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Publics in Practice: Ubiquitous Computing at a Shelter for Homeless Mothers

pixi-editor — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:29:27 +0000

C. A. Le Dantec, R. G. Farrell, J. E. Christensen, M. Bailey, J. B. Ellis, W. A. Kellogg, and W. K. Edwards. “Publics in Practice: Ubiquitous Computing at a Shelter for Homeless Mothers.” To appear in CHI 2011.

What Technology Says

pixi-editor — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:54:21 +0000

C. A. Le Dantec. “What Technology Says.” Ambidextrous, Spring 2010.

A tale of two publics: Democratizing design at the margins

pixi-editor — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:18:06 +0000

C. A. Le Dantec, J. E. Christensen, M. Bailey, R. G. Farrell, J. B. Ellis, C. M. Danis, W. A. Kellogg, and W. K. Edwards. “A tale of two publics: Democratizing design at the margins.” In DIS ’10: Proceedings of the conference on Designing interactive systems, pages 11–20, New York, NY, USA, 2010. ACM.

Technology and the Homeless

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:13:01 +0000

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 understand how technological innovations might be deployed to the urban homeless and to the institutions that support them.

Across Boundaries of Influence and Accountability: The Multiple Scales of Public Sector Information Systems

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:40:10 +0000

C. A. Le Dantec and W. K. Edwards. “Across Boundaries of Influence and Accountability: The Multiple Scales of Public Sector Information Systems.” In CHI’10: Proceeding of the twenty-eighth annual SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems. April 10–15 2010. (Nominated for best paper)

Legitimacy at the Outskirts: Categories, Use, and Adoption in Marginal Communities

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:41:43 +0000

C. A. Le Dantec. “Legitimacy at the Outskirts: Categories, Use, and Adoption in Marginal Communities.” In UbiComp ’09: Globicomp workshop, Orlando, FL, September 29–October 3 2009. ACM Press.

Chris attends the Globicomp workshop at Ubicomp

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:32:36 +0000

Chris attended the Globicomp workshop at this year’s Ubicomp conference in Orlando. He presented his short paper, “Legitimacy at the Outskirts: Categories, Use, and Adoption in Marginal Communities.”

NSF supports Keith’s and Chris’ research on tech. and the homeless

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:11:49 +0000

The NSF awarded Keith $500,000 over three years for his work with Chris in exploring the role technology plays for the urban homeless. NSF award IIS-0915624.

Feature: Life at the Margins: Assessing the Role of Technology for the Urban Homeless

admin — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:44:11 +0000

Christopher A. Le Dantec, “Feature: Life at the Margins: Assessing the Role of Technology for the Urban Homeless.” interactions, 15(5):24–27, 2008.

The View From the Trenches: Organization, Power, and Technology at Two Nonprofit Homeless Outreach Centers

admin — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:43:32 +0000

Christopher A. Le Dantec and W. Keith Edwards. “The View From the Trenches: Organization, Power, and Technology at Two Nonprofit Homeless Outreach Centers.” In ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW08). San Diego, CA. November 8–12, 2008.