Christopher A. Le Dantec

I am a third year Ph.D. student in the Human Centered Computing program at Georgia Tech. I am pursuing research that examines how technologies we build effect social change. This approach weaves elements of activist research and participatory design around the view that human-values are expressed through technical systems and artifacts. My aim is to understand the role technology plays as an agent of change within diverse communities and among a plurality of human-values. Built into this orientation is a commitment to understanding the multifarious ways technologies participate as actors in social discourse.

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Research
(Pubs, Papers, Talks)
Odds n' Ends

Tales from a Past Life...
(...as an Interaction Designer)

Awards

Best of CHI 2008, for Designs on Dignity: Perceptions of Technology Among the Homeless

Foley Scholar, 2008–2009

Publications

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

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

[pdf] E. S. Poole, C. A. Le Dantec, J. R. Eagan, and W. K. Edwards. “Reflecting on the Invisible: Understanding End-User Perceptions of Ubiquitous Computing.” In: 10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. pages 192–201, New York, NY, USA, 2008. ACM.

[pdf] C. A. Le Dantec and W. K. Edwards. “Designs on Dignity: Perceptions of Technology Among the Homeless.” In: CHI '08: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems. pages 627–636, New York, NY, USA, 2008. ACM. Awarded Best Paper

[pdf] C. A. Le Dantec and E. Y. Do. About: Designing: Analysing Design Meetings, chapter “The Mechanisms of Value Transfer in Design Meetings.” eds. J. McDonnell and P. Lloyd. Taylor and Francis, Forthcoming 2009. (Also to appear in a forthcoming special issue of Design Studies.)

Un-refereed Papers

[pdf] C. A. Le Dantec and E. S. Poole. “The Value of Pictures: Photo Eliciation Techniques for Engaging Users.” Position paper for the workshop on Values, Value, and Worth at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2008) CHI '08, Florence, Italy. April 5–10, 2008.

Invited Talks

“Fighting the Digital Divide.” Community Voice Mail annual conference. Seattle, WA. 3 October, 2008.

Seminar: “Technology and Homelessness: Touch points and Values” University of Washington. Seattle WA. 2 October, 2008.

“HCI practice in Prague.” IFIP TC-13 Annual Meeting. Prague, Czech Republic. 2 March, 2002.

Service

Reviewed submissions for CHI, CSCW, & UBICOMP.

Student Volunteer @ CHI08 in Florence IT.