The objectives are to understand the technologies used for addressing the needs of PWD by identifying relevant criteria for the assessment, explore the implications of these technologies in their lives and identify the gaps among certain technologies in assisting PWD. In this article, we reviewed around 40 research scientific papers in relation to the technologies used to assist PWD in their daily activities. A novel quantitative assessment methodology based on Multi-weighted Scoring Model (MWSM) has been developed. It is based on the judgement of clinical experts according to thirteen well-defined criteria. The proposed method is useful because it assesses the scientific studies related to PWD qualitatively according to efficient research coverage, as well as quantitatively in order to have good comparative judgment. Moreover, this method recognizes the research gap or areas which need further investigation and identifies the research papers that have good coverage of the respective criteria.Implications for RehabilitationHuman computer interface (HCI) solutions are critical for addressing the main issues facing people with disabilities (PWD) in their life.Assessment of scientific research papers according to well-defined criteria that address PWD needs would assist in verifying their suitability for PWDs.Novel quantitative assessment methodology is used for assessing these research papers using judgment of experienced researchers according to 13 well-defined criteria that have been weighted according to relevancy to different impairment groups.Identifying research papers that have good coverage of defined criteria and knowing the research area that needs further investigation by researchers and developers, would ultimately address the rehabilitation needs for PWD.}, pmid = {26882961}, keywords = {Assistive technology,hearing impaired,multi-weighted scoring method,person with disabilities,quantitative survey,speaking impaired}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.3109/17483107.2015.1129456}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/2FSX2YIQ/Kbar et al_2017_Assistive technologies for hearing, and speaking impaired people.pdf} } @article{keetonParticipatoryWorkshopsTool2020, title = {Participatory {{Workshops}} as a {{Tool}} for {{Building Inclusivity}} in {{New Towns}} in {{Africa}}}, author = {Keeton, Rachel and Mota, Nelson and Tan, Ekim}, year = {2020}, month = sep, journal = {Research in Urbanism Series}, volume = {Vol. 6}, pages = {281-300 Pages}, publisher = {{Research in Urbanism Series}}, doi = {10.7480/RIUS.6.104}, abstract = {Africa is currently the fastest-urbanizing continent in the world. As part of this rapid growth, New Towns are increasingly employed by private developers as a means of providing well-serviced urban environments to middle- and upper-income groups. These comprehensively-planned New Towns are often seen in contrast to the perceived `chaos' and `congestion' of large African cities. As a result, two urban forms, the highly controlled New Towns and the unregulated settlements at their edges, engage in complex social and economic exchanges, but remain spatially segregated and socially exclusive. Current research points to the need for an alternative approach to top-down New Town planning in Africa. Participatory workshops are one alternative that can offer planners access to local knowledge that is otherwise difficult to access. This paper explores the potential of short-term reflective, design, and serious gaming workshops by reflecting on the experiences of the authors in four recent workshops. The paper evaluates the effectiveness of these workshops as useful tools to increase inclusivity in African New Towns by bringing together stakeholders with competing agendas and supporting open discussion, negotiation, and informed decision-making. The paper concludes that participation from stakeholder groups that would normally be marginalized from the planning process (such as current residents, temporary users, and residents of adjacent unregulated communities), can offer new insights to planning bodies and inform more inclusive New Towns across the continent.}, copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/9RI7ZEI9/Keeton et al_2020_Participatory Workshops as a Tool for Building Inclusivity in New Towns in.pdf} } @inproceedings{kinoeQualitativeStudyDesign2014, title = {Qualitative {{Study}} for the {{Design}} of {{Assistive Technologies}} for {{Improving Quality}} of {{Life}} of {{Visually Impaired}}}, booktitle = {Human {{Interface}} and the {{Management}} of {{Information}}. {{Information}} and {{Knowledge}} in {{Applications}} and {{Services}}}, author = {Kinoe, Yosuke and Noguchi, Asuka}, editor = {Yamamoto, Sakae}, year = {2014}, series = {Lecture {{Notes}} in {{Computer Science}}}, pages = {602--613}, publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}}, address = {{Cham}}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-07863-2_57}, abstract = {This paper describes an effort to create a conceptual design of an assistive technology that aims to improve quality of life of people with low vision. We carried out a qualitative study including in-depth interviews with people of low vision.The analysis revealed several key concepts to understand people's lived experiences of low vision including the ambiguity of their self-images and burdens in the interaction with the sighted people. The importance of building 'self-confidence of managing people's appropriate appearances' of low vision was emphasized. We created a conceptual design of a total assistive solution that supported people of low vision to perform each stage of a comprehensive cycle of the arrangement of their appearances. Our challenge continues to enhance a methodology for bridging a gap between qualitative research and the design of user experience.}, isbn = {978-3-319-07863-2}, langid = {english}, keywords = {assistive technology,life story,low vision,qualitative study,quality of life}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/F5YWQNQJ/Kinoe_Noguchi_2014_Qualitative Study for the Design of Assistive Technologies for Improving.pdf} } @inproceedings{kraalActorNetworkInspiredDesign2007, title = {Actor-{{Network Inspired Design Research}}: {{Methodology}} and {{Reflections}}}, author = {Kraal, Ben}, year = {2007}, publisher = {{The Hong Kong Polytechnic University}}, address = {{Hong Kong, China}}, isbn = {9789889910143}, langid = {english}, annotation = {OCLC: 1040691267}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/JK2NVY7J/Kraal_2007_Actor-Network Inspired Design Research.pdf} } @article{kretschmerMortuaryRitesInanimate2000, title = {Mortuary {{Rites}} for {{Inanimate Objects}}: {{The Case}} of {{Hari Kuy}}}, shorttitle = {Mortuary {{Rites}} for {{Inanimate Objects}}}, author = {Kretschmer, Angelika}, year = {2000}, journal = {Japanese Journal of Religious Studies}, volume = {27}, number = {3-4}, pages = {379--404}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/5DVFKEXK/Kretschmer_2000_Mortuary Rites for Inanimate Objects.pdf} } @article{kuberDeterminingAccessibilityMobile2012, title = {Determining the {{Accessibility}} of {{Mobile Screen Readers}} for {{Blind Users}}}, author = {Kuber, Ravi and Hastings, Ama and Tretter, Matthew and Fitzpatrick, Donal}, year = {2012}, month = jun, doi = {10.2316/P.2012.772-003}, abstract = {As mobile interfaces are often designed with sighted users in mind, difficulties can be experienced by individuals who are blind, when using a mobile screen reader to access content. In this paper, we describe a data gathering study to determine the day-to-day challenges experienced when performing tasks using mobile screen readers. Challenges can be faced when gaining an overview of specific document types, processing multiple streams of audio, when performing complex web-based tasks, and instances where the device is accessed while the user is in motion. The findings provide an insight into the needs of diverse users, which can help to inform the design of inclusive mobile applications.}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/GR93I2IQ/Kuber et al. - 2012 - Determining the Accessibility of Mobile Screen Rea.pdf} } @article{kuniavskyAnimistUserExpectations, title = {Animist {{User Expectations}} in a {{Ubicomp World}}: A Position Paper for "{{Lost}} in {{Ambient Intelligence}}"}, author = {Kuniavsky, Mike}, pages = {2}, abstract = {I posit that the more widespread ubiquitous computing becomes, the more people's explanations of technology will resemble animism. As common technology becomes more interconnected and smarter, people's understanding of its functionality ceases to be based on a mechanistic model and becomes more anthropomorphic. This model in turn changes the way that the creators of ubicomp devices have to approach their designs to consider systems of objects and users' acceptance of a level of unpredictability.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/3BJZ2GKF/Kuniavsky_Animist User Expectations in a Ubicomp World.pdf} } @incollection{ladnerAccessibleTechnologyModels2010a, title = {Accessible {{Technology}} and {{Models}} of {{Disability}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Ladner, Richard E.}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {25--31}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_3}, abstract = {In this chapter, we discuss assistive technology from the view of the consumer. Consumers of assistive technology follow the social model of disability, that is, persons with disabilities are part of the diversity of life, not necessarily in need of cure or special assistance. Their identity does not revolve around being a patient or client, but focuses on their human desires to work, play, and associate with others. The social model of disability dictates an empowering approach to assistive technology research and development where consumers are given the power to configure and even create technology to suit their own needs and desires. The technology that comes from this approach is called accessible technology, rather than assistive technology, emphasizing its role in making human activities more accessible.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Accessible Technology,Assistive Technology,Screen Reader,Social Model,Universal Design} } @article{lancioniPeopleIntellectualVisual2020, title = {People with Intellectual and Visual Disabilities Access Basic Leisure and Communication Using a Smartphone's {{Google Assistant}} and Voice Recording Devices}, author = {Lancioni, Giulio E. and Singh, Nirbhay N. and O'Reilly, Mark F. and Sigafoos, Jeff and Alberti, Gloria and Chiariello, Valeria and Desideri, Lorenzo}, year = {2020}, month = oct, journal = {Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology}, volume = {0}, number = {0}, pages = {1--8}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1748-3107}, doi = {10.1080/17483107.2020.1836047}, abstract = {Purpose This study assessed a new technology system to help six participants with intellectual and visual disabilities manage leisure engagement and communication with distant partners in an independent manner.Methods A nonconcurrent multiple baseline design across participants was used to assess the effects of the new technology system. This included a Samsung Galaxy J4 Plus smartphone with Android 9.0 operating system, mini voice recording devices, and a Bluetooth speaker. The smartphone was provided with a Google account and Internet connection. The participants could activate the smartphone's Google Assistant and thus access leisure events, start telephone calls or send messages by triggering mini voice recording devices. Each device, when triggered, uttered a specific verbal request (i.e., a request for a leisure option or for a communication partner to call or to reach by messages). Messages received from those partners were read automatically by the smartphone.Results During baseline (when the voice recording devices were not available), the participants did not manage to activate the smartphone's Google Assistant and thus did not access leisure events and did not make telephone calls or send messages independently. During the post-intervention phase (when the voice recording devices were available), all participants accessed leisure events and made telephone calls or sent and received messages independently, remaining positively engaged throughout the 10-min sessions. Staff rated the new technology system positively.Conclusion The new technology system may be a useful resource to help people like the participants of this study access basic leisure and communication independently.Implications for rehabilitationA technology system relying on commercial devices may be practical and acceptable in daily programs for persons with intellectual and other disabilities.Such system may be used for supporting the persons' independent leisure engagement and communication with distant partners.A system may be accessible to persons with significant disabilities if the responses needed to operate it are simple.Simple hand-pressure responses may be sufficient to operate a system that relies on the input of mini voice recording devices}, pmid = {33078974}, keywords = {communication,Google Assistant,intellectual disability,Leisure,smartphone,visual impairment,voice recording devices}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2020.1836047}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/D75B3S77/Lancioni et al. - 2020 - People with intellectual and visual disabilities a.pdf} } @incollection{latourBerlinKeyHow2000, title = {The {{Berlin}} Key or How to Do Words with Things}, booktitle = {Matter, Materiality and Modern Culture}, author = {Latour, Bruno}, editor = {{Graves-Brown}, P. M.}, year = {2000}, pages = {10--21}, publisher = {{Routledge}}, address = {{London}}, isbn = {978-0-415-16704-8}, keywords = {read}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/NTPSSUPX/Latour_2000_The Berlin key or how to do words with things.pdf} } @inproceedings{laurelDesignedAnimism2007, title = {Designed Animism}, author = {Laurel, Brenda}, year = {2007}, pages = {503}, doi = {10.1145/1176617.1176619}, abstract = {Chapter 14}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/LQQY3SM8/Laurel_2007_Designed animism.pdf} } @article{leubeItAliveEmpirical2016, title = {It's {{Alive An Empirical Study}} on {{Animism}} and {{Animacy}} in {{Product Design}}}, author = {Leube, Michael}, year = {2016}, month = sep, abstract = {It's Alive An Empirical Study on Animism and Animacy in Product Design}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/8WWNCHW2/Leube_2016_It's Alive An Empirical Study on Animism and Animacy in Product Design.docx} } @inbook{leubeRenaissanceAnimism2017, title = {A Renaissance of Animism}, booktitle = {Routledge {{Handbook}} of {{Sustainable Product Design}}}, author = {Leube, Michael}, year = {2017}, month = may, edition = {First}, pages = {41--52}, publisher = {{Routledge}}, address = {{New York : Routledge, 2017.}}, doi = {10.4324/9781315693309-5}, abstract = {It is striking that designers often speak of the spirit of good design. That spirit is the decisive goal of designers yet it escapes definition, description and often evades discussion. This chapter is a meditation on the complex interaction between design and animism. First, an exploration of what is commonly known as animism is required, for the difference between animism and post-animism has only little to do with the belief in the life of things, and actually, is a severely outdated construct of the 19th century. Second, the current discussion on animistic epistemologies is reviewed in order to further clarify the term and to enable a more inclusive and relational discourse for product design theory. Third, some evolutionary considerations are dedicated to the question of cognitive epistemologies in general and whether or not humans are innately animistic, specifically. Finally, purposeful animism \textendash{} the idea of designing animistic relationships between objects and users of objects \textendash{} is explored. Here emotional durability as a design direction is addressed since it seeks to create stronger emotionality and enduring interaction with things, which in turn can lead to a more sustainable use of resources. Things regarded as housing a spirit \textendash{} it is assumed here \textendash{} are more likely to be revered and protected.}, collaborator = {Chapman, Jonathan}, isbn = {978-1-315-69330-9}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/HCWPEEWC/Leube_2017_A renaissance of animism.pdf} } @incollection{lewisProvidingInnovativeEngineering2010a, title = {Providing {{Innovative Engineering Solutions Between Academia}} and {{Industry}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Lewis, Brian E. and Matsuoka, Yoky}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {65--73}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_8}, abstract = {Academic research is an invaluable development engine for creating assistive technology. Commercial enterprises are critical for making academically developed technology available to individuals provided that there are sufficient numbers of people with substantially similar technology needs. Unfortunately, there is little incentive for academic research organizations to optimize user interface, fit, finish, or function attributes associated with the assistive technology that they develop. The rate at which technology is being created that could be used to help people with disabilities is staggering. However, disturbingly little of that technology is being harnessed to provide actual benefit to the disabled community because the adaptation of that technology is viewed as too customized or the market size too small to justify commercialization. In this paper, the authors focus on the use of uniquely created non-profit organizations, such as YokyWorks Foundation, to bridge the gap between academic research and traditional commercial enterprises.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Academic Enterprise,Academic Research,Assistive Technology,Commercial Enterprise,Spinal Cord Injury} } @article{liffickAssistiveTechnologyHCI2003, title = {Assistive Technology as an {{HCI}} Topic}, author = {Liffick, Blaise}, year = {2003}, month = jan, journal = {Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges}, volume = {19}, pages = {142--144}, abstract = {Assistive technology (AT) for the disabled encompasses everything from special handles, to padding for arranging seating position, to computerized devices of various kinds. This latter category fits naturally within the area of human-computer interaction (HCI), but is largely ignored within the field (as evidenced by its cursory mention within HCI textbooks). The purpose of this workshop is to introduce assistive technology from the perspective of HCI, as a means of encouraging its inclusion within standard HCI courses. Furthermore, an entire course on AT from a computer science point of view will be discussed.}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/FXGHPCQ6/Liffick_2003_Assistive technology as an HCI topic.pdf} } @incollection{livingstonCommunityServiceUniversity2010a, title = {Community {{Service}} in {{University Curricula}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Livingston, Nigel J.}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {57--64}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_7}, abstract = {CanAssist is a university-based program at the University of Victoria that is dedicated to developing and providing services and technologies to those with disabilities. All of CanAssist's activities are in response to requests from the community. The program has engaged many thousands of students (from a broad range of disciplines), faculty and staff, as well as many hundreds of community volunteers. The CanAssist model extends the traditional mandate of universities, to undertake research and education, by adding a third core pillar of activity \textendash{} community service. This additional task is highly augmentative in that it creates outstanding new research avenues and provides students with a myriad of extraordinarily challenging and rewarding experiential learning opportunities.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Assistive Technology,Button Switch,Community Service,Community Volunteer,Disable People} } @book{macgregorHistoryWorld1002013, title = {A {{History}} of the World in 100 Objects}, author = {Macgregor, Neil}, year = {2013}, publisher = {{Penguin Books}}, address = {{New York, new York}}, abstract = {Traces the stories of one hundred human innovations to explain their pivotal role in shaping civilization, from weapons and the domestication of cows to currency and music}, isbn = {978-0-14-312415-3}, langid = {english}, annotation = {OCLC: 910136732} } @misc{MachinesLearnSpeak2022, title = {Machines Learn to Speak {{Swiss German}}}, year = {2022}, month = jan, howpublished = {https://mtc.ethz.ch/news/2020/04/machines-learn-to-speak-swiss-german.html}, langid = {english} } @article{maclachlanAssistiveTechnologyPolicy2018, title = {Assistive Technology Policy: A Position Paper from the First Global Research, Innovation, and Education on Assistive Technology ({{GREAT}}) Summit}, shorttitle = {Assistive Technology Policy}, author = {MacLachlan, Malcolm and Banes, David and Bell, Diane and Borg, Johan and Donnelly, Brian and Fembek, Michael and Ghosh, Ritu and Gowran, Rosemary Joan and Hannay, Emma and Hiscock, Diana and Hoogerwerf, Evert-Jan and Howe, Tracey and Kohler, Friedbert and Layton, Natasha and Long, Siobh{\'a}n and Mannan, Hasheem and Mji, Gubela and Odera Ongolo, Thomas and Perry, Katherine and Pettersson, Cecilia and Power, Jessica and Delgado Ramos, Vinicius and Slepi{\v c}kov{\'a}, Lenka and Smith, Emma M. and {Tay-Teo}, Kiu and Geiser, Priscille and Hooks, Hilary}, year = {2018}, month = jul, journal = {Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology}, volume = {13}, number = {5}, pages = {454--466}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1748-3107}, doi = {10.1080/17483107.2018.1468496}, abstract = {Increased awareness, interest and use of assistive technology (AT) presents substantial opportunities for many citizens to become, or continue being, meaningful participants in society. However, there is a significant shortfall between the need for and provision of AT, and this is patterned by a range of social, demographic and structural factors. To seize the opportunity that assistive technology offers, regional, national and sub-national assistive technology policies are urgently required. This paper was developed for and through discussion at the Global Research, Innovation and Education on Assistive Technology (GREAT) Summit; organized under the auspices of the World Health Organization's Global Collaboration on Assistive Technology (GATE) program. It outlines some of the key principles that AT polices should address and recognizes that AT policy should be tailored to the realities of the contexts and resources available. AT policy should be developed as a part of the evolution of related policy across a number of different sectors and should have clear and direct links to AT as mediators and moderators for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The consultation process, development and implementation of policy should be fully inclusive of AT users, and their representative organizations, be across the lifespan, and imbued with a strong systems-thinking ethos. Six barriers are identified which funnel and diminish access to AT and are addressed systematically within this paper. We illustrate an example of good practice through a case study of AT services in Norway, and we note the challenges experienced in less well-resourced settings. A number of economic factors relating to AT and economic arguments for promoting AT use are also discussed. To address policy-development the importance of active citizenship and advocacy, the need to find mechanisms to scale up good community practices to a higher level, and the importance of political engagement for the policy process, are highlighted. Policy should be evidence-informed and allowed for evidence-making; however, it is important to account for other factors within the given context in order for policy to be practical, authentic and actionable.Implications for RehabilitationThe development of policy in the area of asssitive technology is important to provide an overarching vision and outline resourcing priorities.This paper identifies some of the key themes that should be addressed when developing or revising assistive technology policy.Each country should establish a National Assistive Technology policy and develop a theory of change for its implementation.}, pmid = {29790393}, keywords = {accessibility,ageing,assistive technology,Disability,economics,impairment,policy}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2018.1468496}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/MEPY9DVQ/MacLachlan et al. - 2018 - Assistive technology policy a position paper from.pdf} } @article{magnierInvestigationMethodsDesign2010, title = {Investigation of Methods for the Design of Assistive Device : {{UCD}} and Medical Tools}, shorttitle = {Investigation of Methods for the Design of Assistive Device}, author = {Magnier, C{\'e}cile and Thomann, Guillaume and Villeneuve, Fran{\c c}ois and Zwolinski, Peggy}, year = {2010}, month = oct, journal = {IDMME\_P30}, abstract = {This paper reports the results of a study about design methods for assistive device. Publications dedicated only to this question are rare. That is why fifteen case-studies presenting the design of assistive device have been analyzed: this paper extracts the underlying design methods and whenever possible their benefits and weaknesses. Unfortunately, information about the choice of design methods and their impact is often lacking in the literature. A table summarizes and classifies the design methods identified in the case-studies. Results show that User-Centered Design (UCD) tools are widely used for designing assistive device. Many authors stated or expected the UCD approach to be helpful in this field. Rarely designers use additional tools from other fields such as anthropometric values from ergonomics, joint range measure / psycho-motor tests from medicine and ABAB design from psychology, although they seem totally relevant.}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/Y9KCSUAS/Magnier et al_2010_Investigation of methods for the design of assistive device.pdf} } @article{marenkoAnimisticDesignHow2016, title = {Animistic Design: How to Reimagine Digital Interaction between the Human and the Nonhuman}, shorttitle = {Animistic Design}, author = {Marenko, Betti and {van Allen}, Philip}, year = {2016}, month = jan, journal = {Digital Creativity}, volume = {27}, number = {1}, pages = {52--70}, issn = {1462-6268, 1744-3806}, doi = {10.1080/14626268.2016.1145127}, abstract = {This article puts forward the notion of animistic design as an uncertainty-driven strategy to reimagine human\textendash machine interaction as a milieu of human and nonhuman. Animistic design is suggested as capable of fostering affects, sensibilities and thoughts that capitalize on the uncertain, the unpredictable and the nonlinear, and their capacity to trigger creative pathways. Informed by post-human philosophies, theories of mediation and materiality, as well as by affect, agency and aesthesia, animistic design eschews the anthropomorphic and the cute playfulness often associated with animism. Instead, it proposes a practical\textendash theoretical framework to articulate the nexus of digital innovation, interaction design practices, technical materialities and affective responses already emerging in the digital cohabitation of the human and the nonhuman. Using a `research through making' approach, the article describes in detail a series of animistic design experiments and prototyping methods that explore ways of rethinking interaction as an openended and creative enterprise. Animistic design offers an investigative strategy that exploits degrees of collaboratively curated uncertainty and unpredictability to imagine forms of digital interaction, and to engender creative human\textendash nonhuman relationships within a given digital milieu.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/CSFPEXKL/Marenko_van Allen_2016_Animistic design.pdf} } @article{marenkoObjectRelicsTheirEffects, title = {`{{Object-Relics}} and Their {{Effects}}: For a {{Neo-Animist Paradigm}}'}, shorttitle = {`{{Object-Relics}} and Their {{Effects}}}, author = {Marenko, Betti}, journal = {Objets \& Communication. Editors Bernard Darras and Sarah Belkhamsa MEI `Mediation and Information' review n. 30-31, Centre of Image, Research, Culture and Cognition, University Paris 1 Panth\'eon-Sorbonne. Paris, Editions de l'Harmattan, pp 239-253}, abstract = {Our relationship with objects is far less clear-cut than a rational materialism predicated upon a subject/object distinction would have us believe. On the contrary, it is a messy and unpredictable one, electrified by emotional investments, often}, langid = {english}, keywords = {read}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/QDYHBI3L/Marenko_‘Object-Relics and their Effects.pdf} } @article{masinaInvestigatingAccessibilityVoice2020, title = {Investigating the {{Accessibility}} of {{Voice Assistants With Impaired Users}}: {{Mixed Methods Study}}}, shorttitle = {Investigating the {{Accessibility}} of {{Voice Assistants With Impaired Users}}}, author = {Masina, Fabio and Orso, Valeria and Pluchino, Patrik and Dainese, Giulia and Volpato, Stefania and Nelini, Cristian and Mapelli, Daniela and Spagnolli, Anna and Gamberini, Luciano}, year = {2020}, month = sep, journal = {Journal of Medical Internet Research}, volume = {22}, number = {9}, pages = {e18431}, publisher = {{JMIR Publications Inc., Toronto, Canada}}, doi = {10.2196/18431}, abstract = {Background: Voice assistants allow users to control appliances and functions of a smart home by simply uttering a few words. Such systems hold the potential to significantly help users with motor and cognitive disabilities who currently depend on their caregiver even for basic needs (eg, opening a door). The research on voice assistants is mainly dedicated to able-bodied users, and studies evaluating the accessibility of such systems are still sparse and fail to account for the participants' actual motor, linguistic, and cognitive abilities. Objective: The aim of this work is to investigate whether cognitive and/or linguistic functions could predict user performance in operating an off-the-shelf voice assistant (Google Home). Methods: A group of users with disabilities (n=16) was invited to a living laboratory and asked to interact with the system. Besides collecting data on their performance and experience with the system, their cognitive and linguistic skills were assessed using standardized inventories. The identification of predictors (cognitive and/or linguistic) capable of accounting for an efficient interaction with the voice assistant was investigated by performing multiple linear regression models. The best model was identified by adopting a selection strategy based on the Akaike information criterion (AIC). Results: For users with disabilities, the effectiveness of interacting with a voice assistant is predicted by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Robertson Dysarthria Profile (specifically, the ability to repeat sentences), as the best model shows (AIC=130.11). Conclusions: Users with motor, linguistic, and cognitive impairments can effectively interact with voice assistants, given specific levels of residual cognitive and linguistic skills. More specifically, our paper advances practical indicators to predict the level of accessibility of speech-based interactive systems. Finally, accessibility design guidelines are introduced based on the performance results observed in users with disabilities.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/KRN3Q4TP/Masina et al_2020_Investigating the Accessibility of Voice Assistants With Impaired Users.pdf} } @incollection{matthewsPrototypesPrototypingDesign2015, title = {Prototypes and Prototyping in Design Research}, author = {Matthews, Ben and Wensveen, Stephan}, year = {2015}, month = jan, pages = {262--276}, doi = {10.4324/9781315758466-25}, isbn = {978-0-415-70607-0}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/FUSPXDPG/Matthews_Wensveen_2015_Prototypes and prototyping in design research.pdf} } @misc{mayorVoiceTechnologyNeeds2017, title = {Voice {{Technology}} Needs {{Voice Psychology}}}, author = {Mayor, Aaron}, year = {2017}, month = dec, journal = {Medium}, abstract = {Voice Interactions between people and technology are becoming more and more commonplace in this era of `smart' devices. Voice Assistants\ldots}, langid = {english} } @article{mccarthyVoiceHasIt2013a, title = {The ``{{Voice}}'' {{Has It}}: {{Screen Reader Adoption}} and {{Switching Behavior Among Vision Impaired Persons}} in {{India}}}, shorttitle = {The ``{{Voice}}'' {{Has It}}}, author = {McCarthy, Ted and Pal, Joyojeet and Cutrell, Edward}, year = {2013}, month = oct, journal = {Assistive Technology}, volume = {25}, number = {4}, pages = {222--229}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1040-0435}, doi = {10.1080/10400435.2013.768719}, abstract = {We present results from a mixed methods study of screen reader use and switching behavior among people with vision impairments in India. We examine loyalty and experimentation with screen readers and find that the main drivers of adoption for early users differ significantly from the factors that drive continued use by advanced users. We discuss the factor that emerges as one of the strongest stated drivers of early adoption, text-to-speech ``voice'' quality, particularly a ``human-sounding voice'' as one of the key features differentiating free/open source products from more expensive proprietary products. While the initial preferences are driven by voice quality, application support becomes more important over time as users speed up their sound settings and become more comfortable with the resultant non-human-sounding speech. We discuss these findings from two theoretical perspectives\textemdash first, through the application of the economics of behavior switching, and second, vis-\`a-vis novice and expert approaches toward new product adoption. We argue that these findings further our understanding of initial user comfort related to assistive technology adoption, and the impact of early technology choices on long-term technology switching behavior.}, pmid = {24620705}, keywords = {assistive technology,ICTD (Information Communication Technologies and Development),JAWS (Job Access with Speech),NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access),screen readers,switching behaviors}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2013.768719}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/EJMNGJL7/McCarthy et al_2013_The “Voice” Has It.pdf} } @inproceedings{mealinExploratoryStudyBlind2012, title = {An Exploratory Study of Blind Software Developers}, booktitle = {2012 {{IEEE Symposium}} on {{Visual Languages}} and {{Human-Centric Computing}} ({{VL}}/{{HCC}})}, author = {Mealin, S. and {Murphy-Hill}, E.}, year = {2012}, month = sep, pages = {71--74}, publisher = {{IEEE}}, address = {{Innsbruck}}, doi = {10.1109/VLHCC.2012.6344485}, abstract = {As a research community, we currently know very little about the challenges faced by blind software developers. Without knowing what those challenges are, the community cannot effectively address these challenges. In this paper, we describe the first exploratory empirical study, where we conducted eight interviews with blind software developers to identify aspects of software development that are a challenge. Our results suggest that visually impaired software developers face challenges, for instance, when using screen readers to look up information when writing code. We discuss a variety of implications, including that blind software developers need additional support in discovering relevant software development tools.}, isbn = {978-1-4673-0852-6 978-1-4673-0853-3}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/EBNLE6P9/Mealin and Murphy-Hill - 2012 - An exploratory study of blind software developers.pdf} } @article{mehrabiSurveyBiasFairness2019, title = {A {{Survey}} on {{Bias}} and {{Fairness}} in {{Machine Learning}}}, author = {Mehrabi, Ninareh and Morstatter, Fred and Saxena, Nripsuta and Lerman, Kristina and Galstyan, Aram}, year = {2019}, month = sep, journal = {arXiv:1908.09635 [cs]}, eprint = {1908.09635}, eprinttype = {arxiv}, primaryclass = {cs}, abstract = {With the widespread use of AI systems and applications in our everyday lives, it is important to take fairness issues into consideration while designing and engineering these types of systems. Such systems can be used in many sensitive environments to make important and life-changing decisions; thus, it is crucial to ensure that the decisions do not reflect discriminatory behavior toward certain groups or populations. We have recently seen work in machine learning, natural language processing, and deep learning that addresses such challenges in different subdomains. With the commercialization of these systems, researchers are becoming aware of the biases that these applications can contain and have attempted to address them. In this survey we investigated different real-world applications that have shown biases in various ways, and we listed different sources of biases that can affect AI applications. We then created a taxonomy for fairness definitions that machine learning researchers have defined in order to avoid the existing bias in AI systems. In addition to that, we examined different domains and subdomains in AI showing what researchers have observed with regard to unfair outcomes in the state-of-the-art methods and how they have tried to address them. There are still many future directions and solutions that can be taken to mitigate the problem of bias in AI systems. We are hoping that this survey will motivate researchers to tackle these issues in the near future by observing existing work in their respective fields.}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Computer Science - Machine Learning}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/YWFGAQFD/Mehrabi et al. - 2019 - A Survey on Bias and Fairness in Machine Learning.pdf} } @misc{merrettPotentialVoiceInterfaces2018, title = {The Potential for {{Voice Interfaces}} in Assisting the Blind}, author = {Merrett, Rich}, year = {2018}, month = jun, journal = {Medium}, abstract = {From Home Automation to V-Commerce, Voice Interfaces have so much potential to assist the blind in their day to day lives.}, langid = {english} } @book{millerTrostDingeFunfzehn2014, title = {{Der Trost der Dinge: f\"unfzehn Portr\"ats aus dem London von heute}}, shorttitle = {{Der Trost der Dinge}}, author = {Miller, Daniel}, year = {2014}, publisher = {{Suhrkamp}}, address = {{Berlin}}, isbn = {978-3-518-12613-4}, langid = {german}, annotation = {OCLC: 915562091} } @misc{MoMATalkMe, title = {{{MoMA}} | {{Talk}} to {{Me}} | {{Essay}}}, howpublished = {https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/talktome/essay/}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/RFKHRV8G/essay.html} } @article{moriUncannyValley2012, title = {The {{Uncanny Valley}}}, author = {Mori, Masahiro and MacDorman, Karl and Kageki, Norri}, year = {2012}, month = jun, journal = {IEEE Robotics \& Automation Magazine}, volume = {19}, pages = {98--100}, doi = {10.1109/MRA.2012.2192811}, abstract = {More than 40 years ago, Masahiro Mori, a robotics professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, wrote an essay [1] on how he envisioned people's reactions to robots that looked and acted almost like a human. In particular, he hypothesized that a person's response to a humanlike robot would abruptly shift from empathy to revulsion as it approached, but failed to attain, a lifelike appearance. This descent into eeriness is known as the uncanny valley. The essay appeared in an obscure Japanese journal called Energy in 1970, and in subsequent years, it received almost no attention. However, more recently, the concept of the uncanny valley has rapidly attracted interest in robotics and other scientific circles as well as in popular culture. Some researchers have explored its implications for human-robot interaction and computer-graphics animation, whereas others have investigated its biological and social roots. Now interest in the uncanny valley should only intensify, as technology evolves and researchers build robots that look human. Although copies of Mori's essay have circulated among researchers, a complete version hasn't been widely available. The following is the first publication of an English translation that has been authorized and reviewed by Mori. (See ``Turning Point'' in this issue for an interview with Mori.).}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/Y566AS5E/Mori et al_2012_The Uncanny Valley [From the Field].pdf} } @inproceedings{morrisonSocialSensemakingAI2021, title = {Social {{Sensemaking}} with {{AI}}: {{Designing}} an {{Open-ended AI Experience}} with a {{Blind Child}}}, shorttitle = {Social {{Sensemaking}} with {{AI}}}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2021 {{CHI Conference}} on {{Human Factors}} in {{Computing Systems}}}, author = {Morrison, Cecily and Cutrell, Edward and Grayson, Martin and Thieme, Anja and Taylor, Alex and Roumen, Geert and Longden, Camilla and Tschiatschek, Sebastian and Faia Marques, Rita and Sellen, Abigail}, year = {2021}, month = may, pages = {1--14}, publisher = {{ACM}}, address = {{Yokohama Japan}}, doi = {10.1145/3411764.3445290}, abstract = {AI technologies are often used to aid people in performing discrete tasks with well-defned goals (e.g., recognising faces in images). Emerging technologies that provide continuous, real-time information enable more open-ended AI experiences. In partnership with a blind child, we explore the challenges and opportunities of designing human-AI interaction for a system intended to support social sensemaking. Adopting a research-through-design perspective, we refect upon working with the uncertain capabilities of AI systems in the design of this experience. We contribute: (i) a concrete example of an open-ended AI system that enabled a blind child to extend his own capabilities; (ii) an illustration of the delta between imagined and actual use, highlighting how capabilities derive from the human-AI interaction and not the AI system alone; and (iii) a discussion of design choices to craft an ongoing human-AI interaction that addresses the challenge of uncertain outputs of AI systems.}, isbn = {978-1-4503-8096-6}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/YNB4PZ5I/Morrison et al. - 2021 - Social Sensemaking with AI Designing an Open-ende.pdf} } @article{muellerAssistiveTechnologyUniversal1998, title = {Assistive {{Technology}} and {{Universal Design}} in the {{Workplace}}}, author = {Mueller, James L.}, year = {1998}, month = jun, journal = {Assistive Technology}, volume = {10}, number = {1}, pages = {37--43}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1040-0435}, doi = {10.1080/10400435.1998.10131959}, abstract = {The terms assistive technology and universal design challenge designers, engineers, and technologists to consider the broadest possible use for the things they create, to make assistive technology as useful to non-disabled persons as to those with disabilities, and to make the products and environments we design as usable as possible for everyone, regardless of age or ability.}, pmid = {10181149}, keywords = {Assistive technology,Disabilities,Job accommodation,Universal Design,Workplace design}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.1998.10131959}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/GQTR8RJ3/Mueller - 1998 - Assistive Technology and Universal Design in the W.pdf} } @article{nataleBrowsingAlexaInterrogating2020, title = {Browsing with {{Alexa}}: {{Interrogating}} the Impact of Voice Assistants as Web Interfaces}, shorttitle = {Browsing with {{Alexa}}}, author = {Natale, Simone and Cooke, Henry}, year = {2020}, month = dec, journal = {Media, Culture \& Society}, pages = {016344372098329}, issn = {0163-4437, 1460-3675}, doi = {10.1177/0163443720983295}, abstract = {Voice assistants such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant have recently been the subject of lively debates in regard to issues such as artificial intelligence, surveillance, gender stereotypes, and privacy. Less attention, however, has been given to the fact that voice assistants are also web interfaces that might impact on how the web is accessed, understood and employed by users. This article aims to advance work in this context by identifying a range of issues that should spark additional reflections and discussions within communication and media studies and related fields. In particular, the article focuses on three key issues that have to do with long-standing discussions about the social and political impact of the internet: the role of web platforms in shaping information access, the relationship between production and consumption online, and the role of affect in informing engagement with web resources. Considering these issues in regard to voice assistants not only helps contextualize these technologies within existing debates in communication and media studies, but also highlights that voice assistants pose novel questions to internet research, challenging assumptions of what the web looks like as speech becomes one of the key ways to access resources and information online.}, langid = {english} } @article{nataleBrowsingAlexaInterrogating2021, title = {Browsing with {{Alexa}}: {{Interrogating}} the Impact of Voice Assistants as Web Interfaces}, shorttitle = {Browsing with {{Alexa}}}, author = {Natale, Simone and Cooke, Henry}, year = {2021}, month = sep, journal = {Media, Culture \& Society}, volume = {43}, number = {6}, pages = {1000--1016}, issn = {0163-4437, 1460-3675}, doi = {10.1177/0163443720983295}, abstract = {Voice assistants such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant have recently been the subject of lively debates in regard to issues such as artificial intelligence, surveillance, gender stereotypes, and privacy. Less attention, however, has been given to the fact that voice assistants are also web interfaces that might impact on how the web is accessed, understood and employed by users. This article aims to advance work in this context by identifying a range of issues that should spark additional reflections and discussions within communication and media studies and related fields. In particular, the article focuses on three key issues that have to do with long-standing discussions about the social and political impact of the internet: the role of web platforms in shaping information access, the relationship between production and consumption online, and the role of affect in informing engagement with web resources. Considering these issues in regard to voice assistants not only helps contextualize these technologies within existing debates in communication and media studies, but also highlights that voice assistants pose novel questions to internet research, challenging assumptions of what the web looks like as speech becomes one of the key ways to access resources and information online.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/9TJ8PJSG/Natale_Cooke_2021_Browsing with Alexa.pdf} } @article{noldPracticebasedOntologicalDesign2018, title = {Practice-Based Ontological Design for Multiplying Realities}, author = {Nold, Christian}, year = {2018}, month = sep, journal = {Strategic Design Research Journal}, volume = {11}, number = {2}, pages = {58--64}, issn = {1984-2988}, doi = {10.4013/sdrj.2018.112.02}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/LZNAHLW5/Nold_2018_Practice-based ontological design for multiplying realities.pdf} } @book{normanDesignEverydayThings2013, title = {The Design of Everyday Things}, author = {Norman, Donald A.}, year = {2013}, edition = {Revised and expanded edition}, publisher = {{Basic Books}}, address = {{New York, New York}}, abstract = {"Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious-even liberating-book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbitrary relationships between controls and functions, coupled with a lack of feedback or other assistance and unreasonable demands on memorization. The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints. The goal: guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time. In this entertaining and insightful analysis, cognitive scientist Don Norman hails excellence of design as the most important key to regaining the competitive edge in influencing consumer behavior. Now fully expanded and updated, with a new introduction by the author, The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how-and why-some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. "--}, isbn = {978-0-465-05065-9}, langid = {english}, lccn = {TS171.4 .N67 2013}, keywords = {BUSINESS \& ECONOMICS / Industries / Retailing,DESIGN / Product,Human engineering,Industrial design,Psychological aspects,PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/4CA724SK/Norman_2013_The design of everyday things.pdf} } @misc{ObjectsVsThings2013, title = {Objects vs. {{Things}}}, year = {2013}, month = mar, journal = {Philosophies}, abstract = {``\ldots all his (Heideggers) writing aims to make as sharp a distinction as possible between, on the one hand, objects, Gegenstand, and, on the other, the celebrated Thing. The handmade jug can be a thin\ldots}, langid = {english} } @misc{OntologicalDesignHas2021, title = {Ontological {{Design Has Become Influential In Design Academia}} \textendash{} {{But What Is It}}?}, year = {2021}, month = jun, journal = {Eye on Design}, abstract = {Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds \textemdash{} Anthropologist Arturo Escobar's powerful argument for reimagining design to bring about social and environmental justice \textemdash{} has become a key reference within design theory recently. The pluriverse describes ``a w}, chapter = {Design + Ecology}, howpublished = {https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/ontological-design-is-popular-in-design-academia-but-what-is-it/}, langid = {american} } @article{orngreenWorkshopsResearchMethodology2017, title = {Workshops as a {{Research Methodology}}}, author = {{\O}rngreen, Rikke and Levinsen, Karin}, year = {2017}, volume = {15}, number = {1}, pages = {12}, abstract = {This paper contributes to knowledge on workshops as a research methodology, and specifically on how such workshops pertain to e-learning. A literature review illustrated that workshops are discussed according to three different perspectives: workshops as a means, workshops as practice, and workshops as a research methodology. Focusing primarily on the latter, this paper presents five studies on upper secondary and higher education teachers' professional development and on teaching and learning through video conferencing. Through analysis and discussion of these studies' findings, we argue that workshops provide a platform that can aid researchers in identifying and exploring relevant factors in a given domain by providing means for understanding complex work and knowledge processes that are supported by technology (for example, e-learning). The approach supports identifying factors that are not obvious to either the participants or the researchers prior to commencing the workshop process. This paper also discusses the facilitator's different clinical and ethnographic roles and highlights the risks and ethical issues involved during both the workshop process and the workshop data analysis. As such, these collaborative and immersive aspects frame workshops as a research approach that has the potential to advance meaning negotiation between researchers and participants.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/SJ9GB2FH/Ørngreen_Levinsen_2017_Workshops as a Research Methodology.pdf} } @misc{OurEvolvedIntuitions, title = {Our Evolved Intuitions about Privacy Aren't Made for This Era | {{Psyche Ideas}}}, journal = {Psyche}, abstract = {Our emotional responses evolved in a very different world. In the online era, that makes us more vulnerable to privacy risks}, howpublished = {https://psyche.co/ideas/our-evolved-intuitions-about-privacy-arent-made-for-this-era}, langid = {english} } @article{ozkaynakSystematicReviewDesign2021, title = {A {{Systematic Review}} of {{Design Workshops}} for {{Health Information Technologies}}}, author = {Ozkaynak, Mustafa and Sircar, Christina M. and Frye, Olivia and Valdez, Rupa S.}, year = {2021}, month = may, journal = {Informatics}, volume = {8}, number = {2}, pages = {34}, issn = {2227-9709}, doi = {10.3390/informatics8020034}, abstract = {Background: Design workshops offer effective methods in eliciting end-user participation from design inception to completion. Workshops unite stakeholders in the utilization of participatory methods, coalescing in the best possible creative solutions. Objective: This systematic review aimed to identify design approaches whilst providing guidance to health information technology designers/researchers in devising and organizing workshops. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted in five medical/library databases identifying 568 articles. The initial duplication removal resulted in 562 articles. A criteria-based screening of the title field, abstracts, and pre-full-texts reviews resulted in 72 records for full-text review. The final review resulted in 10 article exclusions. Results: 62 publications were included in the review. These studies focused on consumer facing and clinical health information technologies. The studied technologies involved both clinician and patients and encompassed an array of health conditions. Diverse workshop activities and deliverables were reported. Only seven publications reported workshop evaluation data. Discussion: This systematic review focused on workshops as a design and research activity in the health informatics domain. Our review revealed three themes: (1) There are a variety of ways of conducting design workshops; (2) Workshops are effective design and research approaches; (3) Various levels of workshop details were reported.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/LVNR3LWL/Ozkaynak et al_2021_A Systematic Review of Design Workshops for Health Information Technologies.pdf} } @misc{ozymandiasCurbCutEffect2014, title = {The {{Curb Cut Effect}}, or {{Why It Is Basically Impossible To Appropriate From Disabled People}}}, author = {Ozymandias}, year = {2014}, month = nov, abstract = {In my treks over the internet, I have seen various people (mostly social justice people) worrying that they are somehow harming Real disabled people if they use a wheelchair if they can still walk \ldots} } @article{paayDigitalEthnographyHome2020, title = {Digital Ethnography of Home Use of Digital Personal Assistants}, author = {Paay, Jeni and Kjeldskov, Jesper and Hansen, Kathrine Maja and J{\o}rgensen, Tobias and Overgaard, Katrine Leth}, year = {2020}, month = oct, journal = {Behaviour \& Information Technology}, volume = {0}, number = {0}, pages = {1--19}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {0144-929X}, doi = {10.1080/0144929X.2020.1834620}, abstract = {Commercialised voice user interface devices for the home, like Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomePod, with integrated digital personal assistants have rapidly grown in popularity. These devices embody intelligent software agents that support users in their everyday life through easy and intuitive conversational interactions. While their use in everyday activities is largely unexplored, the proliferation in home use presents a valuable opportunity to add to understanding around the use of in-home digital personal assistants. In this paper, we investigate their home use in a broad context to learn more about people's experiences, attitudes, interactions and expectations with these devices contributing new insights to current knowledge around this use. Applying the digital ethnography method, we collected 3542 reviews and comments about Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomePod on Amazon, eBay, and Reddit. Six main themes and 29 categories were derived through filtering, thematic analysis and affinity diagramming. These findings constitute a conceptual framework characterising the current landscape of home use of digital personal assistants. Additionally, we identify and discuss unique issues discovered around the invisible interface, interactive freedom, and creative appropriation. We use our findings to propose implications for interaction design of DPAs for home use.}, keywords = {digital ethnography,digital personal assistant,intelligent software agent,smart home,Voice user interface}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2020.1834620}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/IMFHUPI2/Paay et al. - 2020 - Digital ethnography of home use of digital persona.pdf} } @article{palTrustNotTrustPrivacy2020, title = {To {{Trust}} or {{Not-Trust}}: {{Privacy Issues With Voice Assistants}}}, shorttitle = {To {{Trust}} or {{Not-Trust}}}, author = {Pal, Debajyoti and Arpnikanondt, Chonlameth and Razzaque, Mohammad Abdur and Funilkul, Suree}, year = {2020}, month = sep, journal = {IT Professional}, volume = {22}, pages = {46--53}, doi = {10.1109/MITP.2019.2958914}, abstract = {The use of commercially available voice assistants (VA) that enable personal data collection on a large scale is on the rise. However, knowledge discovery on such data can lead to the violation of various privacy issues. This article presents the various stakeholders who are a part of this privacy regime, along with a detailed taxonomy of the various privacy issues existing currently in the VA world. This is supplemented by a privacy preserving trust model that discusses the various antecedents of the privacy issues identified, which will enable the end-users to have a greater level of trust in using the VA.} } @article{paretteAssistiveTechnologyUse2004, title = {Assistive {{Technology Use}} and {{Stigma}}}, author = {Parette, Phil and Scherer, Marcia}, year = {2004}, journal = {Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities}, volume = {39}, number = {3}, pages = {217--226}, publisher = {{Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities}}, issn = {1547-0350}, abstract = {Issues related to stigma and its impact on assistive technology (AT) use with persons having developmental disabilities are addressed. While stigma has been known to be associated with presence of disability for many years, relationship between stigma and AT usage, particularly when working with families across cultures, has only just begun to be examined. Issues confronted by AT decision-making teams related to stigma include family expectations of AT, visibility resulting from use of AT in public settings, and perceptions that children will not attain important developmental skills if they become reliant on devices. While numerous approaches for AT decision-making have been implemented in the field, absence of validity and reliability data related to such approaches emphasizes importance of understanding potential influences of stigma associated with AT use. Specific areas that can contribute to stigmatization include (a) device aesthetics/cosmesis, (b) gender and age appropriateness, (c) social acceptability, (d) sublimation and professional deference, (e) teachers and acceptance of disability, and (f) universal design principles. Importance of future research that explores stigma and government policy and impact on AT decision-making is noted.}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/NZ3ZWL8E/Parette_Scherer_2004_Assistive Technology Use and Stigma.pdf} } @misc{ParticipatoryDesignOverview2021, title = {Participatory {{Design}} - an Overview | {{ScienceDirect Topics}}}, year = {2021}, month = dec, howpublished = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/participatory-design} } @article{patriziHeyVoiceAssistant2021, title = {``{{Hey}}, Voice Assistant!'' {{How}} Do Users Perceive You? {{An}} Exploratory Study}, shorttitle = {``{{Hey}}, Voice Assistant!'' {{How}} Do Users Perceive You?}, author = {Patrizi, Michela and Vernuccio, Maria and Pastore, Alberto}, year = {2021}, month = apr, journal = {Sinergie Italian Journal of Management}, volume = {39}, number = {1}, pages = {173--192}, issn = {0393-5108}, doi = {10.7433/s114.2021.10}, abstract = {Purpose of the paper: The increasing consumer adoption of voice-based artificial intelligence technologies is starting to catch the attention of researchers. This study fits into the nascent marketing literature on user perceptions of interactions with voice assistants (VAs) by exploring perceived VA anthropomorphism and benefits. We also seek to identify millennial clusters based on perceptual differences. Methodology: Quantitative exploratory research was conducted based on questionnaires (N=337) administered to millennials. The data were analysed through exploratory factor analysis. Subsequently, to identify clusters, we performed K-means cluster analysis. Findings: The EFA indicated a four-factor solution: ``utilitarian and hedonic benefits'', ``symbolic benefits'', ``human-like voice'' and ``human-like presence''. The K-means cluster analysis identified three clusters: ``useful and pleasant'', ``human'' and ``status symbol''. Research limits: This paper is not exempt from limitations, especially those related to the exploratory nature of the analysis techniques adopted. Practical implications: Indicating the main perceptual dimensions of VA anthropomorphism and the benefits associated with user-VA interaction, our results provide marketers with important strategic implications for designing the VA interaction experience. The cluster analysis offers companies the possibility of selecting a target and addressing it by creating a specific value proposition. Originality of the paper: This study contributes to the existing partial and fragmented knowledge by offering an overall integrated interpretation of consumer perceptions related to VA interactions. Our findings are the first to jointly reveal user perceptions of the human voice and of the VA as a human interlocutor. Moreover, we contribute to the literature on anthropomorphism by conceptualising the human-like voice construct.}, copyright = {Copyright (c) 2021 FONDAZIONE CUEIM}, langid = {english}, keywords = {anthropomorphism,benefits,cluster analysis,EFA,human-like voice,voice assistants}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/EXBF5DSL/Patrizi et al_2021_“Hey, voice assistant.pdf} } @article{pillanWillSmartHomes2017, title = {Will Smart Homes Improve Our Lives? {{A}} Design Perspective towards Effective Wellbeing at Home}, shorttitle = {Will Smart Homes Improve Our Lives?}, author = {Pillan, Margherita and {SaraColombo}}, year = {2017}, month = jul, journal = {The Design Journal}, volume = {20}, number = {sup1}, pages = {S2580-S2591}, issn = {1460-6925, 1756-3062}, doi = {10.1080/14606925.2017.1352769}, abstract = {New solutions for home automation show novel approaches to the design of products and systems for domestic use, and promise innovative performances. Nevertheless, there is still a gap, that is worthwhile to investigate, between the state of the art of technology-based solutions and what is actually adopted at home. This paper discusses this topic from a design point of view. The research is based on cross-examination of case studies and the results of extensive ethnography in domestic environments. We discuss the tangle of practical and nonfunctional needs that characterize the experience of users at home in an ampler way, aiming at effective wellbeing. To synthesize the results of ethnography, we introduce the concept of resilience in domestic environment arguing that, in the design of solutions for home automation, we must consider home as a dynamic place, apt to support the continuous change of needs and lifestyles of users.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/M2NQA5FE/Pillan_SaraColombo_2017_Will smart homes improve our lives.pdf} } @article{pitardiAlexaSheNot2021, title = {Alexa, She's Not Human But\ldots{} {{Unveiling}} the Drivers of Consumers' Trust in Voice-Based Artificial Intelligence}, author = {Pitardi, Valentina and Marriott, Hannah R.}, year = {2021}, journal = {Psychology \& Marketing}, volume = {38}, number = {4}, pages = {626--642}, issn = {1520-6793}, doi = {10.1002/mar.21457}, abstract = {With the development of deep connections between humans and Artificial Intelligence voice-based assistants (VAs), human and machine relationships have transformed. For relationships to work it is essential for trust to be established. Although the capabilities of VAs offer retailers and consumers enhanced opportunities, building trust with machines is inherently challenging. In this paper, we propose integrating Human\textendash Computer Interaction Theories and Para-Social Relationship Theory to develop insight into how trust and attitudes toward VAs are established. By adopting a mixed-method approach, first, we quantitatively examine the proposed model using Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modeling on 466 respondents; based on the findings of this study, a second qualitative study is employed to reveal four main themes. Findings show that while functional elements drive users' attitude toward using VAs, the social attributes, being social presence and social cognition, are the unique antecedents for developing trust. Additionally, the research illustrates a peculiar dynamic between privacy and trust and it shows how users distinguish two different sources of trustworthiness in their interactions with VAs, identifying the brand producers as the data collector. Taken together, these results reinforce the idea that individuals interact with VAs treating them as social entities and employing human social rules, thus supporting the adoption of a para-social perspective.}, langid = {english}, keywords = {artificial intelligence,privacy,technology adoption,trust,voice assistants}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/mar.21457}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/C9PQGPDQ/Pitardi_Marriott_2021_Alexa, she's not human but… Unveiling the drivers of consumers' trust in.pdf} } @misc{PlanetCentricDesign, title = {Planet {{Centric Design}}, {{Earth Centered Design}}, {{Environnement Centered Design}}}, journal = {Notion}, howpublished = {https://www.notion.so/Planet-Centric-Design-Earth-Centered-Design-Environnement-Centered-Design-public-cc6a9e10254d4d38bc37d8e3367c6037}, langid = {english} } @article{plussSwissParliamentsCorpus2021, title = {Swiss {{Parliaments Corpus}}, an {{Automatically Aligned Swiss German Speech}} to {{Standard German Text Corpus}}}, author = {Pl{\"u}ss, Michel and Neukom, Lukas and Scheller, Christian and Vogel, Manfred}, year = {2021}, month = jun, journal = {arXiv:2010.02810 [cs]}, eprint = {2010.02810}, eprinttype = {arxiv}, primaryclass = {cs}, abstract = {We present the Swiss Parliaments Corpus (SPC), an automatically aligned Swiss German speech to Standard German text corpus. This first version of the corpus is based on publicly available data of the Bernese cantonal parliament and consists of 293 hours of data. It was created using a novel forced sentence alignment procedure and an alignment quality estimator, which can be used to trade off corpus size and quality. We trained Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models as baselines on different subsets of the data and achieved a Word Error Rate (WER) of 0.278 and a BLEU score of 0.586 on the SPC test set. The corpus is freely available for download.}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, keywords = {Computer Science - Computation and Language,Computer Science - Machine Learning}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/EK3UB39B/Plüss et al_2021_Swiss Parliaments Corpus, an Automatically Aligned Swiss German Speech to.pdf} } @incollection{polgarMythNeutralTechnology2010a, title = {The {{Myth}} of {{Neutral Technology}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Polgar, Jan Miller}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {17--23}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_2}, abstract = {The meaning that assistive technology (AT) holds for the user is a key determinant of whether the device will be used or abandoned. Two concepts, stigma and liminality (existing in a state of transition), are used to frame users' perceptions of the assistive technology they use, as generated through research projects investigating aspects of assistive technology use. Implications of the meaning of AT to the design and selection process are described. Assistive technology that is seen as a tool, as just another way of achieving a desired activity is much more likely to be assimilated into the user's daily life. Technology perceived in this manner enables people to share activities with others and augment their personal abilities. Alternately, technology can be seen as a visible sign of disability, reinforcing stigma associated with a disability and the perception of the AT user as existing somewhere between health and illness. Individuals with this view of technology may avoid or resist use of technology, resulting in avoidance of meaningful activities and both social and physical isolation. These findings support the conclusion that technology is not neutral. Inclusion of users in both the design and selection process and understanding the meaning that AT use holds are integral to the development of assistive technology that achieves the desired outcome of enabling participation in daily life.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Assistive Technology,Geriatric Rehabilitation,Occupational Therapy,Smart Home,Spinal Cord Tumor} } @book{PostphenomenologicalMethodologiesNew2018, title = {Postphenomenological Methodologies: New Ways in Mediating Techno-Human Relationships}, shorttitle = {Postphenomenological Methodologies}, year = {2018}, series = {Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology}, publisher = {{Lexington books}}, address = {{Lanham (Md.)}}, isbn = {978-1-4985-4523-5}, langid = {english}, lccn = {142.7}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/NSMTC27N/2018_Postphenomenological methodologies.pdf} } @article{poushnehHumanizingVoiceAssistant2021, title = {Humanizing Voice Assistant: {{The}} Impact of Voice Assistant Personality on Consumers' Attitudes and Behaviors}, shorttitle = {Humanizing Voice Assistant}, author = {Poushneh, Atieh}, year = {2021}, month = jan, journal = {Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services}, volume = {58}, doi = {10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102283}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/UQZJRQM7/Poushneh_2021_Humanizing voice assistant.pdf} } @article{poushnehImpactAuditorySense2021, title = {Impact of Auditory Sense on Trust and Brand Affect through Auditory Social Interaction and Control}, author = {Poushneh, Atieh}, year = {2021}, month = jan, journal = {Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services}, volume = {58}, pages = {102281}, issn = {0969-6989}, doi = {10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102281}, abstract = {Voice assistants\textemdash or voice-enabled artificial intelligence\textemdash have changed the way people interact with their surroundings dramatically. Utilizing an enactive view of social cognition theory, this study demonstrates how voice assistants can act as [semi] autonomous agents to hold instantaneous social interactions with consumers. This research employed two experimental studies. Study 1 used two voice assistant mobile applications, Microsoft Cortana and Google Assistant, and Study 2 used Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana. The contributions this paper makes are two-fold. First, the results illustrate how perceived auditory sense drives perceived auditory control through auditory social interactions with a voice assistant that lead to brand affect and consumers' trust in the voice assistant. Second, results shed light on the role of surprise as a repelling drive that attenuates the effect of perceived auditory control on brand affect.}, pmcid = {PMC7474828}, pmid = {null}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/W9H2IRNR/Poushneh_2021_Impact of auditory sense on trust and brand affect through auditory social.pdf} } @incollection{pradhanAccessibilityCameAccident2018, title = {"{{Accessibility Came}} by {{Accident}}": {{Use}} of {{Voice-Controlled Intelligent Personal Assistants}} by {{People}} with {{Disabilities}}}, shorttitle = {"{{Accessibility Came}} by {{Accident}}"}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2018 {{CHI Conference}} on {{Human Factors}} in {{Computing Systems}}}, author = {Pradhan, Alisha and Mehta, Kanika and Findlater, Leah}, year = {2018}, month = apr, pages = {1--13}, publisher = {{Association for Computing Machinery}}, address = {{New York, NY, USA}}, abstract = {From an accessibility perspective, voice-controlled, home-based intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) have the potential to greatly expand speech interaction beyond dictation and screen reader output. To examine the accessibility of off-the-shelf IPAs (e.g., Amazon Echo) and to understand how users with disabilities are making use of these devices, we conducted two exploratory studies. The first, broader study is a content analysis of 346 Amazon Echo reviews that include users with disabilities, while the second study more specifically focuses on users with visual impairments, through interviews with 16 current users of home-based IPAs. Findings show that, although some accessibility challenges exist, users with a range of disabilities are using the Amazon Echo, including for unexpected cases such as speech therapy and support for caregivers. Richer voice-based applications and solutions to support discoverability would be particularly useful to users with visual impairments. These findings should inform future work on accessible voice-based IPAs.}, isbn = {978-1-4503-5620-6}, keywords = {accessibility,conversational interfaces,disability,intelligent personal assistants,speech}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/HZ4RAYSQ/Pradhan et al_2018_Accessibility Came by Accident.pdf} } @misc{pressThingsWeCould, title = {Things {{We Could Design}} | {{The MIT Press}}}, author = {Press, The MIT}, publisher = {{The MIT Press}}, abstract = {How posthumanist design enables a world in which humans share center stage with nonhumans, with whom we are entangled. Over the past forty years, designers have privileged human values such that human-centered design is seen as progressive. Yet because all that is not human has been depleted, made extinct, or put to human use, today's design contributes to the existential threat of climate change and the ongoing extinctions of other species. In Things We Could Design, Ron Wakkary argues that human-centered design is not the answer to our problems but is itself part of the problem. Drawing on philosophy, design theory, and numerous design works, he shows the way to a relational and expansive design based on humility and cohabitation. Wakkary says that design can no longer ignore its exploitation of nonhuman species and the materials we mine for and reduce to human use. Posthumanism, he argues, enables a rethinking of design that displaces the human at the center of thought and action. Weaving together posthumanist philosophies with design, he describes what he calls things\textemdash nonhumans made by designers\textemdash and calls for a commitment to design with more than human participation. Wakkary also focuses on design as ``nomadic practices''\textemdash a multiplicity of intentionalities and situated knowledges that shows design to be expansive and pluralistic. He calls his overall approach ``designing-with'': the practice of design in a world in which humans share center stage with nonhumans, and in which we are bound together materially, ethically, and existentially.}, howpublished = {https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/things-we-could-design}, langid = {english} } @incollection{puigdelabellacasaEcologicalThinkingMaterial2016, title = {Ecological {{Thinking}}, {{Material Spirituality}}, and the {{Poetics}} of {{Infrastructure}}}, booktitle = {Boundary {{Objects}} and {{Beyond}}: {{Working}} with {{Leigh Star}}}, author = {{Puig de la Bellacasa}, Maria}, year = {2016}, pages = {47}, abstract = {Ecological thinking, material spirituality and the poetics of infrastructure}, keywords = {ANT Companion} } @misc{regoResearchersDevelopNew2019, title = {Researchers {{Develop New Voice Assistant}} Making {{Web Browsing Easier}} for the {{Blind}} and {{Visually Impaired}}}, author = {R{\'e}go, Nelson}, year = {2019}, month = aug, journal = {COOL BLIND TECH}, abstract = {Researchers have developed a new voice assistant that allows people with visual impairments to get web content as quickly and as effortlessly as possible from smart speakers and similar devices. In a new study, led by University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics student, Alexandra Vtyurina, who collaborated with Microsoft researchers and the University of Washington's [\ldots ]}, langid = {american} } @misc{ResearchVisuallyImpaired, title = {Research with Visually Impaired Users - {{User}} Research in Government}, abstract = {User research news and case studies from across government}, howpublished = {https://userresearch.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/22/research-with-visually-impaired-users/}, langid = {english} } @misc{reviewCurbCutEffect2016, title = {The {{Curb Cut Effect}}: {{How Making Public Spaces Accessible}} to {{People With Disabilities Helps Everyone}}}, shorttitle = {The {{Curb Cut Effect}}}, author = {Review, Disability Science}, year = {2016}, month = dec, journal = {Medium}, abstract = {Behold, the curb cut: a wedge cut in an elevated curb to allow smooth passage between the sidewalk and the street.}, langid = {english} } @misc{ReviewPostphenomenologicalMethodologies, title = {Review of {{Postphenomenological Methodologies}}: {{New Ways}} in {{Mediating Techno-human Relations}}}, shorttitle = {Review of {{Postphenomenological Methodologies}}}, abstract = {The methods that are presented in this book each ask the prospective researcher to make a hermeneutic shift with respect to a variety of human-technology interrelationships.}, howpublished = {https://www.apadivisions.org/division-32/publications/reviews/postphenomenological-methodologies} } @article{rosnerEffectUsageComputerBased2018, title = {The {{Effect}} of the {{Usage}} of {{Computer-Based Assistive Devices}} on the {{Functioning}} and {{Quality}} of {{Life}} of {{Individuals}} Who Are {{Blind}} or Have Low {{Vision}}}, author = {Rosner, Yotam and Perlman, Amotz}, year = {2018}, month = jan, journal = {Journal of Visual Impairment \& Blindness}, volume = {112}, number = {1}, pages = {87--99}, issn = {0145-482X, 1559-1476}, doi = {10.1177/0145482X1811200108}, abstract = {Introduction The Israel Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services subsidizes computer-based assistive devices for individuals with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision) to assist these individuals in their interactions with computers and thus to enhance their independence and quality of life. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of computer usage on the quality of life of computer-based assistive device users, and to evaluate their capacity to carry out computer-based tasks. Methods The study was conducted between the years 2013 and 2015. Questionnaires were provided to 96 randomly sampled individuals with visual impairments. These questionnaires were designed to collect information about the quality of life, types and frequency of computer use, satisfaction with the assistive devices, and the effects of computer-based assistive device usage on the participants' lives. In addition, the study evaluated participants' performance in tasks such as e-mail use, Internet surfing, and the use of Microsoft Word; participants performed these tasks on their personal computers. The research sample accounts for about 10\% of visually impaired persons in Israel. Results Findings suggest that participants use computer-based assistive devices frequently (four hours a day on average), primarily for leisure (three hours on average). Participants also report high satisfaction with their devices (mean of 3.98 out of the maximum score of 5.00) and indicate that the devices have improved their quality of life (mean 3.67 out of 5.00) and leisure activities (mean 3.68 out of 5.00). Participants display high levels of task performance, especially in the use of Microsoft Word software (mean of 3.47 out of 5.00), and e-mail usage (mean of 3.81 out of 5.00). Discussion The findings suggest that most participants use computer-based assistive devices daily and report a positive influence from them on their quality of life and activity. Implications for practitioners The study suggests that welfare services and assistance organizations would benefit from subsidizing computer assistive devices for individuals with visual impairments.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/HDKFPNFV/Rosner and Perlman - 2018 - The Effect of the Usage of Computer-Based Assistiv.pdf} } @misc{RoutledgeHandbookSustainable, title = {Routledge {{Handbook}} of {{Sustainable Product Design}}}, journal = {Taylor \& Francis}, abstract = {As a cultivated form of invention, product design is a deeply human phenomenon that enables us to shape, modify and alter the world around us \textendash{} for better or}, howpublished = {https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315693309}, langid = {english} } @book{rozendaalDesigningSmartObjects2021, title = {Designing Smart Objects in Everyday Life: Intelligences, Agencies, Ecologies}, shorttitle = {Designing Smart Objects in Everyday Life}, author = {Rozendaal, Marco C and , Betti, Marenko and Odom, William}, year = {2021}, abstract = {"The dramatic acceleration of digital technologies and their integration into physical products is transforming everyday objects. Such objects are increasingly capable of interacting with humans in a purposeful and intelligent manner. This book offers a critical assessment on smart design, together with methods and tools to deal with the challenges and opportunities presented. If design is concerned with creating purposeful interventions in everyday life, then how would the design of smart objects change to account for the animation and the 'personality' projected by the users? What range of competences, skills and expertise are needed to design smart objects in the everyday life?"--}, isbn = {978-1-350-16014-9 978-1-350-16013-2 978-1-350-16015-6}, langid = {english}, annotation = {OCLC: 1236896956}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/SW9L3KND/Designing Smart Objects in Everyday Life Intelligences, Agencies, Ecologies.epub;/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/VK8JCJPE/Rozendaal et al_2021_Designing smart objects in everyday life.pdf} } @misc{ruhVoiceAssistantsSmart2020, title = {Voice {{Assistants And Smart Home Technologies Transform The Lives Of People With Disabilities And}}\ldots}, author = {Ruh, Debra}, year = {2020}, month = jul, journal = {Medium}, abstract = {We are in the golden age of innovations, an era in which digital technology is transforming the underpinnings of human existence\ldots}, howpublished = {https://debraruh.medium.com/voice-assistants-and-smart-home-technologies-transform-the-lives-of-people-with-disabilities-and-e3607968176}, langid = {english} } @article{sachdevaAssistiveTechnologyTotally, title = {Assistive {{Technology For Totally Blind}} \textendash{} {{Barriers}} to {{Adoption}}}, author = {Sachdeva, Neeraj and Suomi, Reima}, pages = {16}, abstract = {Assistive technology for people with disabilities has improved. Adoption and usage of assistive technology has been positively analyzed by various researches. However, the negative socio-psychological attributes that hinder technology adoption has not been emphasized very much in academic research. Highlighting and discussing these attributes can help in improving assistive technology adoption. Using perspectives drawn from interviews of blind users heavily reliant on assistive technology, this paper details the impact of socio-psychological barriers in assistive technology usage for completely blind people.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/65TZGGVE/Sachdeva_Suomi_Assistive Technology For Totally Blind – Barriers to Adoption.pdf} } @article{sankhiGlimpseSmartphoneScreen2020, title = {A Glimpse into Smartphone Screen Reader Use among Blind Teenagers in Rural {{Nepal}}}, author = {Sankhi, Prakash and Sandnes, Frode Eika}, year = {2020}, month = sep, journal = {Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology}, volume = {0}, number = {0}, pages = {1--7}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1748-3107}, doi = {10.1080/17483107.2020.1818298}, abstract = {Purpose Access to appropriate assistive technology is a challenge worldwide and especially in low GDP-per-capita countries. Nepal is one example of a country with several coinciding challenges: some claim having a high rate of blindness in the general population, a low-GDP-per capita and some studies claim it has a low literacy rate, especially in rural areas. Without appropriate assistive technology, some disabled youth may not get full access to education.Methods To gain insight into assistive technology use in rural Nepal, five blind teenagers in a mixed secondary school with disabled and non-disabled students in rural Nepal were interviewed about their daily smartphone use.Results The results show that all the participants used screen readers on donated smartphones. None of the participants had received formal training in using smartphone screen readers and therefore lacked knowledge about basic and essential operational aspects of the devices as well as misguided expectations about the technology.Conclusions One implication of the findings is that smartphone accessibility features training material needs to be made easily available to schools and all disabled youth worldwide, as smartphones are increasingly becoming available in low-income remote regions with low literacy rates. The built-in accessibility features of smartphones promise disabled youth a non-stigmatizing platform for social participation and access to the information society.Implications for RehabilitationThe built-in accessibility features of smartphones provide disabled youth a non-stigmatizing practical platform for social participation and access to education.Training material on how to use smartphone accessibility features needs to be made easily available to schools and all disabled youth worldwide.}, pmid = {32924659}, keywords = {Blind,inclusion,low-GDP per-capita countries,Nepal,screen reader,smartphone,visually impaired}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2020.1818298}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/8PWHVGSR/Sankhi and Sandnes - 2020 - A glimpse into smartphone screen reader use among .pdf} } @misc{sanzoNewMaterialism2018, title = {New {{Materialism}}(s)}, author = {Sanzo, Kameron}, year = {2018}, month = apr, journal = {Critical Posthumanism Network}, abstract = {``New materialism'' is a term coined in the 1990s to describe a theoretical turn away from the persistent dualisms in modern and humanist traditions whose influences are present in much of cultural t\ldots}, langid = {american} } @article{schillerAlexaAlertMe2019, title = {Alexa, {{Alert Me When}} the {{Revolution Comes}}: {{Gender}}, {{Affect}}, and {{Labor}} in the {{Age}} of {{Home-Based Artificial Intelligence}}}, shorttitle = {Alexa, {{Alert Me When}} the {{Revolution Comes}}}, author = {Schiller, Amy and McMahon, John}, year = {2019}, month = apr, journal = {New Political Science}, volume = {41}, number = {2}, pages = {173--191}, issn = {0739-3148, 1469-9931}, doi = {10.1080/07393148.2019.1595288}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/3J4C2I5P/Schiller_McMahon_2019_Alexa, Alert Me When the Revolution Comes.pdf} } @article{schlomannPotentialPitfallsDigital2021, title = {Potential and {{Pitfalls}} of {{Digital Voice Assistants}} in {{Older Adults With}} and {{Without Intellectual Disabilities}}: {{Relevance}} of {{Participatory Design Elements}} and {{Ecologically Valid Field Studies}}}, shorttitle = {Potential and {{Pitfalls}} of {{Digital Voice Assistants}} in {{Older Adults With}} and {{Without Intellectual Disabilities}}}, author = {Schlomann, Anna and Wahl, Hans-Werner and Zentel, Peter and Heyl, Vera and Knapp, Leonore and Opfermann, Christiane and Kr{\"a}mer, Torsten and Rietz, Christian}, year = {2021}, journal = {Frontiers in Psychology}, volume = {12}, pages = {2522}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684012}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/QJVH8DSK/Schlomann et al_2021_Potential and Pitfalls of Digital Voice Assistants in Older Adults With and.pdf} } @article{secomandiInterfaceDesignServices2013, title = {Interface {{Design}} in {{Services}}: {{A Postphenomenological Approach}}}, shorttitle = {Interface {{Design}} in {{Services}}}, author = {Secomandi, Fernando and Snelders, Dirk}, year = {2013}, journal = {Design Issues}, volume = {29}, number = {1}, pages = {3--13}, publisher = {{The MIT Press}}, issn = {0747-9360}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/Z5QDDV9C/Secomandi and Snelders - 2013 - Interface Design in Services A Postphenomenologic.pdf} } @article{senjamSmartphonesBasedAssistiveTechnology2021, title = {Smartphones-{{Based Assistive Technology}}: {{Accessibility Features}} and {{Apps}} for {{People}} with {{Visual Impairment}}, and Its {{Usage}}, {{Challenges}}, and {{Usability Testing}}}, shorttitle = {Smartphones-{{Based Assistive Technology}}}, author = {Senjam, Suraj Singh and Manna, Souvik and Bascaran, Covadonga}, year = {2021}, month = nov, journal = {Clin Optom (Auckl)}, volume = {13}, pages = {311--322}, issn = {1179-2752}, doi = {10.2147/OPTO.S336361}, abstract = {Smartphones are less likely to be considered as assistive technology for visual impairment among a large majority of health care providers, excluding vision rehabilitation professionals, and the general public who are not familiar with accessible features and apps. The present review aims to highlight accessible features and apps along with usages, including educational, and access to smartphones as assistive technology for visual impairment and blindness. It also includes advantages and challenges faced by users, and usability testing by app developers. There have been significant recent developments in mobile technology that incorporate computer technology relating to electronic information, communication, and touch-screen accessibility. Such advances in technology are transforming the use of smartphones from a traditional visual interface to a truly visual free interaction using alternative body senses, such as haptic, gesture, and so on. There are many built-in accessible features and third-party accessible applications that enable people with visual impairment to perform daily activities, independent functioning, movement, social inclusion and participation, education, etc. They are universally designed, so they are unlikely to induce social stigma or negative reactions from peers or public. Healthcare practitioners, not limiting to eye care, and caregivers, family members, teachers, or special educators should be informed about the potential uses and benefits of smartphones for visually impaired in developing nations. Evidence shows that most of the users train by themselves. Enhancing the awareness along with training for teachers and caregivers would be helpful to improve access and skills among users with visual disabilities. Developers are continuously producing more innovative applications for visual impairment, which indicates the need for having a training guideline on the use of smartphones.}, pmcid = {PMC8636846}, pmid = {34866955}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/RY2VV67R/Senjam et al. - 2021 - Smartphones-Based Assistive Technology Accessibil.pdf} } @article{sezginScopingReviewPatientfacing2020, title = {A Scoping Review of Patient-Facing, Behavioral Health Interventions with Voice Assistant Technology Targeting Self-Management and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors}, author = {Sezgin, Emre and Militello, Lisa K and Huang, Yungui and Lin, Simon}, year = {2020}, month = aug, journal = {Translational Behavioral Medicine}, volume = {10}, number = {3}, pages = {606--628}, issn = {1869-6716, 1613-9860}, doi = {10.1093/tbm/ibz141}, abstract = {Abstract Engaging in positive healthy lifestyle behaviors continues to be a public health challenge, requiring innovative solutions. As the market for voice assistants (Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Siri) grows and people increasingly use them to assist their daily tasks, there is a pressing need to explore how voice assistant (VA) technology may be used in behavioral health interventions. A scoping review of literature was conducted to address a PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome) question: across populations, how does the use of voice assistants in behavioral health research/interventions influence healthy lifestyle behaviors versus control or comparison interventions? To inform the science, a secondary aim of this review was to explore characteristics of VAs used in behavioral health research. The review was conducted following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis guidelines with scoping review extension (PRISMA-ScR). Ten studies satisfied the inclusion criteria, representing research published through February 2019. Studies spanned pediatric to elderly populations, covering a vast array of self-management and healthy lifestyle behaviors. The majority of interventions were multicomponent, involving more than one of the following behavior change techniques grouped by cluster: shaping knowledge, self-belief, repetition and substitution, feedback and monitoring, goals and planning, antecedents, natural consequences, comparison of behavior, and identification. However, most studies were in early stages of development, with limited efficacy trials. VA technology continues to evolve and support behavioral interventions using various platforms (e.g., Interactive Voice Response [IVR] systems, smartphones, and smart speakers) which are used alone or in conjunction with other platforms. Feasibility, usability, preliminary efficacy, along with high user satisfaction of research adapted VAs, in contrast to standalone commercially available VAs, suggest a role for VAs in behavioral health intervention research.}, langid = {english} } @article{silvaAlgorithmsPlatformsEthnic2019, title = {Algorithms, Platforms, and Ethnic Bias}, author = {Silva, Selena and Kenney, Martin}, year = {2019}, month = oct, journal = {Commun. ACM}, volume = {62}, number = {11}, pages = {37--39}, issn = {0001-0782, 1557-7317}, doi = {10.1145/3318157}, abstract = {Racially biased outcomes have increasingly been recognized as a problem that can infect software algorithms and datasets of all types. Digital platforms, in particular, are organizing ever greater portions of social, political, and economic life. This essay examines and organizes current academic and popular press discussions on how digital tools, despite appearing to be objective We have modified and extended a ``value chain\textendash like'' model introduced by Danks and London (2017), depicting the potential location of ethnic bias in algorithmic decision-making. In our discussion, we note some potential benefits from the movement of decisions online, as they are then traceable and amenable to analysis.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/87C2WB68/Silva and Kenney - 2019 - Algorithms, platforms, and ethnic bias.pdf} } @incollection{silversBetterNewEthics2010a, title = {Better {{Than New}}! {{Ethics}} for {{Assistive Technologists}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Silvers, Anita}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {3--15}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_1}, abstract = {What are the fundamental values that should guide the practice of assistive technologists? This essay examines two sources that appear to inform current understandings of the ethics of assistive technology: medical ethics and engineering ethics. From medical ethics comes the notion that assistive technology should aim to restore its users to normal functioning, making them like new. Engineering ethics, on the other hand, recommends enhancing users' functionality, even if functioning is not achieved in a species typical way. From this engineering perspective, it is permissible and even desirable for assistive technology to make its users function even better than new. Thus enhancing functionality is a central value in assistive technology. Professionals in the field have the ability, and the responsibility as well, to address and counter societal suspicion of artificially enhanced functioning achieved through technology. Consequently, assistive technology professionals should fight against discrimination that excludes people with disabilities, whose functioning depends on prostheses and other products of technology, from the mainstream of social life.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Assistive Technology,Disable People,Engineer Ethic,Engineering Ethic,Medical Ethic} } @incollection{simpsonChallengesEffectiveEvaluation2010a, title = {Challenges to {{Effective Evaluation}} of {{Assistive Technology}}}, booktitle = {Design and {{Use}} of {{Assistive Technology}}: {{Social}}, {{Technical}}, {{Ethical}}, and {{Economic Challenges}}}, author = {Simpson, Richard}, editor = {Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. and Mitchell, Ian M. and {Van der Loos}, H. F. Machiel}, year = {2010}, pages = {51--56}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{New York, NY}}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2_6}, abstract = {Evaluation in the context of assistive technology can take several forms. Engineers evaluate the devices and technologies they develop. Clinicians perform clinical evaluations to decide which device(s) are most appropriate for their client. Finally, researchers hope to evaluate the long-term outcomes of assistive technology interventions. Evaluating a new assistive technology in the lab can be complicated by small user populations and the lack of universally accepted performance measures. The obstacles to effective clinical evaluations include the wide variety of devices that can meet each client's needs and the limited time and resources available to clinicians and their clients. Evaluating assistive technology outcomes is a relatively new pursuit, with many open questions.}, isbn = {978-1-4419-7031-2}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Assistive Technology,Learning Disabil,Navigation Task,Task Load Index,Wheelchair User} } @article{skiboReviewMaterialCultures1999, title = {Review of {{Material Cultures}}: {{Why Some Things Matter}}}, shorttitle = {Review of {{Material Cultures}}}, author = {Skibo, James M.}, year = {1999}, journal = {Journal of Anthropological Research}, volume = {55}, number = {1}, pages = {181--183}, issn = {0091-7710}, collaborator = {Miller, Daniel} } @misc{SocialLifeThings1986, title = {The {{Social Life}} of {{Things}} Edited by {{Arjun Appadurai}}}, year = {1986}, month = apr, journal = {Cambridge Core}, doi = {10.1017/CBO9780511819582}, abstract = {Cambridge Core - Economics: General Interest - The Social Life of Things - edited by Arjun Appadurai}, howpublished = {/core/books/social-life-of-things/4F4D3929A501EC19CF413D36BDF8AB3A}, langid = {english} } @misc{SoundsSilence, title = {The {{Sounds}} of {{Silence}}}, journal = {Real Life}, abstract = {Tracing the insidious idea that the nonhuman world is voiceless until \&\#8220;activated\&\#8221; by technology}, howpublished = {https://reallifemag.com/the-sounds-of-silence/} } @misc{SpracherkennungFurSchweizerdeutsch, title = {{Spracherkennung f\"ur Schweizerdeutsch}}, journal = {FHNW}, abstract = {Das Institut f\"ur Data Science der FHNW arbeitet an einer Spracherkennung und \"Ubersetzung auf Hochdeutsch f\"ur die Schweizer Dialekte.}, howpublished = {https://www.fhnw.ch/de/die-fhnw/hochschulen/ht/institute/forschungsprojekte/spracherkennung-fuer-schweizerdeutsch}, langid = {german} } @misc{staffAssistiveTechnologyVisually2021, title = {Assistive {{Technology}} for {{Visually Impaired}} and {{Blind People}}}, author = {Staff, Braille Institute}, year = {2021}, month = aug, journal = {Braille Institute}, abstract = {We offer assistive technology training and a variety of resources to help break accessibility barriers. Call 1-800-BRAILLE (272-4553).}, langid = {american} } @book{steffenDesignAlsProduktsprache2000, title = {{Design als Produktsprache: der "Offenbacher Ansatz" in Theorie und Praxis}}, shorttitle = {{Design als Produktsprache}}, editor = {Steffen, Dagmar and B{\"u}rdek, Bernhard E. and Fischer, Volker and Gros, Jochen and {Hochschule f{\"u}r Gestaltung Offenbach am Main}}, year = {2000}, series = {{Formtheorie}}, publisher = {{Verl. Form}}, address = {{Frankfurt am Main}}, isbn = {978-3-931317-34-8 978-3-7643-6816-6}, langid = {german}, annotation = {OCLC: 246692596}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/9UXZQPRE/Steffen et al_2000_Design als Produktsprache.pdf} } @inproceedings{sungMyRoombaRambo2007a, title = {``{{My Roomba Is Rambo}}'': {{Intimate Home Appliances}}}, shorttitle = {``{{My Roomba Is Rambo}}''}, booktitle = {{{UbiComp}} 2007: {{Ubiquitous Computing}}}, author = {Sung, Ja-Young and Guo, Lan and Grinter, Rebecca E. and Christensen, Henrik I.}, editor = {Krumm, John and Abowd, Gregory D. and Seneviratne, Aruna and Strang, Thomas}, year = {2007}, series = {Lecture {{Notes}} in {{Computer Science}}}, pages = {145--162}, publisher = {{Springer}}, address = {{Berlin, Heidelberg}}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-74853-3_9}, abstract = {Robots have entered our domestic lives, but yet, little is known about their impact on the home. This paper takes steps towards addressing this omission, by reporting results from an empirical study of iRobot's RoombaTM, a vacuuming robot. Our findings suggest that, by developing intimacy to the robot, our participants were able to derive increased pleasure from cleaning, and expended effort to fit Roomba into their homes, and shared it with others. These findings lead us to propose four design implications that we argue could increase people's enthusiasm for smart home technologies.}, isbn = {978-3-540-74853-3}, langid = {english}, keywords = {Empirical study,intimacy,robot}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/D8QFJ3JJ/Sung et al_2007_“My Roomba Is Rambo”.pdf} } @article{trippRapidPrototypingAlternative1990, title = {Rapid Prototyping: {{An}} Alternative Instructional Design Strategy}, shorttitle = {Rapid Prototyping}, author = {Tripp, Steven D. and Bichelmeyer, Barbara}, year = {1990}, month = mar, journal = {ETR\&D}, volume = {38}, number = {1}, pages = {31--44}, issn = {1556-6501}, doi = {10.1007/BF02298246}, abstract = {There is a design methodology calledrapid prototyping which has been used successfully in software engineering. Given the similarities between software design and instructional design, we argue that rapid prototyping is a viable model for instructional design, especially for computer-based instruction. Additionally, we argue that recent theories of design offer plausible explanations for the apparent success of rapid prototyping in software design. Such theories also support the notion that rapid prototyping is appropriate for instructional design. We offer guidelines for the use of rapid prototyping and list possible tradeoffs in its application.}, langid = {english} } @misc{TypesAssistiveTechnology2016, title = {Types of {{Assistive Technology}} - {{NCBI}}}, year = {2016}, month = apr, abstract = {If you have little or no vision, you may find it difficult or impossible to do things that so many people now take for granted. These include using the internet, booking flights, reading printed items such as books, magazines, newspapers or even mail that comes through the door. Technology can help though. If the right}, langid = {british} } @misc{UnderstandingAssistiveTechnology2019, title = {Understanding {{Assistive Technology}}: {{How Does}} a {{Blind Person}} Use the {{Internet}}?}, shorttitle = {Understanding {{Assistive Technology}}}, year = {2019}, month = jul, journal = {Level Access}, abstract = {How can someone who can't see a touchscreen use an iPhone? Learn about the tools that give people with visual disabilities access to the internet.}, howpublished = {https://www.levelaccess.com/understanding-assistive-technology-how-does-a-blind-person-use-the-internet/}, langid = {english} } @article{UniversalDesign2021, title = {Universal Design}, year = {2021}, month = aug, journal = {Wikipedia}, abstract = {Universal design is the design of buildings, products or environments to make them accessible to all people, regardless of age, disability or other factors. The term "universal design" was coined by the architect Ronald Mace to describe the concept of designing all products and the built environment to be aesthetic and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of their age, ability, or status in life. However, it was the work of Selwyn Goldsmith, author of Designing for the Disabled (1963), who really pioneered the concept of free access for people with disabilities. His most significant achievement was the creation of the dropped curb \textendash{} now a standard feature of the built environment. Universal design emerged from slightly earlier barrier-free concepts, the broader accessibility movement, and adaptive and assistive technology and also seeks to blend aesthetics into these core considerations. As life expectancy rises and modern medicine increases the survival rate of those with significant injuries, illnesses, and birth defects, there is a growing interest in universal design. There are many industries in which universal design is having strong market penetration but there are many others in which it has not yet been adopted to any great extent. Universal design is also being applied to the design of technology, instruction, services, and other products and environments. Curb cuts or sidewalk ramps, essential for people in wheelchairs but also used by all, are a common example. Color-contrast dishware with steep sides that assists those with visual or dexterity problems are another. There are also cabinets with pull-out shelves, kitchen counters at several heights to accommodate different tasks and postures, and, amidst many of the world's public transit systems, low-floor buses that "kneel" (bring their front end to ground level to eliminate gap) and/or are equipped with ramps rather than on-board lifts.}, copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License}, annotation = {Page Version ID: 1040116034} } @misc{upsideAlexaAccessibilityHow, title = {Alexa for {{Accessibility}}: {{How Voice User Interfaces Can Change Lives}}}, shorttitle = {Alexa for {{Accessibility}}}, author = {Upside}, journal = {Upside}, abstract = {This is a guest post written by Olga Wojnarowska [https://medium.com/@olgawojnarowska] - a UX Researcher / Writer with a strong focus on making technology more inclusive through localization and accessibility. Olga attended one of "Create For Voice" meetups and decided to research how voice technologies can be used to provide better accessibility. In the wake of Alexa/Google Assistant's growing popularity, more and more companies decide to make their services available through voice. There is}, howpublished = {https://upsidelab.io/blog/alexa-for-accessibility/} } @misc{UserCenteredDesignBasics2017, title = {User-{{Centered Design Basics}} | {{Usability}}.Gov}, year = {2017}, month = apr, publisher = {{Department of Health and Human Services}}, howpublished = {https://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/user-centered-design.html}, langid = {american} } @misc{UserCenteredDesignMethod2016, title = {User-{{Centered Design Method}} for the {{Design}} of {{Assistive Switch Devices}} to {{Improve User Experience}}, {{Accessibility}}, and {{IndependenceJUS}}}, year = {2016}, month = feb, abstract = {JUS - The Journal of Usability Studies}, howpublished = {https://uxpajournal.org/ucd-method-assistive-switch-devices-accessibility/}, langid = {english} } @misc{UXVoiceAssistants, title = {{The UX of Voice Assistants for People with Disability - ProQuest}}, abstract = {Explore millions of resources from scholarly journals, books, newspapers, videos and more, on the ProQuest Platform.}, howpublished = {https://www.proquest.com/openview/6648d788f0949e734aaadb332ed8da22/1?pq-origsite=gscholar\&cbl=51922\&diss=y}, langid = {german} } @incollection{vialOntophanyTheoryHistorical2018, title = {Ontophany {{Theory}}: {{Historical Phenomenology}} of {{Technology}} and the {{Digital Age}}}, shorttitle = {Ontophany {{Theory}}}, booktitle = {French {{Philosophy}} of {{Technology}}}, author = {Vial, St{\'e}phane}, editor = {Loeve, Sacha and Guchet, Xavier and Bensaude Vincent, Bernadette}, year = {2018}, volume = {29}, pages = {385--400}, publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}}, address = {{Cham}}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_23}, abstract = {For over 20 years, the concept of the virtual has prevailed in French digital studies. Yet two decades of daily cultural integration with interfaces have demonstrated that virtuality is only one of many aspects of our interactive experience with digital devices. A need therefore exists for new concepts more apt to address the philosophical complexity of the digital phenomenon and the signi cance of our interactions with calculated matter as they are true existential experiences of phenomenological signi cance. In this chapter I explain why I have suggested introducing the phenomenological concept of ontophany (manifestation of being). In close relationship with a comprehensive and broadened understanding of Bachelard's notion of ``phenomenotechnique,'' I examine the hitherto unidenti ed technicality of this manifestation process. Prior to their existence as tools in uses, technologies are rst the perceptual structure of our existence; they are the ``devices'' or the invisible matrixes, produced by culture and history, into which our potential experience-ofthe-world is cast. Not only do the following theoretical propositions seek to contribute, philosophically, to Internet Studies and to a better understanding the Digital Age, they also hope to give rise to a broader deliberation on technology and perception, as they relate to an approach I would characterize as a historical phenomenology of technology.}, isbn = {978-3-319-89517-8 978-3-319-89518-5}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/S8UJNYRX/Vial_2018_Ontophany Theory.pdf} } @misc{VisionCodingOpening, title = {A {{Vision}} of {{Coding}}, {{Without Opening}} Your {{Eyes}}}, howpublished = {https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/a-vision-of-coding/} } @misc{VoiceFirstBarometer2022, title = {{Voice First Barometer: Eine Studie \"uber die Nutzung von Sprachassistenten in der Schweiz}}, shorttitle = {{Voice First Barometer}}, year = {2022}, month = jan, journal = {https://www.horizont.net}, abstract = {Jede zweite Person in der Schweiz spricht mit Sprachassistenten auf dem Smartphone, im Auto oder zu Hause mit dem Smart Speaker. Deutlich zugenommen hat dabei die Nutzung bei Kaufprozessen. Dies zeigt der dritte Voice First Barometer des Instituts f\"ur Marketing \& Analytics (Universit\"at Luzern), der Kommunikationsagentur Farner Consulting AG und der Swisscom.}, howpublished = {https://www.horizont.net/schweiz/nachrichten/voice-first-barometer-eine-studie-ueber-die-nutzung-von-sprachassistenten-in-der-schweiz-189298}, langid = {german} } @article{weizenbaumELIZAComputerProgram1966, title = {{{ELIZA}}\&\#x2014;a Computer Program for the Study of Natural Language Communication between Man and Machine}, author = {Weizenbaum, Joseph}, year = {1966}, month = jan, journal = {Commun. ACM}, volume = {9}, number = {1}, pages = {36--45}, issn = {0001-0782}, doi = {10.1145/365153.365168} } @misc{WhatPlanetcentricDesign, title = {What Is Planet-Centric Design? \textemdash{} {{We Create Futures}}}, howpublished = {https://www.wecreatefutures.com/blog/what-is-planet-centric-design}, keywords = {Design} } @misc{WhatUniversalDesign2021, title = {What Is {{Universal Design}} | {{Centre}} for {{Excellence}} in {{Universal Design}}}, year = {2021}, month = dec, howpublished = {https://universaldesign.ie/what-is-universal-design/} } @article{willisOntologicalDesigning2006, title = {Ontological {{Designing}}}, author = {Willis, Anne-Marie}, year = {2006}, month = jun, journal = {Design Philosophy Papers}, volume = {4}, number = {2}, pages = {69--92}, issn = {null}, doi = {10.2752/144871306X13966268131514}, keywords = {read}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/W5VJ9PE4/Willis_2006_Ontological Designing.pdf} } @article{willisOntologicalDesigning2006a, title = {Ontological {{Designing}}}, author = {Willis, Anne-Marie}, year = {2006}, month = jun, journal = {Design Philosophy Papers}, volume = {4}, number = {2}, pages = {69--92}, issn = {null}, doi = {10.2752/144871306X13966268131514}, keywords = {read}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/NYUJYKYA/Willis_2006_Ontological Designing.pdf} } @misc{wilsonHowVoiceAssistants2020, title = {How Voice Assistants Are Helping Visually Impaired People Online}, author = {Wilson, Danielle}, year = {2020}, month = jan, abstract = {Voice assistants are~one way tech can aid those with disabilities online}, chapter = {Tech}, howpublished = {https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/amazon-alexa-royal-national-institute-for-blind-voice-tech-sight-a4342846.html}, langid = {english} } @book{wiltseRelatingThingsDesign2020, title = {Relating to {{Things}}: {{Design}}, {{Technology}} and the {{Artificial}}}, shorttitle = {Relating to {{Things}}}, editor = {Wiltse, Heather}, year = {2020}, publisher = {{Bloomsbury Visual Arts}}, doi = {10.5040/9781350124288}, isbn = {978-1-350-12425-7 978-1-350-12427-1 978-1-350-12426-4 978-1-350-12428-8}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/KLHW2X6J/Wiltse_2020_Relating to Things.pdf} } @misc{wongEpAssistiveTechnology2017, title = {Ep 3: {{Assistive Technology}}}, shorttitle = {Ep 3}, author = {Wong, Alice}, year = {2017}, month = oct, journal = {Disability Visibility Project}, abstract = {This episode is on assistive technology. All technology is assistive and the range of products and services available now for disabled people is pretty amazing.~Alice talks with Lateef McLeo\ldots}, howpublished = {https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2017/10/01/ep-3-assistive-technology/}, langid = {american}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/WP9BI2RH/Wong_2017_Ep 3.pdf} } @article{woodsAskingMoreSiri2018, title = {Asking More of {{Siri}} and {{Alexa}}: Feminine Persona in Service of Surveillance Capitalism}, shorttitle = {Asking More of {{Siri}} and {{Alexa}}}, author = {Woods, Heather Suzanne}, year = {2018}, month = aug, journal = {Critical Studies in Media Communication}, volume = {35}, number = {4}, pages = {334--349}, issn = {1529-5036, 1479-5809}, doi = {10.1080/15295036.2018.1488082}, abstract = {This paper illuminates how gendered stereotypes can be leveraged to assuage anxieties surrounding artificially intelligent virtual assistants (AI VA). In particular, the analysis shows that these AI objects routinely traffic in normative gender roles of the feminine as caretaker, mother, and wife in order to obfuscate modes of surveillance, and mediate the relationship users and potential users have with late-capitalist market logics in the platform economy. Mobilizing essentialist feminine personas characterized in this paper as ``digital domesticity,'' artificially intelligent objects orient users to engage productively with surveillance capitalism as natural. To illustrate this relationship between femininity and surveillance, this paper focuses on two case studies of AI VA. The essay turns to Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa as emblematic of AI VA that perform a stereotypically feminine persona that invites users to participate in increasingly intimate forms of data exchange that in turn contribute to surveillance capitalism. The study of AI VA, like Siri and Alexa, demonstrates the significant rhetorical capacities of the feminine persona as they are applied to objects with weak (that is, limited) artificial intelligence.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/9ZLJB4FT/Woods_2018_Asking more of Siri and Alexa.pdf} } @article{yaagoubiCognitiveDesignAction2008, title = {Cognitive Design in Action: Developing Assistive Technology for Situational Awareness for Persons Who Are Blind}, shorttitle = {Cognitive Design in Action}, author = {Yaagoubi, Reda and Edwards, Geoffrey}, year = {2008}, month = jan, journal = {Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology}, volume = {3}, number = {5}, pages = {241--252}, publisher = {{Taylor \& Francis}}, issn = {1748-3107}, doi = {10.1080/17483100802362085}, abstract = {Cognitive design constitutes a cognitively-informed engineering method for developing assistive technologies. The approach is challenging in that it involves matching key cognitive principles for a given problem domain to engineering principles, and that an independent validation procedure is required for the cognitive component. In addition, we argue for a broad set of evaluation criteria and adapt a participatory design framework, one that involves the client population throughout the design process. After laying out the main precepts of the approach, we illustrate these via a particular design process, seeking to provide situational awareness and navigational assistance to persons who are blind. The problem domain is described in some detail. A solution is then presented that involves matching the need for configural knowledge about the person's surroundings with a hierarchical organisation in the spatial database so that information may be presented to the user at different levels of detail. The process involved to implement this solution is then outlined, and appropriate validation experiments described. It is noted that the cognitive design process as presented here is in use now in a number of initiatives, and that it involves a high degree of collaboration between experts from different disciplines.}, keywords = {assistive technology,Cognitive design,geomatics,situation awareness,visual deficits}, annotation = {\_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17483100802362085}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/9Y3QNU93/Yaagoubi and Edwards - 2008 - Cognitive design in action developing assistive t.pdf} } @article{yangClinicalAdviceVoice2021, title = {Clinical {{Advice}} by {{Voice Assistants}} on {{Postpartum Depression}}: {{Cross-Sectional Investigation Using Apple Siri}}, {{Amazon Alexa}}, {{Google Assistant}}, and {{Microsoft Cortana}}}, shorttitle = {Clinical {{Advice}} by {{Voice Assistants}} on {{Postpartum Depression}}}, author = {Yang, Samuel and Lee, Jennifer and Sezgin, Emre and Bridge, Jeffrey and Lin, Simon}, year = {2021}, month = jan, journal = {JMIR Mhealth Uhealth}, volume = {9}, number = {1}, pages = {e24045}, issn = {2291-5222}, doi = {10.2196/24045}, abstract = {Background: A voice assistant (VA) is inanimate audio-interfaced software augmented with artificial intelligence, capable of 2-way dialogue, and increasingly used to access health care advice. Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common perinatal mood disorder with an annual estimated cost of \$14.2 billion. Only a small percentage of PPD patients seek care due to lack of screening and insufficient knowledge of the disease, and this is, therefore, a prime candidate for a VA-based digital health intervention. Objective: In order to understand the capability of VAs, our aim was to assess VA responses to PPD questions in terms of accuracy, verbal response, and clinically appropriate advice given. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined four VAs (Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Microsoft Cortana) installed on two mobile devices in early 2020. We posed 14 questions to each VA that were retrieved from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) patient-focused Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on PPD. We scored the VA responses according to accuracy of speech recognition, presence of a verbal response, and clinically appropriate advice in accordance with ACOG FAQ, which were assessed by two board-certified physicians. Results: Accurate recognition of the query ranged from 79\% to 100\%. Verbal response ranged from 36\% to 79\%. If no verbal response was given, queries were treated like a web search between 33\% and 89\% of the time. Clinically appropriate advice given by VA ranged from 14\% to 29\%. We compared the category proportions using the Fisher exact test. No single VA statistically outperformed other VAs in the three performance categories. Additional observations showed that two VAs (Google Assistant and Microsoft Cortana) included advertisements in their responses. Conclusions: While the best performing VA gave clinically appropriate advice to 29\% of the PPD questions, all four VAs taken together achieved 64\% clinically appropriate advice. All four VAs performed well in accurately recognizing a PPD query, but no VA achieved even a 30\% threshold for providing clinically appropriate PPD information. Technology companies and clinical organizations should partner to improve guidance, screen patients for mental health disorders, and educate patients on potential treatment.}, langid = {english} } @article{yapEmotionalAttachmentObjects2020, title = {Emotional Attachment to Objects Mediates the Relationship between Loneliness and Hoarding Symptoms}, author = {Yap, Keong and Eppingstall, Jan and Brennan, Catherine and Le, Brandon and Grisham, Jessica R.}, year = {2020}, month = jan, journal = {Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders}, volume = {24}, pages = {100487}, issn = {22113649}, doi = {10.1016/j.jocrd.2019.100487}, abstract = {Problems with emotional attachment to objects (i.e., object attachment) are a key component of hoarding disorder (HD) in the cognitive-behavioral model of HD. We hypothesized that excessive object attachment is an attempt to compensate for unmet relatedness needs. We tested this hypothesis in two studies by examining whether object attachment mediates the relationship between loneliness and HD using bootstrapped multiple regression analyses in a community sample (Study 1; n = 213) and an undergraduate sample of individuals with high hoarding symptoms (Study 2: n = 91). Participants in both studies completed self-report measures of loneliness, object attachment, and hoarding symptoms. Study 2 also accounted for the possible confounding effects of age and depressive symptoms. Results from both studies showed that loneliness and object attachment were positively associated with HD symptoms. Study 1 showed that object attachment mediated the relationship between loneliness and HD symptoms, and Study 2 showed a significant mediation even after accounting for age and depression. Results provide justification for further experimental and longitudinal research into loneliness as both a cause and consequence of object attachment and HD. Further investigation may be warranted into the possibility that addressing loneliness in HD might result in lower object attachment.}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/HTXAB8CS/Yap et al_2020_Emotional attachment to objects mediates the relationship between loneliness.pdf} } @inproceedings{zamanWhenToysCome2018, title = {When Toys Come to Life: Considering the Internet of Toys from an Animistic Design Perspective}, shorttitle = {When Toys Come to Life}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 17th {{ACM Conference}} on {{Interaction Design}} and {{Children}}}, author = {Zaman, Bieke and Van Mechelen, Maarten and Bleumers, Lizzy}, year = {2018}, month = jun, pages = {170--180}, publisher = {{ACM}}, address = {{Trondheim Norway}}, doi = {10.1145/3202185.3202745}, abstract = {Children's play objects are increasingly shaped by technological innovations that can transform them into hybrid, internet-connected toys, a phenomenon referred to as the Internet of Toys. Previous research has presented user research on connected toys, but little is known how to approach them from a design perspective. This paper investigates whether and how an animistic design perspective can foster a fruitful exploration of the design potentialities of connected toys. It addresses this question by analysing three design concepts of connected toys that were developed in the course of an R\&D project. These included a high-tech bracelet with digital passport, a card game with a customizable 3D-printed figurine, and a robot as a board game play mate. The results show how the design qualities of connected toys can be categorized on a spectrum ranging from a certainty-driven, problem-solving logic to an uncertainty-driven, animistic design perspective. The contribution of this study is a better understanding of how connected toys emerge in a broader ecology of children, toys, and data that all act upon each other. By embracing the uncertainty in this complex and fluid network of subjects and objects, the animistic design perspective allows to explore a broad set of design opportunities relevant in the realm of the Internet of Toys.}, isbn = {978-1-4503-5152-2}, langid = {english}, file = {/Users/adriandemleitner/Zotero/storage/8BSIXEYJ/Zaman et al_2018_When toys come to life.pdf} }