Gavin Wood

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Walking and Talking: Place-based Data Collection and Mapping for Participatory Design with Communities

This paper explores the value of a participant-led walking method, during which matters of place in urban or rural contexts are explored. While walking, a diverse dataset is collected, including audio recordings, photographs, GPS tracks, as well as three words that participants are prompted for at each stop along the…

DIS '232nd AuthorMuseum & Cultural Heritage Digitization +1

Loci Stories: Exploring Design for Polyvocality

We describe the design of Loci Stories – a networked storytelling cabinet which uses voice recognition to tell colourful and unique stories from volunteers working at an English country hall. Loci Stories was created as part of a wider co-design research within heritage venues that sought to improve interpretation and…

CHI '202nd AuthorCollaborative Learning & Peer Teaching +1

Designing IoT Resources to Support Outdoor Play for Children

We describe a Research-through-Design (RtD) project that explores the Internet of Things (IoT) as a resource for children's free play outdoors. Based on initial insights from a design ethnography, we developed four RtD prototypes for social play in different scenarios of use outdoors, including congregating on a stree…

CHI '202nd AuthorParticipatory Design +1

Un-authorised View: Leveraging Volunteer Expertise in Heritage

Volunteers are an underused but important resource in presenting plural heritages within large heritage organizations. We report on a qualitative study at a heritage site in the UK which combined explorations of volunteers' practice and digital design. The study comprised of observational fieldwork with co-creative ac…

CHI '202nd AuthorOnline Identity & Self-Presentation +2

Broadening Exposure to Socio-Political Opinions via a Pushy Smart Home Device

Motivated by the effects of the filter bubble and echo chamber phenomena on social media, we developed a smart home device, Spkr, that unpredictably "pushes" socio-political discussion topics into the home. The device utilised trending Twitter discussions, categorised by their socio-political alignment, to present peo…

CHI '191st AuthorEarly Childhood Education Technology +1

Designing for Digital Playing Out

We report on a design-led study in the UK that aimed to understand barriers to children (aged 5 to 14 years) 'playing out' in their neighbourhood and explore the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) for supporting children's free play that extends outdoors. The study forms a design ethnography, combining observat…

CHI '192nd AuthorFitness Tracking & Physical Activity Monitoring +1

Designing Second-Screening Experiences for Social Co-Selection and Critical Co-Viewing of Reality TV

Public commentary related to reality TV can be overwhelmed by thoughtless reactions and negative sentiments, which often problematically reinforce the cultural stereotyping typically employed in such media. We describe the design, and month-long evaluation, of a mobile "second-screening" application, Screenr, which us…

CHI '181st AuthorUniversal & Inclusive Design +2

Rethinking Engagement with Online News through Social and Visual Co-Annotation

The emergence of fake news, as well as filter bubbles and echo chambers, has precipitated renewed attention upon the ways in which news is consumed, shared and reflected and commented upon. While online news comments sections offer space for pluralist and critical discussion, studies suggest that this rarely occurs. M…

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