Jutta! Great stuff is going on here actually. We have been doing a lot of thinking about this space and are trying a number of things:
1. we want to think about "extreme" users for Cloud4All, people who might not 'get in the door' to use technology at all without the system 2. we've also been deeply inspired by the Sunaura Taylor/Judith Butler video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0HZaPkF6qE and are doing a number of things with that inspiration: a. re-thinking terms - in particular disability and impairment and respecting how someone self-identifies b. trying to find ways to talk about both impairments and disabilities without feeling as though it's taboo or essentializing We are going to struggle publicly and are going to make mistakes, but I think we're going toward a new way to describe users for our design process -- one that is richer, deeper, and more realistic. Take a look at Sam at the wiki page Dana posted: http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Cloud4All+Preference+Management+Tool+--+Use-Cases Bear with us as we stumble and try this out. Best, Jess On Feb 6, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Dana Ayotte <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jutta, > Thanks for the feedback. I agree that it would be better to categorise > according to needs, or as you recommended to required resources (as this is > in line with our states and contexts). I will rework the document to reflect > this. > Dana > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Treviranus, Jutta (Academic) > <[email protected]> wrote: > I know we are generalizing but can we not categorize people as impairments? > This goes against all our design principles. if we want broad generic > categories it would be better to create required characteristics of resources > that we need to think about e.g., requires alternative to audio, requires > enhancement of audio, etc. > > Jutta > > Jutta Treviranus > Professor and Director > Inclusive Design Research Centre and Inclusive Design Institute > OCAD University > > On 2013-02-06, at 11:26 AM, Dana Ayotte <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I have started a page on the FLOE Wiki where we are developing our > > use-cases for Cloud4All. Please take a look and provide any feedback you > > may have. > > Thanks, > > Dana > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, > > see http://lists.idrc.ocad.ca/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work > > > _______________________________________________________ > fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, > see http://lists.idrc.ocad.ca/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work _______________________________________________________ fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://lists.idrc.ocad.ca/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work
