Integrating contextmapping and interaction design: designing with and for small-scale urban farmers in Soweto

dc.contributor.advisorMbogho, Audrey J Wen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFenn, Terence Kevinen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-09T11:20:40Z
dc.date.available2016-06-09T11:20:40Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis describes and reflects on the effectiveness of integrating contextmapping as both a methodology and interaction design practice in order to co-­design digital products with and for developing communities. A Design as research methodology is applied in this study within the specific contexts of a co-design project involving small-­scale urban farmers in Soweto. The final design outcomes of the project are the interaction design documents reflecting the design requirements of a mobile application as well as a low-level prototype demonstrating a number of the identified requirements contained in the documentation. The study assumes a human-centred design ethos that positions problems facing users as contextual, complex and indeterminate and requiring a degree of consideration and understanding by the designer before they can be resolved. The design process applied in this study therefore focused on gaining an understanding of the farmers' life experiences in order to design effective and empathetic technological solutions that will be meaningful and useful to the farmers. For this purpose, contextmapping and interaction design theory, methods and tools were integrated. Examples of this integration include the application of Hassenzahl's Three Level Hierarchy of Needs model to guide the exploration of the farmers' experiences and contexts, the use of contextmapping's Sensitization Phase and generative tools to generate user research data and lastly, contemporary interaction design tools such as problem-­ecology maps, personas and user-journey diagrams to develop and communicate design concepts to the farmers. The study concludes that this integration of contextmapping and interaction design is effective, in particular through its enablement of community participation in contributing meaningfully to the co-­design process while further ensuring that contributions made by the participants are relevant and actionable to the interaction design.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationFenn, T. K. (2015). <i>Integrating contextmapping and interaction design: designing with and for small-scale urban farmers in Soweto</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19976en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFenn, Terence Kevin. <i>"Integrating contextmapping and interaction design: designing with and for small-scale urban farmers in Soweto."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19976en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFenn, T. 2015. Integrating contextmapping and interaction design: designing with and for small-scale urban farmers in Soweto. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Fenn, Terence Kevin AB - This thesis describes and reflects on the effectiveness of integrating contextmapping as both a methodology and interaction design practice in order to co-­design digital products with and for developing communities. A Design as research methodology is applied in this study within the specific contexts of a co-design project involving small-­scale urban farmers in Soweto. The final design outcomes of the project are the interaction design documents reflecting the design requirements of a mobile application as well as a low-level prototype demonstrating a number of the identified requirements contained in the documentation. The study assumes a human-centred design ethos that positions problems facing users as contextual, complex and indeterminate and requiring a degree of consideration and understanding by the designer before they can be resolved. The design process applied in this study therefore focused on gaining an understanding of the farmers' life experiences in order to design effective and empathetic technological solutions that will be meaningful and useful to the farmers. For this purpose, contextmapping and interaction design theory, methods and tools were integrated. Examples of this integration include the application of Hassenzahl's Three Level Hierarchy of Needs model to guide the exploration of the farmers' experiences and contexts, the use of contextmapping's Sensitization Phase and generative tools to generate user research data and lastly, contemporary interaction design tools such as problem-­ecology maps, personas and user-journey diagrams to develop and communicate design concepts to the farmers. The study concludes that this integration of contextmapping and interaction design is effective, in particular through its enablement of community participation in contributing meaningfully to the co-­design process while further ensuring that contributions made by the participants are relevant and actionable to the interaction design. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Integrating contextmapping and interaction design: designing with and for small-scale urban farmers in Soweto TI - Integrating contextmapping and interaction design: designing with and for small-scale urban farmers in Soweto UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19976 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19976
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFenn TK. Integrating contextmapping and interaction design: designing with and for small-scale urban farmers in Soweto. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19976en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInformation Technologyen_ZA
dc.titleIntegrating contextmapping and interaction design: designing with and for small-scale urban farmers in Sowetoen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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