Paper Info
Title
Envisioning across generations: a multi-lifespan information system for international justice in rwanda
Abstract
With this research we investigate how to account for multi-generational perspectives in the design of multi-lifespan information systems, particularly in support of long-term peace-building and international justice. We do our work in the context of the publicly available Voices from the Rwanda Tribunal testbed, a historically significant collection of video interviews with personnel from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In the research reported here, we worked with 109 Rwandan adults and youth from perpetrator and survivor communities in three provincial cities in Rwanda (Byumba, Kibuye, and Gisenyi) to understand the potentials and challenges they envision for the interview collection. Participants envisioned five categories of long-term positive outcomes for individuals and society from a multi-lifespan information system for the interview collection; and eight categories of challenges to realize those potential outcomes. In terms of multi-generational perspectives, while adults and youth tended to share an overall vision for the long-term potential of such a system, adults emphasized actionable tasks while youth educational benefits. Based on the findings, we highlight issues for appropriation of multi-lifespan information systems and reflect on our methods for eliciting multi-generational perspectives on information system design in a post-conflict society.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2470654.2481349
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
international justice,information system design,interview collection,long-term potential,multi-lifespan information system,youth educational benefit,multi-generational perspective,significant collection,long-term peace-building,long-term positive outcome,rwanda tribunal testbed,justice
Information system,Information system design,Value sensitive design,Appropriation,Public relations,Computer science,Testbed,Management,Tribunal,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
15
0.88
11
Authors
11
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Daisy Yoo112210.77
Milli Lake2332.71
Trond Nilsen323117.30
Molly E. Utter4150.88
Robert Alsdorf5150.88
Theoneste Bizimana6150.88
Lisa P. Nathan731732.31
Mark Ring8332.71
Elizabeth J. Utter9332.71
Robert F. Utter10332.71
Batya Friedman111541209.79