EAGER: Speaking Across Generations: An Early Investigation into Multi-Lifespan Information System Design

EAGER：跨代对话：对多生命周期信息系统设计的早期调查

• 批准号: 1143966
• 负责人: Batya Friedman
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1143966&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Speaking; Across; Generations; Early

This project explores the design and use of multi-lifespan information systems; that is, information systems that not only meet the needs of today's users but can also maintain their usefulness beyond a single human lifespan. Specifically, the project will (a) test the feasibility of a multi-lifespan information system design approach; (b) generate preliminary design knowledge and methods for multi-lifespan information system design; and (c) contribute meaningful information system designs in our domain of study - international justice. To achieve these goals, the project will leverage the Voices from the Rwanda Tribunal testbed in two types of research activities: multi-lifespan information system envisioning; and digital information tagging and meaning making from a multi-lifespan perspective. Intellectual Merit: The project will explore the feasibility of the potentially transformative multi-lifespan approach, including: (a) envisioning futures responsive to the information needs, concerns, and values of different generations; (b) through conceptual, technical and policy-oriented mechanisms, anticipating and supporting shifts in societal, political and technological conditions; and (c) conducting preliminary investigations into how to involve the public in interacting with deployed multi-lifespan systems. The project work is likely to catalyze new design methods and technical mechanisms, ones that can account for divergent futures, evolving socio-political situations, and robust information system adaptability. New techniques for managing privacy, security, and freedom of expression are anticipated.Broader Impact: This research will promote important societal values including human rights, security, freedom of expression, and peace-building; and inform developments in the field of international justice. The results will also be highly relevant for other digital collections that are intended to outlast the creators' lifespans.

该项目探索多生命周期信息系统的设计和使用；也就是说，信息系统不仅能够满足当今用户的需求，而且能够在人类寿命结束后保持其有用性。具体来说，该项目将 (a) 测试多生命周期信息系统设计方法的可行性； (b) 生成多生命周期信息系统设计的初步设计知识和方法； (c) 在我们的研究领域——国际司法中贡献有意义的信息系统设计。为了实现这些目标，该项目将利用卢旺达法庭之声测试平台进行两类研究活动：多生命周期信息系统设想；以及从多生命周期的角度进行数字信息标记和意义创造。 智力优点：该项目将探讨潜在变革性多生命周期方法的可行性，包括： (a) 设想未来响应不同世代的信息需求、关注点和价值观； (b) 通过概念、技术和政策导向机制，预测和支持社会、政治和技术条件的转变； (c) 对如何让公众参与与已部署的多寿命系统互动进行初步调查。该项目工作可能会催生新的设计方法和技术机制，这些方法和技术机制可以解释不同的未来、不断变化的社会政治形势以及强大的信息系统适应性。 预计将出现管理隐私、安全和言论自由的新技术。 更广泛的影响：这项研究将促进重要的社会价值观，包括人权、安全、言论自由和建设和平；并通报国际司法领域的发展情况。结果也将与其他旨在比创作者寿命更长久的数字馆藏高度相关。