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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Tejinder K. Judge is a User Experience Researcher at Google Inc, and has organized and led multiple conference workshops on this topic. She is currently researching the design and use of social computing technologies to connect close ties such as family and social circles. Dr. Judge has published over thirty scholarly articles in these research areas. Dr. Carman Neustaedter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Dr. Neustaedter specializes in the areas of human-computer interaction, domestic computing, and computer-supported collaboration. He is the director of the Connections Lab and has published a book and over seventy scholarly articles. Evaluating and Designing Research Methods for Domestic Life provides you with the definitive, high-level book on research methods for domestic life. You will find descriptions of how to adapt existing HCI research methods to study and design technologies for families. It also articulates the challenges in applying existing methods to this context, and presents some new methods that can be used. Throughout the book, you'll find individual chapters from industry experts, real-life examples, case studies and tips and tricks. After reading this book, you'll be able to master what methods you can use to study families and design technology for them, anticipate what challenges you'll face, and how to overcome them. * Identify and master the challenges in designing and studying for domestic life* Discover new research methods for designing and studying domestic relationships research, and apply it to other aspects of research* Includes coverage of how to research family life in sensitive situations, including health, illness, and death
List of contents
1: An Introduction to Studying and Designing Technology for Domestic Life
I. Understanding Domestic Life2: Interviews with Remote Participants3: "Rainy Days Work Best For Us”: Lessons from Home-Based Family Interviews4: Wear Nice Socks: Guidance for Researchers Conducting In-Home Studies with Children5: The Flexible Realities of using Design Probes: Reflections from a Care Home Context6: Using the Business Origami Technique to Understand Complex Ecosystems Such As the Internet Usage of Households7: The Financial Tour: Methods for Studying Sensitive Financial Questions
II. Technology Design and Evaluation8: Autobiographical Design in the Home9: In-Home Deployments10: Field Trials with Multiple Connected Households11: Techniques for Studying Actual Usage of Personal Communication Prototypes 12: Working with Community Groups to Inform the Design of Domestic Technologies13: Conflict in Families as an Ethical and Methodological Consideration
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"Anyone researching technology use in domestic life quickly discovers the limitations of stock methodologies. This valuable book offers an inside look at how various researchers altered, combined, redesigned, and developed methodologies to study and design for particular domestic life situations. Collectively, it is wealth of knowledge and experience that will help other domestic researchers develop their own methodologies." --Dr. Saul Greenberg, Professor, University of Calgary
"This diverse and comprehensive collection highlights the intricacies and sensitivities of doing research within the inner sanctum of the home. More than that, it is a practical book crammed full of advice and fascinating insights from researchers who have been working at the coal-face of the field: inventing, designing and evaluating domestic technologies." --Abigail Sellen, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge
