caa a22 4500 44582171X CHVBK 20180317145246.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00779-010-0338-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00779-010-0338-0 Reflection on research methodologies for ubicomp in developing contexts [Elektronische Daten] [Beth Kolko, Cynthia Putnam, Emma Rose, Erica Johnson] As the user base for ubiquitous technology expands to developing regions, the likelihood of disparity between the lived experience of design team members (developers, designers, researchers, etc.) and end users has increased. Human-centered design (HCD) provides a toolkit of research methods aimed at helping bridge the distance between technology design teams and end users. However, we have found that traditional approaches to HCD research methods are difficult to deploy in developing regions. In this paper, we share our experiences of adapting HCD research methodologies to the Central Asia context and some lessons we have learned. While our lessons are many, reconsidering the unit of analysis from the individual to larger social units was an early discovery that provided a frame for later research activities that focused on ubicomp development. We argue that lessons and challenges derived from our experience will generalize to other research investigations in which researchers are trying to adapt common HCD data collection methods to create ubiquitous technologies for and/or with distant audiences in developing regions. Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2011 Ubicomp nationallicence Human-centered design nationallicence User-centered design nationallicence Information nationallicence Communication and technology for development nationallicence Developing regions nationallicence Mobile phones nationallicence Text-based interaction nationallicence Social network nationallicence Unit of analysis nationallicence Kolko Beth Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA aut Putnam Cynthia College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA aut Rose Emma Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA aut Johnson Erica Global Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA aut Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Springer-Verlag 15/6(2011-08-01), 575-583 1617-4909 15:6<575 2011 15 779 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-010-0338-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-010-0338-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kolko Beth Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Putnam Cynthia College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rose Emma Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Johnson Erica Global Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Springer-Verlag 15/6(2011-08-01), 575-583 1617-4909 15:6<575 2011 15 779 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer