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Creating a rural community display with local engagement

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We present our experiences of using an iterative, prototype-driven approach to developing social systems with the participation of communities, inspired by probe-based methodologies. This approach is illustrated by our attempts to design and understand the role of situated display technologies in a rural community, which has led to the development of a photo display and digital notice board, guided by the community's involvement.

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DIS '10: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
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  1. action research
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  4. probes
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  7. situated displays

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