Conference Proceedings
Help Me Keep My Stuff Safe: Designing a Collaborative Online Repository for Young People in Care
S Webber, M GIBBS, G Mccarthy, B Ploderer (ed.), M Carter (ed.), M Gibbs (ed.), W Smith (ed.), F Vetere (ed.)
ACM | Published : 2015
Abstract
Managing the personal information and possessions of young people in out of home care presents unique challenges. Photos, documents and mementos are easily lost or left behind at changes of care placement. Lack of access to such personal artefacts negatively impacts care decisions, identity construction and social relationships. Prior work identified the potential for an online repository (a 'virtual locker') to manage personal materials in this context. This research examines tensions related to privacy and control that impact on the design of the virtual locker. Through workshops conducted with young care leavers and social workers we derived design objectives and, based on these, we propo..
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