Doctoral Dissertation Research: Developing Design for Social Acceptance: A new methodology incorporating social acceptability in the design of assistive devices

博士论文研究：开发社会接受度设计：一种将社会接受度纳入辅助设备设计的新方法

• 批准号: 1230435
• 负责人: Jacob Wobbrock
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 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: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1230435&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Developing; Design

Assistive technologies can negatively impact social interactions for people with disabilities. As a result, device abandoment can occur. This problem may be remedied by drawing on social science studies of the social impacts and development of technologies. Using a multi-method social scientific approach, this research (1) investigates the intersection of people, technology, and context to understand how assistive technologies may make users feel self-conscious; (2) determines what elements of design may be deemed socially acceptable; and (3) develops a new approach, Design for Social Acceptance, for creating assistive technologies that embody social acceptability. To do so, the investigators use interviews, observations, and participatory design with people with disabilities using assistive technologies, focusing on how design affects social interactions. Participatory design workshops may provide opportunities to work closely with people with disabilities to develop design practices that can be used to create socially acceptable assistive technologies. Findings from this study contribute to the field of science, technology, and society by providing a systematic understanding of the relationship between stigma and technology, and how that problem can be overcome. The study also contributes to understandings of the intersection of people with disabilities, the technologies they use, and the social interactions in which they engage. The broader impacts of this research are (1) an increased ability for people with disabilities to participate in technology design, engineering, and testing; (2) a greater awareness of how assistive devices can be designed to meet the social needs of users with disabilities; and (3) establishing a new assistive technology design approach that may be adopted into existing design and engineering processes. Findings are disseminated through a doctoral dissertation. The course component of the study--where design students will work on projects by using the methodology--can shape student design sensibilities and influence their future design work. Finally, the research project broadens the participation of people with disabilities in engineering processes.

辅助技术可能会对残疾人的社会互动产生负面影响。结果，设备可能会发生。 通过利用社会科学研究的社会影响和技术发展，可以解决这个问题。 这项研究（1）使用多方法的社会科学方法，研究人员，技术和环境的交集，以了解辅助技术如何使用户感到自我意识； （2）确定可以认为哪些设计要素在社会上可以接受； （3）开发了一种新的方法，即社会接受的设计，以创建体现社会可接受性的辅助技术。为此，调查人员使用辅助技术对残疾人的访谈，观察和参与设计，重点关注设计如何影响社交互动。参与性设计研讨会可能会提供与残疾人紧密合作的机会，以开发可用于创建社会可接受的辅助技术的设计实践。这项研究的发现通过对污名与技术之间的关系以及如何克服该问题的关系有系统地了解科学，技术和社会的领域。该研究还有助于理解残疾人的交汇处，他们使用的技术以及他们参与的社会互动。这项研究的更广泛影响是（1）残疾人参与技术设计，工程和测试的能力提高； （2）更加了解如何设计辅助设备以满足残疾用户的社会需求； （3）建立一种新的辅助技术设计方法，该方法可能被用于现有设计和工程流程中。发现通过博士学位论文传播。研究的课程组成部分 - 设计专业的学生将使用方法论从事项目 - 塑造学生的设计敏感性并影响其未来的设计工作。最后，研究项目扩大了残疾人在工程过程中的参与。