Workshop at the ACM CHI 2009 Conference: Human-centered Computing in International Development

对于不使用或重视桌子的社区来说，桌面的比喻意味着什么？QWERTY键盘在语言没有“Q”、“W”、“E”、“R”、“T”或“Y”的社区中表现如何？在技术不是为个人持有而是由整个社区共享的背景下，个人计算机的意义何在？计算机应用程序和个人电脑设备传统上是由西方高收入人群设计的，也是为西方高收入人群设计的。但今天，互联网和支持互联网的计算机已经成为一个真正的全球现象，接触到许多最偏远和最边缘化的社区。本次研讨会将于4月4日至5日周六和周日举行，作为在波士顿举行的ACM 2009年计算系统中人的因素会议(CHI 2009)的正式部分。讲习班将探讨国际发展背景下的交互设计，特别是针对世界上经常被现有系统和应用程序设计者边缘化的部分的交互设计。国际和平研究所认为，为了扩大现有信息和通信技术设计实践的范围，设计应与他计划在研讨会讨论中成为中心舞台的边缘化社区一起、为他们和为他们服务。讲习班将提供一个论坛，交流经验，探讨发达国家和发展中国家之间的差异，发展新的伙伴关系，并相互学习彼此的经验。NSF的资助将使大约10名来自低收入国家的国际代表参加会议，否则这些代表是不可能参加的；如果没有这些参与者的积极参与，研讨会的成果将远远没有用和有效。一年一度的CHI会议由计算机械协会的计算机-人类交互特别兴趣小组(ACM SIGCHI)赞助，是介绍和讨论人机交互(HCI)研究和实践的领先国际论坛。来自世界各地的2000多名专业人士参加了这次会议。会议上提交的研究论文被大量引用和广泛引用；它们构成了人机界面影响领域中一些最受科学尊重的研究出版物：对人机界面文献的回顾揭示了计算机交互问题与低收入国家计算机技术发展影响研究之间存在的广泛的智力差距。国际和平研究所期望，这次研讨会将有助于围绕这些专题领域发展更多的知识动力，其基础是在CHI 2007(部分由国家科学基金资助)和CHI 2008(导致建立了一个http://hci4d.org网站，为交流该领域的信息、想法和经验提供平台)上举行的前两次会议的成果。作为研讨会的一部分产生的立场论文和摘要文章将发表在《信息技术和国际发展》杂志的一期特刊上，以及ACM互动、界面杂志和可用性新闻上。PI还在开发一个基于故事的模板，它将提供一个在线储存库，用于报告可以轻松搜索和共享的调查结果和观察结果。

What does the desktop metaphor mean for communities that do not use or value desks? How does the QWERTY keyboard perform in communities whose language has no "Q", "W", "E", "R", "T", nor "Y"? What is the point of a personal computer in a context where technologies are not held for a person but are shared by a whole community? Computer applications and PC appliances have traditionally been designed by and for Western high-income populations. But today the Internet and internet-enabled computers have become a truly global phenomenon, reaching out to many of the most remote and marginalized communities. This workshop will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 4-5, as an official part of the ACM 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009) in Boston. The workshop will explore interaction design in the context of international development, and in particular will address interaction design for parts of the world that are often marginalized by current systems and applications designers. The PI believes that to extend the boundaries of existing practice in designing information and communication technologies, design should be with, for, and of the marginalized communities he plans to set centre stage in the workshop discussions. The workshop will provide a forum to exchange experiences, to explore differences between developed and developing world contexts, to develop new partnerships, and to learn from each other's experiences. NSF funding will enable approximately ten international delegates to attend from low-income countries, from which participation would otherwise be impossible; without the active involvement of these participants, the outcomes of the workshop would be far less useful and effective.The annual CHI conference, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI), is a leading international forum for the presentation and discussion of human-computer interaction (HCI) research and practice. The conference is attended by over 2,000 professionals from around the world. Research papers presented at the conference are heavily-refereed and widely cited; they constitute some of the most scientifically respected research publications in the field of HCI.Broader Impacts: A review of the HCI literature exposes the broad intellectual gap that exists between problems of computer interaction and studies of the development impact of computer technologies in low-income countries. The PI expects that this workshop, building on the outcomes of two previous meetings at CHI 2007 (funded in part by NSF) and CHI 2008 (which led to establishment of a website http://hci4d.org that provides a platform for exchange of information, ideas, and experiences in this domain), will be instrumental in developing additional intellectual momentum around these topic areas. Position papers generated as part of the workshop and summary articles will be published in a special issue of the journal Information Technology and International Development, as well as in ACM Interactions, Interfaces magazine, and Usability News. The PI is also working on a story-based template, which will provide an online repository for reporting findings and observations that can be easily searched and shared.