Abstract
An increasing variety of technologies are being developed to support conservation of endangered wildlife; however, comparatively little attention has been devoted to their design. We undertook three years of ethnographic fieldwork and design research with the recovery team of an endangered Australian bird (the Eastern bristlebird) to explore the team's culture and practices, as well as their perspectives on including collection and analysis of environmental acoustic recordings into their conservation praxis. Through thematic analysis, we identified the team's collective goals, culture, conservation activities, and technology use. We found that acoustic technologies have promise for supporting conservation of furtive and vocal Eastern bristlebirds. Trialing acoustic technologies also revealed that the team had strong interest in their use. We identified knowledge gaps, time constraints, and technology aversion as barriers to be overcome with future interaction design research. We offer an initial set of practical guidelines for designing technologies to support conservation.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | DIS 2019 |
Subtitle of host publication | proceedings of the 2019 ACM designing interactive systems conference |
Place of Publication | New York, USA |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc (ACM) |
Pages | 1335-1348 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450358507 |
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Publication status | Published - 18 Jun 2019 |
Event | 2019 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2019 - Hyatt Regency Mission Bay, San Diego, United States Duration: 23 Jun 2019 → 28 Jun 2019 https://dis2019.com/ (Conference website) https://dis2019.com/overview/ (Conference program) |
Conference
Conference | 2019 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2019 |
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Abbreviated title | Contesting borders and intersections |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Diego |
Period | 23/06/19 → 28/06/19 |
Other | The ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) is the premier international and interdisciplinary conference encompassing all issues related to the design and deployment of interactive systems where designers, artists, theorists, psychologists, user experience researchers, systems engineers and many more come together to debate and shape the future of interaction systems research, design, and practice. |
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