Banca de DEFESA: VALERIA ARGOLO ROSA DE QUEIROZ

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STUDENT : VALERIA ARGOLO ROSA DE QUEIROZ
DATE: 27/03/2023
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: Instituto de Computação
TITLE:

Semio-participatory interaction design by elderly people: empathy and engagement in technology production

KEY WORDS:

elderly; interaction codesign; participatory design; qualitative research; design process

PAGES: 391
BIG AREA: Ciências Exatas e da Terra
AREA: Ciência da Computação
SUBÁREA: Metodologia e Técnicas da Computação
SUMMARY:

The number of elderly people has increased considerably around the world. Thus, science has developed strategies to help people age healthily and maintain an active life. Digital technologies can contribute to this. However, these technologies are not always designed according to the real needs and expectations of the elderly. Encouraging the elderly to design computational technologies through open and participatory perspectives of interaction design has been shown to be a possible solution. However, engaging older people in this process and making them a design partner is still challenging. Most studies based on participatory practices found do not establish the engagement of potential users, especially in relation to elderly people. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate and develop techniques to engage the elderly in designing digital technologies through a semi-participatory interaction (co)design process, establishing empathy as a fundamental engagement element. To this end, an engagement model was initially developed to integrate the elements and variables of this model in a semi-participatory process. From this perspective, two case studies were carried out, the first in a face-to-face format and the second in a remote format, in a qualitative approach with elderly women. The results analyzed using the content analysis method confirmed the potentiality of the elements and variables to improve the engagement of the elderly person and, thus, provided the conception of an informative educational document in Guide format, highlighting the main techniques, activities and strategies with the purpose of making the conduction of a semi-participatory Interaction co-design process more practical and accessible. It is expected that these results may contribute to the expansion of semi-participatory interaction co-design processes from the perspective of the elderly person, besides offering epistemological elements for developing inclusive interaction design methods and processes.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1583256 - ECIVALDO DE SOUZA MATOS
Interno - 2352062 - MARLO VIEIRA DOS SANTOS E SOUZA
Externa à Instituição - SIMONE BACELLAR LEAL FERREIRA - UNIRIO
Externa à Instituição - KAMILA RIOS DA HORA RODRIGUES - USP
Externo à Instituição - FAUSTO ORSI MEDOLA - UNESP