TY - GEN
T1 - Putting ICT in the Hands of the Seafarers
AU - Pan, Yushan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ACM.
PY - 2021/6/20
Y1 - 2021/6/20
N2 - This paper proposes ethnographic action research on expanding participation in an ICT project in the maritime domain. Concepts from actor network theory are derived to provide a useful perspective on the description and analysis of the case. By analyzing two workshops, the paper discusses how power relations are balanced in a new heterogeneous network of actors, whose dynamical features align different actants' interests toward a common sense. The relevance of the findings is discussed, related to how we might think about the role of researchers in the empowerment of marginalized groups. In this paper, I posit that the creation of a research and development culture to extend participation is helpful and relevant to making a well-organized technological ecosystem to the detriment of seafarers' community well-being.
AB - This paper proposes ethnographic action research on expanding participation in an ICT project in the maritime domain. Concepts from actor network theory are derived to provide a useful perspective on the description and analysis of the case. By analyzing two workshops, the paper discusses how power relations are balanced in a new heterogeneous network of actors, whose dynamical features align different actants' interests toward a common sense. The relevance of the findings is discussed, related to how we might think about the role of researchers in the empowerment of marginalized groups. In this paper, I posit that the creation of a research and development culture to extend participation is helpful and relevant to making a well-organized technological ecosystem to the detriment of seafarers' community well-being.
KW - Community-based informatics
KW - actor network theory
KW - design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85109382565&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3461564.3461568
DO - 10.1145/3461564.3461568
M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85109382565
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 96
EP - 108
BT - C and T 2021 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
A2 - Cech, Florian
A2 - Farnham, Shelly
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 10th International Conference on Communities and Technologies: Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech, C and T 2021
Y2 - 21 June 2021 through 25 June 2021
ER -