CS 260: Research Topics in HCI Matthew K. Chan Designers are from - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
CS 260: Research Topics in HCI Matthew K. Chan Designers are from - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
CS 260: Research Topics in HCI Matthew K. Chan Designers are from Venus, Anthropologists are from Mars? ETHNOGRAPHY? The role of design is to improve peoples lives. You cannot do this unless you know what their lives are like. WHY DO
ETHNOGRAPHY?
Designers are from Venus, Anthropologists are from Mars?
WHY DO ETHNOGRAPHY?
The role of design is to improve people’s lives. You cannot do this unless you know what their lives are like.
1.People don’t know what they actually want 2.Context matters 3.People lie
A PROCESS WITHOUT ETHNOGRAPHY?
What’s the worst that can happen?
MILLEE: Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies (MILLEE)
Matthew Boon Tian Kam, Divya Lalitha Ramachandran and John F. Canny
Marthe Dansokho of Cameroon and Mohammed Diop of Mali said the project demonstrated misplaced
priorities, stating that clean
water and schools were more important for African
women, who, he stated, would not have time to use the computers to research new crops to grow.