Ramprabu Thangaraj

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Crafting Remembrance Beyond the Self: Older Adults’ Digital and Material Legacies

Artifacts encode memories and shape how one is remembered after death. Older adults, given their life stage, are often engaged in intentional end-of-life planning, making their perspectives on curation for remembrance post-mortem valuable. While HCI has examined older adults' curation of memory artifacts (e.g., to sup…

DIS '251st AuthorUniversal & Inclusive Design +2

"That's something that as a senior person you have to consider now": Unpacking Older Adults' Preferences for End-of-Life Data Planning

What happens to a person’s data after they pass away? Designing for digital legacy requires input from individuals across all life stages, as motivations to plan vary with age. Yet, the specific perspectives that older adults have on end-of-life data management have not been investigated in depth. Through interviews w…

CHI '253rd AuthorAging-Friendly Technology Design +2

Understanding Older Adults’ (Dis)Engagement with Design Materials

Design workshops are a popular approach to include older adults in the technology design process. However, formative design sessions with older adults have had unexpected outcomes such as the non-use of traditional design materials like craft-based prototyping supplies or disengagement from design activities. Analyzin…

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