Can't touch this: Rethinking public technology in a covid-19 era

J Pearson, G Bailey, S Robinson, M Jones… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
What do pedestrian crossings, ATMs, elevators and ticket machines have in common?
These are just a few of the ubiquitous yet essential elements of public-space infrastructure …

Urban computing in the wild: A survey on large scale participation and citizen engagement with ubiquitous computing, cyber physical systems, and Internet of Things

F Salim, U Haque - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2015 - Elsevier
With today׳ s ubiquitous computing technologies, our daily activities are continuously traced
by smartphones in our pockets and more of our everyday things are now connected to the …

Where horizontal and vertical surveillances meet: Sense-making of US COVID-19 contact-tracing apps during a health crisis

J Baik, E Jang - Mobile media & communication, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Analyzing user reviews of seven US digital contact-tracing apps for COVID-19, this article
unpacks how the new form of surveillance technology is understood and experienced by …

Understanding Multi-Device Usage Patterns: Physical Device Configurations and Fragmented Workflows

Y Yuan, N Riche, N Marquardt, MJ Nicholas… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
To better ground technical (systems) investigation and interaction design of cross-device
experiences, we contribute an in-depth survey of existing multi-device practices, including …

Strategies for engaging communities in creating physical civic technologies

N Taylor, L Clarke, M Skelly, S Nevay - … of the 2018 CHI Conference on …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Despite widespread interest in civic technologies, empowering neighbourhoods to take
advantage of these technologies in their local area remains challenging. This paper …

Hugging with a Shower Curtain: Older Adults' Social Support Realities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

N Nurain, CF Chung, C Caldeira… - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The COVID-19 pandemic led to dire consequences globally, and it has been particularly
challenging for older adults. They are at a higher risk of adverse outcomes of the …

Walkshops for citizen involvement: Walk the talk with smart city citizens

I Van Zeeland, J Breuer… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
When making decisions on introducing new technologies into public space, policy makers or
project leads do well to involve citizens. Reasons to do so can be democratic legitimisation …

Relations are more than bytes: re-thinking the benefits of smart services through people and things

CPR Heath, C Crivellaro, L Coles-Kemp - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Critical approaches to smart technologies have emerged in HCI that question the conditions
necessary for smart technologies to benefit people. Smart services rely on a relation of trust …

Towards a seamful ethics of Covid-19 contact tracing apps?

AS Hoffman, B Jacobs, B van Gastel… - Ethics and Information …, 2021 - Springer
In the early months of 2020, the deadly Covid-19 disease spread rapidly around the world.
In response, national and regional governments implemented a range of emergency …

Accessibility and the crowded sidewalk: Micromobility's impact on public space

C Bennett, E Ackerman, B Fan, J Bigham… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Over the past several years, micromobility devices—small-scale, networked vehicles used to
travel short distances—have begun to pervade cities, bringing promises of sustainable …