Abstract
This paper presents a conception of personhood as both physical and
social, and both as radically contingent upon their respective physical and social
environments. In the context of age-related cognitive decline, particularly dementia, it supports literature suggesting social personhood is occluded rather than deteriorating with brain function. Value sensitive design (VSD) applied to assistive technologies for people with age-related cognitive decline, has focused upon physical support. The paper concludes that issues of power must be grasped by those in VSD practice in order to reorient VSD in assistive technologies to also
support social personhood.
social, and both as radically contingent upon their respective physical and social
environments. In the context of age-related cognitive decline, particularly dementia, it supports literature suggesting social personhood is occluded rather than deteriorating with brain function. Value sensitive design (VSD) applied to assistive technologies for people with age-related cognitive decline, has focused upon physical support. The paper concludes that issues of power must be grasped by those in VSD practice in order to reorient VSD in assistive technologies to also
support social personhood.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2-13 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | The ORBIT Journal - An Online Journal for Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT Technologies |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Apr 2019 |