Dealing with death in design: developing systems for the bereaved
Dealing with death in design: developing systems for the bereaved
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在设计中应对死亡:为死者开发系统
DOI:
10.1145/1978942.1979092
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
R. Baecker
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作者:
M. Massimi;R. Baecker
Increasingly, systems are being developed and used in ways that involve end of life issues such as death, dying, and bereavement. Yet design considerations and guidelines for technologists working in this sensitive area are not well-established. We therefore report on exploratory fieldwork consisting of focus groups, observations, and consultation with bereavement experts aimed at understanding how technology might be designed to support bereaved parents. From this fieldwork, we derive a set of considerations useful for researchers and designers developing systems that deal specifically with bereavement, and with the end of life more broadly. These considerations focus on interpersonal communication, new ways of being in the world, and materiality. We conclude with a distillation of these considerations into practical design guidelines for working in this area.