Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits最新文献

Exile Within Borders: Understanding the Limits of the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Iraq 境内流亡:了解伊拉克境内流离失所者(IDPs)的界限

Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits Pub Date : 2019-06-10 DOI: 10.1145/3338103.3338104

Dina Sabie, Samar Sabie, Cansu E. Dedeoglu, Yasaman Rohanifar, Fatma Hashim, S. Easterbrook, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed

引用次数: 15

The High Cost of Free Services: Problems with Surveillance Capitalism and Possible Alternatives for IT Infrastructure 免费服务的高成本:监控资本主义的问题和IT基础设施的可能替代方案

Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits Pub Date : 2019-06-10 DOI: 10.1145/3338103.3338106

M. Landwehr, A. Borning, V. Wulf

{"title":"The High Cost of Free Services: Problems with Surveillance Capitalism and Possible Alternatives for IT Infrastructure","authors":"M. Landwehr, A. Borning, V. Wulf","doi":"10.1145/3338103.3338106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3338103.3338106","url":null,"abstract":"A large portion of the software side of our information technology infrastructure, including web search, email, social media, transportation information, and much more, is provided \"free\" to the end users, although the corporations that provide this are often enormously profitable. The business model involves customized advertising and behavior manipulation, powered by intensive gathering and cross-correlation of personal information. Significant other parts of our IT infrastructure use fees-for-service but still involve intensive information gathering and behavior manipulation. There are significant indirect costs of these business models, including loss of privacy, supporting surveillance by both corporations and the state, automated manipulations of behavior, undermining the democratic process, and consumerism with its attendant environmental costs. In a recent book, Shoshana Zuboff terms this \"surveillance capitalism.\" Our primary focus in this essay is how we could develop new models for providing these services. We describe some intermediate steps toward those models: education, regulation, and resistance. Following that, we discuss a partial solution, involving for-profit corporations that provide these services without tracking personal information. Finally, we describe desired characteristics for more comprehensive solutions, and outline a range of such solutions for different portions of the IT infrastructure that more truly return control to the end users. A common feature of several is the use of highly decentralized storage of information (either on the end user's own personal devices or on small servers), a modular architecture and interface to allow for customization of what information is to be shared, and a distributed ledger mechanism for authentication.","PeriodicalId":447119,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits","volume":"228 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133584253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 23

The Lions' Gate: Towards a Permaculture-inspired Blended Space 狮子之门:走向永续文化的混合空间

Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits Pub Date : 2019-06-10 DOI: 10.1145/3338103.3338110

C. Egan, Richard Thompson, Andrew O'Dowd

引用次数: 12

Breaking the Cornucopian Paradigm: Towards Moderate Internet Use in Everyday Life 打破丰饶范式:在日常生活中适度使用互联网

Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits Pub Date : 2019-06-10 DOI: 10.1145/3338103.3338105

Kelly Widdicks, D. Pargman

引用次数: 21

The SAGE Community Coordinator: A Demonstration SAGE社区协调员:示范

Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits Pub Date : 2019-06-10 DOI: 10.1145/3338103.3338108

J. Norton, B. Penzenstadler, Samantha McDonald, Emily Kang, Nora Koirala, R. Konishi, Gabriela Pena Carmona, Jainee Shah, S. Troncoso, Bill Tomlinson

{"title":"The SAGE Community Coordinator: A Demonstration","authors":"J. Norton, B. Penzenstadler, Samantha McDonald, Emily Kang, Nora Koirala, R. Konishi, Gabriela Pena Carmona, Jainee Shah, S. Troncoso, Bill Tomlinson","doi":"10.1145/3338103.3338108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3338103.3338108","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainable polyculture gardens thrive more effectively when they are designed with an awareness of other gardens in the community, as opposed to as individual gardens. However, the complex characteristics of plants, and their relations to other plant species in terms of needs and capacities, require a complex knowledge base not easily acquired by novice gardeners. We contribute a demonstration of our project, called the Software for Agricultural Ecosystems (SAGE) Community Coordinator, that helps manage the complexities of plant relationships and provides planting suggestions based on existing plants in adjacent garden sites. The research team collected the requirements and developed a preliminary demonstration of this system. This demonstration shows the feasibility of the idea and lays the foundation for a more comprehensive implementation of the SAGE Community Coordinator. By doing so, this paper explores the use of technology to foster the establishment of complex plant assemblages in urban and suburban areas to address the current and future limits of material resources derived from plants.","PeriodicalId":447119,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123007181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 5

Should Do, Can Do, Can Know: Sustainability and Other Reflections on One Hundred and One Interaction Design Projects 应该做，可以做，可以知道:可持续性和对101个交互设计项目的其他思考

Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits Pub Date : 2019-06-10 DOI: 10.1145/3338103.3338109

Huaxin Wei, Jeffrey C. F. Ho, Kenny K. N. Chow, S. Blevis, Eli Blevis

{"title":"Should Do, Can Do, Can Know: Sustainability and Other Reflections on One Hundred and One Interaction Design Projects","authors":"Huaxin Wei, Jeffrey C. F. Ho, Kenny K. N. Chow, S. Blevis, Eli Blevis","doi":"10.1145/3338103.3338109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3338103.3338109","url":null,"abstract":"This paper characterizes six years of final projects from an interaction design master's program at our School of Design in Hong Kong. Our reporting includes a thematic analysis of the specific application areas in which these diverse designers made their choices, along the dimensions of values and vision (Should Do), concepts and approaches (Can Do), domain knowledge (Can Know), and interactive Forms. The dimensions of Should Do and Can Do are particularly privileged in this paper. In this particular reporting of our analysis, we are especially interested in trends relating to sustainability and its relation to other values-orientations. This interest owes to our concern as a faculty for fostering a school of thinking and practice that balances all of these dimensions. Our analysis demonstrates the use and value of the Should Do, Can Do, Can Know framing as an analytical tool for design. Moreover, our work characterizes the common strategies among our 101 designers. As such, it provides a lens and points of inspiration for others, more generally. As a service, we present our entire analysis in table form as an Appendix.","PeriodicalId":447119,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits","volume":"165 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114336796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 4

Who Breathes the Smoke: Technologies for Community-Based Natural Resource Management 谁在呼吸烟雾:基于社区的自然资源管理技术

Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits Pub Date : 2019-06-10 DOI: 10.1145/3338103.3338107

Matt Ziegler

{"title":"Who Breathes the Smoke: Technologies for Community-Based Natural Resource Management","authors":"Matt Ziegler","doi":"10.1145/3338103.3338107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3338103.3338107","url":null,"abstract":"While technologists have investigated environmental sustainability and conservation problems from a variety of angles, rural communities who manage natural resources have underexplored opportunities to benefit from new technologies. Many rural, Indigenous, and non-industrialized communities around the world have developed mature environmental governance structures and practiced effective resource management for thousands of years, and western environmental studies are increasingly recognizing the importance of social, cultural, and institutional factors. To date, technologists' engagement with community-based environmental management has been sparse for reasons including cultural differences between rural resource managers and urban technologists, underdevelopment of participant-led research methods, and the up-front investment needed to deploy technologies in remote and low-income settings. We argue that the time is ripe for engagement between technologists and community-based resource management institutions, and use we Elinor Ostrom's design principals for common resource governance to suggest potential technology applications: such as defining and communicating about resource boundaries, mutual monitoring among resource users, and social capacity building. To achieve the best environmental outcomes, technologists need to adopt participant-led research methods that leverage local communities' expertise about their own environments, social institutions, and cultural norms.","PeriodicalId":447119,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123674071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 5

Experimenting with Novel Forms of Computing: The case of the Swedish Citizen Observatory for Water Quality Conservation 实验新的计算形式:瑞典公民水质保护观察站的案例

Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits Pub Date : 2019-06-10 DOI: 10.1145/3338103.3338111

T. Cerratto Pargman, Somya Joshi, U. Wehn

{"title":"Experimenting with Novel Forms of Computing: The case of the Swedish Citizen Observatory for Water Quality Conservation","authors":"T. Cerratto Pargman, Somya Joshi, U. Wehn","doi":"10.1145/3338103.3338111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3338103.3338111","url":null,"abstract":"In the Anthropocene, we are looking at an impending future that is characterized by resource scarcity. In this paper we ask how socio-technical arrangements can facilitate a transition from the course we are on today to one of adaptation and conservation. Taking the case of citizen observatories (COs) for water quality conservation as an illustrative lens, this paper analyses the potential of COs to form Publics for management and stewardship of natural resources from a Computing within Limits perspective. Based on interviews, participant observations and co-design workshops with a wide range of stakeholders, we draw attention to 1) the complexities of water quality management in Sweden, 2) the differing views of policymakers and citizens about citizen participation in water governance and 3) designers' efforts in co-developing a sustainable socio-technical system for bringing about change in water quality management. Our work contributes to research on Computing within Limits by identifying opportunities and challenges that arise when designers seek to form Publics and through them transform institutional arrangements.","PeriodicalId":447119,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Computing within Limits","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134581837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 10