extended-abstract

Personal, public: using DIY to explore citizen-led efforts in urban computing

Authors:

Stacey KuznetsovAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 3547 - 3552

https://doi.org/10.1145/1753846.1754016

Published: 10 April 2010 Publication History

Get Access

Abstract

As communities develop technological literacy and explore how technology can impact their lives, the future of urban computing will come from grass-roots initiatives in addition to traditional top-down urban planning. To this end, we aim to engage the do-it- yourself (DIY) community in exploring how individuals can add technology to their communities. As design probes into this space, we have built prototype devices around off-the-shelf technology, open-ended interactions and simple engineering techniques familiar to the DIY community. Through evolving these devices with both the technical DIY community and Pittsburgh's local communities, we hope to spark citizen-led efforts in bringing novel applications of computing to our communities.

References

[1]

Aoki, Paul M. et al. A vehicle for research: using street sweepers to explore the landscape of environmental community action. Proc. CHI 2009, ACM(2009), 375--384.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[2]

Calabrese, F. and Ratti C. Real Time Rome. 2006. Networks and Communication Studies, 20, 3&4, 247--258.

Google Scholar

[3]

Graffiti Research Labs - LED Throwies. http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=6. Retrieved December 1st 2009.

Google Scholar

[4]

Kuznetsov, S., Paulos, E., Gross, M. Authoring Public Spaces with Wallbots: Autonomous Wall Crawling Robots. Carnegie Mellon University General Technical Report No. CMU-HCII-10-100. January 2010.

Google Scholar

[5]

LED Throwie Talkie. Instructables. http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwie-Talkie/. Retrieved December 1st 2009.

Google Scholar

[6]

Paay, J., et al. 2009. Out on the town: A socio-physical approach to the design of a context-aware urban guide. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 16, 2 (Jun. 2009), 1--34.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[7]

Whyte, W.H. The social life of small urban spaces. Conservation Foundation, Washington, DC, USA, 1980.

Google Scholar

Cited By

View all

Jiang JSpencer LWerner L(2021)Public Gratification Palace: A Framework for Increased Civic EngagementProceedings of the 5th Media Architecture Biennale Conference10.1145/3469410.3469423(131-140)Online publication date: 28-Jun-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3469410.3469423
Brewer JRomine MTaylor TWakkary RAndersen KOdom WDesjardins APetersen M(2020)Inclusion at ScaleProceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3357236.3395514(757-769)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3357236.3395514
Fredericks J(2019)From Smart City to Smart Engagement: Exploring Digital and Physical Interactions for Playful City-MakingMaking Smart Cities More Playable10.1007/978-981-13-9765-3_6(107-128)Online publication date: 24-Jul-2019
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9765-3_6
Show More Cited By

Index Terms

Personal, public: using DIY to explore citizen-led efforts in urban computing
1. Human-centered computing

Recommendations

Studying the Formation of an Older Adult-Led Makerspace
CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Makerspaces are being introduced in a wide variety of settings, including community settings such as schools and libraries. Older adults are one group for whom making agendas are being pursued, with envisioned outcomes such as supporting agency and well-...
Making Community: The Wider Role of Makerspaces in Public Life
CHI '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Makerspaces public workshops where makers can share tools and knowledge are a growing resource for amateurs and professionals alike. While the role of makerspaces in innovation and peer learning is widely discussed, we attempt to look at the wider roles ...
Virtual fish: visual evidence of connectivity in a master-planned urban community
OZCHI '07: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Entertaining User Interfaces

The rapid densification of urban areas around the world offers exciting opportunities for new place-based artworks and locative media that aim at engaging, informing and entertaining members of local communities. In this paper, we introduce a design ...

Comments

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2010

2219 pages

ISBN:9781605589305

DOI:10.1145/1753846

General Chairs:
Elizabeth Mynatt
Georgia Institute of Technology
,
Don Schoner
Georgia Institute of Technology
,
Program Chairs:
Geraldine Fitzpatrick
Vienna University of Technology
,
Scott Hudson
Carnegie Mellon University
,
Keith Edwards
Georgia Tech
,
Tom Rodden
University of Nottingham

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 10 April 2010

Permissions

Request permissions for this article.

Request Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Extended-abstract

Conference

CHI '10

Sponsor:

SIGCHI

CHI '10: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 10 - 15, 2010

Georgia, Atlanta, USA

Acceptance Rates

CHI EA '10 Paper Acceptance Rate 350 of 1,346 submissions, 26%;

Overall Acceptance Rate 6,164 of 23,696 submissions, 26%

Upcoming Conference

CHI 2025

Sponsor:
sigchi

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 26 - May 1, 2025

Yokohama , Japan

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

9
Total Citations
View Citations
301
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)6
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0

Reflects downloads up to 18 Feb 2025

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

View all

Jiang JSpencer LWerner L(2021)Public Gratification Palace: A Framework for Increased Civic EngagementProceedings of the 5th Media Architecture Biennale Conference10.1145/3469410.3469423(131-140)Online publication date: 28-Jun-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3469410.3469423
Brewer JRomine MTaylor TWakkary RAndersen KOdom WDesjardins APetersen M(2020)Inclusion at ScaleProceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3357236.3395514(757-769)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3357236.3395514
Fredericks J(2019)From Smart City to Smart Engagement: Exploring Digital and Physical Interactions for Playful City-MakingMaking Smart Cities More Playable10.1007/978-981-13-9765-3_6(107-128)Online publication date: 24-Jul-2019
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9765-3_6
Meissner JFitzpatrick GSchuler DLewkowicz MRohde MMulder I(2017)Urban Knitters on Interweaving Craft, Technologies and Urban ParticipationProceedings of the 8th International Conference on Communities and Technologies10.1145/3083671.3083674(12-21)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3083671.3083674
Roedl DBardzell SBardzell J(2015)Sustainable Making? Balancing Optimism and Criticism in HCI DiscourseACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction10.1145/269974222:3(1-27)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2699742
Tranos ENijkamp P(2015)Mobile phone usage in complex urban systems: a space–time, aggregated human activity studyJournal of Geographical Systems10.1007/s10109-015-0211-917:2(157-185)Online publication date: 31-Mar-2015
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10109-015-0211-9
Sanders MClark RDavidson BJayaraman S(2015)GT Journey: The Importance of Accessible Rich Data Sources to Enable InnovationHuman-Computer Interaction: Users and Contexts10.1007/978-3-319-21006-3_9(82-91)Online publication date: 21-Jul-2015
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21006-3_9
Gandy MBaird LLevy LLambeth AMynatt EClark RSanders M(2015)Midtown Buzz: Bridging the Gap Between Concepts and Impact in a Civic Computing InitiativeHuman-Computer Interaction: Users and Contexts10.1007/978-3-319-21006-3_30(303-313)Online publication date: 21-Jul-2015
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21006-3_30
Abrishami SGoulding JGanah ARahimian F(2013)Exploiting Modern Opportunities in AEC Industry: A Paradigm of Future OpportunitiesAEI 201310.1061/9780784412909.031(321-333)Online publication date: 26-Apr-2013
https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784412909.031

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

PDF

eReader

View online with eReader.

eReader

Abstract

References

Cited By

Index Terms

Recommendations

Studying the Formation of an Older Adult-Led Makerspace

Making Community: The Wider Role of Makerspaces in Public Life

Virtual fish: visual evidence of connectivity in a master-planned urban community

Comments

Information

Published In

Sponsors

Publisher

Publication History

Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Conference

Acceptance Rates

Upcoming Conference

Contributors

Other Metrics

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

Other Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Login options

Full Access

View options

PDF

eReader

Share

Share this Publication link

Share on social media

Affiliations