The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologies

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Autor(a) principal: Endter, Cordula
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Merkel, Sebastian, Künemund, Harald
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Novation
Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/novation/article/view/91147
Resumo: This paper develops hypotheses on the discovery of older people as "users" in the publicly funded development of digital technologies and underlying innovation policy motives. We then describe the effects of this innovation policy on the development of products and older people as their users in the context of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). To this end, we reconstruct the involvement of users in two AAL funding programs, one at the European level and one at the national level (Germany). Based on this, we discuss the resulting consequences by describing how older people are configured as users in technology development with a focus on the concept of user-centered design (UCD) and what this configuration means for the developed technologies as well as for the older users. We describe how the participation of older people in technology development projects is a complex task that is not without controversy in social science research on user participation. We conclude by arguing for alternative technology development strategies and funding practices.
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spelling The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologiesinnovation age; digitization; participation; funding policies; user-centred design (UCD); solution-centered designThis paper develops hypotheses on the discovery of older people as "users" in the publicly funded development of digital technologies and underlying innovation policy motives. We then describe the effects of this innovation policy on the development of products and older people as their users in the context of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). To this end, we reconstruct the involvement of users in two AAL funding programs, one at the European level and one at the national level (Germany). Based on this, we discuss the resulting consequences by describing how older people are configured as users in technology development with a focus on the concept of user-centered design (UCD) and what this configuration means for the developed technologies as well as for the older users. We describe how the participation of older people in technology development projects is a complex task that is not without controversy in social science research on user participation. We conclude by arguing for alternative technology development strategies and funding practices.Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba (Brazil)Endter, CordulaMerkel, SebastianKünemund, Harald2022-09-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado pelos paresPeer Reviewedapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.ufpr.br/novation/article/view/9114710.5380/nocsi.v0i3.91147NOvation - Critical Studies of Innovation; No 3 (2021): Popular users: why and how innovation research started to consider users in the innovation process; 90-109NOvation - Critical Studies of Innovation; No 3 (2021): Popular users: why and how innovation research started to consider users in the innovation process; 90-1092562-714710.5380/nocsi.v0i3reponame:Novationinstname:Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)instacron:UFPRenghttps://revistas.ufpr.br/novation/article/view/91147/49256Copyright (c) 2023 Cordula Endter, Sebastian Merkel, Harald Künemundhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-12-05T15:11:03Zoai:revistas.ufpr.br:article/91147Revistahttps://revistas.ufpr.br/novation/indexPUBhttps://revistas.ufpr.br/novation/oainovation@ufpr.br2562-71472562-7147opendoar:2024-07-01T12:57:12.781709Novation - Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologies
title The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologies
spellingShingle The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologies
Endter, Cordula
innovation age; digitization; participation; funding policies; user-centred design (UCD); solution-centered design
title_short The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologies
title_full The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologies
title_fullStr The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologies
title_full_unstemmed The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologies
title_sort The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologies
author Endter, Cordula
author_facet Endter, Cordula
Merkel, Sebastian
Künemund, Harald
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author2 Merkel, Sebastian
Künemund, Harald
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Endter, Cordula
Merkel, Sebastian
Künemund, Harald
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv innovation age; digitization; participation; funding policies; user-centred design (UCD); solution-centered design
topic innovation age; digitization; participation; funding policies; user-centred design (UCD); solution-centered design
description This paper develops hypotheses on the discovery of older people as "users" in the publicly funded development of digital technologies and underlying innovation policy motives. We then describe the effects of this innovation policy on the development of products and older people as their users in the context of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). To this end, we reconstruct the involvement of users in two AAL funding programs, one at the European level and one at the national level (Germany). Based on this, we discuss the resulting consequences by describing how older people are configured as users in technology development with a focus on the concept of user-centered design (UCD) and what this configuration means for the developed technologies as well as for the older users. We describe how the participation of older people in technology development projects is a complex task that is not without controversy in social science research on user participation. We conclude by arguing for alternative technology development strategies and funding practices.
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