Title
Leaving the wild: lessons from community technology handovers
Abstract
As research increasingly turns to work 'in the wild' to design and evaluate technologies under real-world conditions, little consideration has been given to what happens when research ends. In many cases, users are heavily involved in the design process and encouraged to integrate the resulting technologies into their lives before they are withdrawn, while in some cases technologies are being left in place after research concludes. Often, little is done to assess the impact and legacy of these deployments. In this paper, we return to two examples in which we designed technologies with the involvement of communities and examine what steps were taken to ensure their long-term viability and what happened following the departure of researchers. From these examples, we provide guidelines for planning and executing technology handovers when conducting research with communities.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2470654.2466206
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
cases technology,community technology handover,technology handover,long-term viability,design process,real-world condition,community,action research
Computer science,Engineering management,Engineering design process,Action research,Multimedia,Management science
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
43
1.43
23
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nick Taylor131620.29
Keith Cheverst21931214.84
Peter Wright31645203.56
Patrick Olivier43049230.82