Abstract
Child participation in design is a central focus of Child Computer Interaction (CCI) research, however, examples of participatory research with children are primarily situated in adult-led contexts (e.g. design lab, classroom, museum) where design objectives, activities and tools are devised and facilitated by adults. In this paper, we contribute to current discussions by describing a participatory study situated within the "child-led nature-play contexts" of nine children (7-11 years). By adapting the role of "least-Adult" originally described in the childhood studies literature, we describe how this role can be established to access these exclusive play places and maintained through co-inquiry into each child's unique play practice. This research contributes to current discussions of child participation in CCI by (i) introducing the role of least-Adult as an approach to engaging with children through participatory research, (ii) recognising the influence of place in shaping child participation, and (iii) pointing to spatial-Temporal contextual factors as an important factor for enabling and shaping participatory research.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | OZCHI'19 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction |
Editors | Artur Lugmayr, Martin Masek, Mark Reynolds, Margot Brereton, Ryan Kelly, Virpi Roto, Ingrid Richardson, Haifeng Shen, Callum Parker, Naseem Ahmadpour, Jo Li Tay, Jared Donovan, Simon Perrault |
Place of Publication | New York NY USA |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 73-84 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450376969 |
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Publication status | Published - Dec 2019 |
Event | Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2019 - Esplanade Hotel Fremantle, Fremantle, Australia Duration: 2 Dec 2019 → 5 Dec 2019 Conference number: 31st http://ozchi2019.visemex.org/wp/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3369457 (Proceedings) |
Publication series
Name | ACM International Conference Proceeding Series |
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Conference
Conference | Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2019 |
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Abbreviated title | OZCHI 2019 |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Fremantle |
Period | 2/12/19 → 5/12/19 |
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Keywords
- CCI
- Children
- Context
- Least-Adult role
- Participatory design