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Designing technologies for ageing: is simplicity always a leading criterion?

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CHItaly '11: Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGCHI Italian Chapter International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Facing Complexity

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In this paper, we reflect on ecological criteria for designing ICT-based tools for ageing. An ethnographic research in 150 homes of older persons has been conducted in order to better understanding their relationship with technologies. Results show that elderly people seem to develop idiosyncratic representation of technology use in connection with their stage of life, their social environment, their personal needs. The concept of simplicity, so often evoked in design for ageing, need to be complemented by more complex insights on the relationship of ageing and technology use.

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CHItaly '11: Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGCHI Italian Chapter International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Facing Complexity

September 2011

177 pages

ISBN:9781450308762

DOI:10.1145/2037296

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Patrizia Marti
University of Siena
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Alessandro Soro
CRS4 & University of Cagliari
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Luciano Gamberini
University of Padova
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Sebastiano Bagnara
University of Sassari - Alghero

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