Christopher A. Le Dantec

Technology is all around us, and while we consider new and novel uses for mobile and ubiquitous computing it is also important to consider how these kinds of technologies affect members of our society who do not have access to them. The aim of this work is to develop technological innovations to be deployed to support the urban homeless and to the institutions that support them.

This project stems directly from my dissertation work and will be expanding to work with new communities and imagine different interactions and artifacts to explore social and urban computing in this marginalized context.

Values play an integral role in design: they inform the kinds of trade-offs the make when considering different solutions; they create a basis for assessing a particular artifact or system may fit into their lives; and they are an important part of negotiating common understanding in collaborative design settings.

Work in this project area focuses on the various ways values become expressed through the design of artifacts and systems.