BUILDING “COMMUNIT”— DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A CYBER-PHYSICAL ARTIFACT FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
| dc.contributor.author | Araujo de Aguiar, Carlos Henrique | |
| dc.contributor.chair | Green, Keith Evan | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Pinch, Trevor J. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Leshed, Gilly | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-20T20:47:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-20T20:47:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-08 | |
| dc.description | 123 pages | |
| dc.description | Supplemental file(s) description: None. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Many subgroups in the US remain marginalized from, misunderstood by, or invisible to the larger communities they reside in. Technologies supporting community building, more generally, have focused on apps; but these apps can fall short of making visible and heard subgroups such as the LGTBQ+, immigrant, and black populations. In response to this shortcoming, we report on the design iterations and evaluation of communIT, a cyber-physical platform for making visible and heard, in public places, subgroups towards building community. To inform the design of communIT, we conducted in our lab a design studio study (N=57), a co-design activity with a to-scale prototype (N= 12), and a co-design activity with a full-scale prototype (N=28). These lab studies involving in-person participation by local university students and public high school students were followed by an online study (N=197) reaching out to subgroups across the US. We learned the following and more from these studies: preferences for communIT’s design characteristics (i.e. form, embedded IT, and function); that communIT may be suitable and useful for diverse groups to share, engage, and interact; that communIT may make an impact on how the larger community perceives diverse groups; and that communIT may be helpful for groups to express their ideas, concerns, and aspirations to the larger community. Our research suggests the promise of large-scale, cyber-physical artifacts for making subgroups visible and heard towards community building. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.7298/tn4d-0023 | |
| dc.identifier.other | AraujodeAguiar_cornellgrad_0058F_12669 | |
| dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/cornellgrad:12669 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/110498 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | cyber-physical artifact | |
| dc.subject | human-centered design | |
| dc.subject | human-computer interaction | |
| dc.subject | responsive environments | |
| dc.subject | science | |
| dc.subject | technology | |
| dc.subject | and society | |
| dc.subject | urban installation | |
| dc.title | BUILDING “COMMUNIT”— DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A CYBER-PHYSICAL ARTIFACT FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | |
| dc.type | dissertation or thesis | |
| dcterms.license | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/59810 | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Design and Environmental Analysis | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Cornell University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctor of Philosophy | |
| thesis.degree.name | Ph. D., Design and Environmental Analysis |