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Exploring mobile technologies for the urban homeless.
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Dantec, Christopher A. Le |
| Abstract | My research examines the practical and social impact of technology on the urban homeless. To accomplish this, I have conducted interviews with the homeless to understand how technology—from mobile phones to bus passes—affects their lives. I have also conducted ethnographic fieldwork at care providers to understand how technology figures into the provision of care for the homeless. These formative studies have motivated the design of a set of information sharing services that aggregate information available in the community and provide it to the homeless via mobile phones. I will deploy this system to diverse set of homeless individuals to better understand how such technologies fit within the social and economic constraints of the homeless community. I expect my research to result in theoretical contributions and guidelines for designing for uncommon users, like the homeless. 1. |
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| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Urban Homeless Mobile Technology Mobile Phone Social Impact Homeless Community Theoretical Contribution Ethnographic Fieldwork Economic Constraint Information Sharing Service Formative Study Homeless Individual Care Provider Uncommon User |
| Content Type | Text |
