CHS: Small: Developing Novel Surface Computing Technologies and Learning Experiences to Engage Underrepresented Youth in STEM

CHS：小型：开发新颖的表面计算技术和学习体验，让代表性不足的年轻人参与 STEM

• 批准号: 2006524
• 负责人: Leah Buechley
• 金额: $ 49.95万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2006524&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CHS; Small; Developing; Novel; Surface

This project will integrate computation and electronics into murals to explore new paradigms for expression and interaction, while developing new pathways into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for diverse youth. Murals—a wide diversity of artworks including ancient cave paintings, frescos in European churches, the work of Mexican muralists, and contemporary graffiti—are richly expressive of a community’s values and heritage. This project will leverage the cultural and expressive affordances of murals to develop a new interactive surface computing medium and a new culturally relevant introduction to computing. Community-based arts provide a natural context for compelling introductions to computing and STEM. They provide outlets for personal expression along with unique opportunities for students to explore their own cultural heritage and identity. Murals offer particularly fertile terrain, as highly visible artworks that involve cultural celebration. To engage a diverse student population, this project will be grounded in traditions of mural making with deep roots in the American West and Latin America.The team of researchers, working with a local mural artist and community partners, will develop technologies to make durable outdoor interactive murals and explore the interaction potential of this new medium. The team will use the new surface computing technologies / medium to introduce diverse young people (particularly Latinx and Native American youth) to computing and electronics, by engaging them in designing and creating their own interactive murals. This project will develop: (1) new theories and methods for HCI that integrate community and cultural engagement, novel technology creation, and educational outreach; (2) new frameworks for participatory design, based on new alliances among underrepresented communities and technology developers, which are grounded in existing community practice and new co-design experiences; (3) new technologies for creating durable outdoor interactive surfaces; (4) new interaction techniques and design frameworks for very-large-scale interactive surfaces that are neither screen- nor projection-based; and (5) a new culturally relevant approach to engaging underrepresented youth in computing and insights into the effectiveness of engaging underrepresented youth in STEM by blending culturally relevant art practices with computing.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目将把计算和电子技术整合到壁画中，探索表达和互动的新范式，同时为不同的年轻人开发进入科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）的新途径。壁画--包括古代洞穴壁画、欧洲教堂壁画、墨西哥壁画家的作品和当代涂鸦在内的各种艺术品--丰富地表达了一个社区的价值观和遗产。这个项目将利用壁画的文化和表现力来开发一种新的交互式表面计算媒体和一种新的与文化相关的计算介绍。基于社区的艺术为引人注目的计算和STEM介绍提供了一个自然的背景。它们为学生提供了沿着独特的机会来探索自己的文化遗产和身份，为个人表达提供了渠道。壁画提供了特别肥沃的地形，作为高度可见的艺术品，涉及文化庆祝活动。为了吸引多元化的学生群体，该项目将以美国西部和拉丁美洲的壁画制作传统为基础，研究人员团队将与当地壁画艺术家和社区合作伙伴合作，开发制作耐用户外互动壁画的技术，并探索这种新媒体的互动潜力。该团队将使用新的表面计算技术/媒介，通过让不同的年轻人（特别是拉丁裔和美洲土著青年）参与设计和创作自己的互动壁画，向他们介绍计算和电子产品。该项目将开发：（1）新的人机交互理论和方法，整合社区和文化参与，新技术创造和教育推广;（2）参与式设计的新框架，基于代表性不足的社区和技术开发人员之间的新联盟，以现有的社区实践和新的共同设计经验为基础;（3）创造耐用的户外交互表面的新技术;（4）新的交互技术和设计框架，用于既不基于屏幕也不基于投影的超大规模交互表面;以及（5）一种新的文化相关的方法，让代表性不足的青年参与计算，并通过将文化相关的艺术实践与计算相结合，深入了解让代表性不足的青年参与STEM的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Interactive Murals: New Interactions and Educational Opportunities for Diverse Youth

互动壁画：为多元化青少年提供新的互动和教育机会

• DOI: 10.1145/3596932
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: The ACM Magazine for Students
• 作者: Bustos, Alyshia;Chacon, Nanibah;Buechley, Leah
• 通讯作者: Buechley, Leah