Sethu-Jones, Geraint Rhys;
(2019)
Situated and overview data in the shared spaces of community gardens.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
Urban spaces are increasingly being used to grow plants (Hirsch et al., 2010) by communities (Blevis and Morse, 2009). Gardening is a complex task (Lyle, 2013) that could benefit from technological support (Campbell, 2013) (Lyle, 2013), however existing sensing and data technologies do not transfer well to a community context (Campbell, 2013) despite demonstrated benefits in commercial and industrial settings (Seelan et al., 2003). Some have argued that such technologies are inherently unsuitable for community growing contexts (Odom, 2010), however it is the specific design of these technologies that is inappropriate to a ‘natural world’ context, rather than technology itself (Bidwell and Browning, 2010). This thesis seeks to explore the tension between the potential benefits of sensors and data in community gardens, and the non-use of these technologies, using a Research In The Wild (RITW) approach (Rogers and Marshall, 2017). Contextual interviews were conducted in 5 community gardens to establish context and practice. This was followed by a design workshop, to elicit responses to novel technologies. The third phase was an experiment investigating theoretical questions about space and data that arose from the earlier phases. The fourth phase involved deploying a provocative prototype into a community garden, to investigate responses to novel technology in context. There are three contributions of this thesis based on this exploration of community gardens as shared spaces. The primary contributions are: 1. Domain Specific key themes and implications for design, and 2. Empirical observations about how situated and overview data representations alter the emergence of action in shared spaces. Additionally, there is a secondary reflective Methodological contribution, focusing on the use of RITW as a framing for research.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Situated and overview data in the shared spaces of community gardens |
| Event: | UCL (University College London) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2019. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10076178 |
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