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Co-Designing with Orangutans
Sarah Webber, Marcus Carter, Wally Smith, Frank Vetere
Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference | ACM | Published : 2020
Abstract
In creating digital technologies for animals, designers often seek to deploy and adapt human-centred techniques of interaction design. A significant challenge lies in enabling animals to play an active and generative role in the design process. This is of particular concern when the primary design objective is to address the behavioural and psychological needs of animal users. In collaboration with orangutans and human stakeholders at a zoo, we conducted co-design to create an interactive installation to enhance the orangutans' wellbeing. This paper presents the design journey undertaken and reflects on the challenges of designing with animals in a complex real-world setting. From this, we p..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was conducted and funded by the Microsoft Research Centre for SocialNUI at The University of Melbourne. The research was carried out in partnership with Zoos Victoria. Sarah Webber was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship and a Top-Up Scholarship from the Microsoft Research Centre for SocialNUI. We thank the zoo personnel who generously shared their time and expertise, and those who provided organizational and practical support for this research.