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Designing for place-based social interaction of urban residents in México, South Africa and Australia

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OZCHI '06: Proceedings of the 18th Australia conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Design: Activities, Artefacts and Environments

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1228175.1228241

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The design of technology to facilitate social interaction of urban residents is increasingly important for many countries around the world. México and South Africa are particularly prone to issues that stem from urban densification and a lack of adequate affordable housing. Governments look to ICT to take on a mediating and facilitating role. This paper reports on research-inprogress of a tri-continental study. The external factors and aims of this pilot project identifying local case studies to prepare for a larger and longer term international comparison of local community networking approaches are examined. It is argued that by careful attention to cultural and social assets in the community, innovations will be engendered which enhance economic and social development. Preliminary design implications for the support of neighbourhood interactions across different socio-cultural contexts are presented.

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Weibert AWulf VHinds PSøderberg AVatrapu RIshida TMaznevski MOlson G(2010)"All of a sudden we had this dialogue..."Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Intercultural collaboration10.1145/1841853.1841868(93-102)Online publication date: 19-Aug-2010
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Designing for place-based social interaction of urban residents in México, South Africa and Australia
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
  2. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Web-based interaction

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OZCHI '06: Proceedings of the 18th Australia conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Design: Activities, Artefacts and Environments

November 2006

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DOI:10.1145/1228175

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Schubert KWeibert AWulf V(2011)Locating computer clubs in multicultural neighborhoods: How collaborative project work fosters integration processesInternational Journal of Human-Computer Studies10.1016/j.ijhcs.2010.12.00769:10(669-678)Online publication date: Sep-2011
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Weibert AWulf VHinds PSøderberg AVatrapu RIshida TMaznevski MOlson G(2010)"All of a sudden we had this dialogue..."Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Intercultural collaboration10.1145/1841853.1841868(93-102)Online publication date: 19-Aug-2010
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