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A human-centred approach to community informatics research:

A human-centred approach to community informatics research:. Building sustainable ties between community & research Dr. Peter Day & Richard Cupidi CNA Project Team SEAKE Centre University of Brighton, UK. The human-centred approach to research.

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A human-centred approach to community informatics research:

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  1. A human-centred approach to community informatics research: Building sustainable ties between community & research Dr. Peter Day & Richard Cupidi CNA Project Team SEAKE Centre University of Brighton, UK

  2. The human-centred approach to research • “The human-centred tradition is best understood as a normative framework that facilitates a multi-level approach to observation rather than a set of scientific statements or principles.”Qvortrup, 1996 • four core concepts • Human purpose • Cultural diversity • Social cohesion • Technology as tool (practice)

  3. H-C Community InformaticsResearch dialogue - collaborative shaping - communicative action • Participatory Action Research • … involves all relevant parties in actively examining together current action … in order to change and improve it. • … tries to be a genuinely democratic or non-coercive process whereby those to be helped determine the purpose & outcomes of their own enquiry.Wadsworth, 1998

  4. community informaticsprocess technology community communication

  5. an ecology of community informatics technology as tool technology community cultural diversity communication human purpose social cohesion

  6. a charter for community researchers • Issues • Whose reality is it anyway? • Who owns the output? • Who decides? / Who benefits? • Who decides who benefits? • Qualities • Transparency • Fairness • Commitment • Reciprocity

  7. Thanks for listening • If you would like to know more about the CNA project or the human-centred research network and its relationship to community informatics, please contact us at: • p.day @ cna.org.uk richard @ cna.org.uk

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