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References:
Title: Multi-lifespan Information System Design in Post-Conflict Societies: An Evolving Project in Rwanda
In this paper, the authors discuss how HCI can be applied to design healing mechanisms for post-conflict societies. The authors went to Rwanda, a country in which genocide occurred 15 years ago with the idea of designing a computer series that would help Rwandans not only cope with those terrible events, but also gain an appreciation for the efforts of the international courts prosecuting the people responsible for the massacre.
The authors asked organizations if they wanted to use this material and then observed what they did with it. From websites to seminars, these organizations found a positive use for the information.
Comment 2
References:
Title: Multi-lifespan Information System Design in Post-Conflict Societies: An Evolving Project in Rwanda
Authors: Batya Friedman, Lisa P. Nathan, Milli Lake et al.
Venue: CHI EA 2010, April 10-15, 2010Summary:
In this paper, the authors discuss how HCI can be applied to design healing mechanisms for post-conflict societies. The authors went to Rwanda, a country in which genocide occurred 15 years ago with the idea of designing a computer series that would help Rwandans not only cope with those terrible events, but also gain an appreciation for the efforts of the international courts prosecuting the people responsible for the massacre.The authors asked organizations if they wanted to use this material and then observed what they did with it. From websites to seminars, these organizations found a positive use for the information.
Discussion:
I like what this study was intended to do. People who have gone through terrible events like these need a coping mechanism, and giving these people a positive way to deal with it is a positive step. However, I do wonder how effective these efforts will be. Even though there is no way to observe the long-term effects in the near future, I don't think that this mechanism will have a large effect on the situation in Rwanda.
(Image courtesy of: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/images/time/africa/rwanda.jpg)
I like what this study was intended to do. People who have gone through terrible events like these need a coping mechanism, and giving these people a positive way to deal with it is a positive step. However, I do wonder how effective these efforts will be. Even though there is no way to observe the long-term effects in the near future, I don't think that this mechanism will have a large effect on the situation in Rwanda.
(Image courtesy of: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/images/time/africa/rwanda.jpg)
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