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

这个项目探讨了多生命周期信息系统的设计和使用；也就是说，信息系统不仅要满足当今用户的需要，而且还要在一个人的寿命之后保持其有用性。具体而言，该项目将(a)测试多寿命信息系统设计方法的可行性；(b)生成多寿命信息系统设计的初步设计知识和方法；(c)为我们的研究领域——国际司法——提供有意义的信息系统设计。为了实现这些目标，该项目将在两类研究活动中利用卢旺达法庭的声音：多寿命信息系统设想；从多生命周期的角度来看，数字信息标注和意义生成。知识价值：该项目将探讨具有潜在变革性的多生命周期方法的可行性，包括：(a)设想未来对不同世代的信息需求、关注和价值作出反应；(b)通过概念、技术和面向政策的机制，预测和支持社会、政治和技术条件的变化；及（三）就如何让市民与已部署的多寿命系统互动进行初步调查。项目工作可能催生新的设计方法和技术机制，这些方法和机制可以解释不同的未来、不断发展的社会政治局势和强大的信息系统适应性。人们期待着管理隐私、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。这一结果也将与其他旨在超越创作者寿命的数字收藏高度相关。

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.