The paper describes the research project "The Life frame" which aims to investigate the added value of digitizing memories for elderly people. It reports the ethnographic research undertaken in order to develop a framework including both devices and services. Data were gathered on the use of mementos in the homes of 241 elderly people and on the technologies that they used, the purpose being to identify the different psychological functions that mementos perform in the homes of this specific target group and to understand the potential use of digital technologies. In the paper we discuss our findings and initial insights for the design of the Life Frame, a device integrated with services for enhancing elderly people's personal memories.
The “Life Frame”: Responding to the Elderly people’s Need of Remembering / Giorgi, S; Talamo, Alessandra; Mellini, Barbara. - (2011), pp. 1381-1386. (Intervento presentato al convegno CHI Computer Human Interaction 2011 tenutosi a Vancouver; Canada) [10.1145/1979742.1979778].
The “Life Frame”: Responding to the Elderly people’s Need of Remembering
TALAMO, Alessandra;MELLINI, BARBARA
2011
Abstract
The paper describes the research project "The Life frame" which aims to investigate the added value of digitizing memories for elderly people. It reports the ethnographic research undertaken in order to develop a framework including both devices and services. Data were gathered on the use of mementos in the homes of 241 elderly people and on the technologies that they used, the purpose being to identify the different psychological functions that mementos perform in the homes of this specific target group and to understand the potential use of digital technologies. In the paper we discuss our findings and initial insights for the design of the Life Frame, a device integrated with services for enhancing elderly people's personal memories.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
