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This 2 year Microsoft European Research Fellowship was awarded in 2006 to Dr Mark Rouncefield from the Computing Department at Lancaster University in the UK. The focus of this grant is on understanding commonplace technologies in the context of everyday life and developing new methods for uncovering the everyday, mundane details their use.
Simple Technologies in a Complex World as a theme at OzCHI'08
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The SIMTech Project is...
...investigating the detailed use of everyday technologies (e.g. word-processors, spreadsheets) at work, home and play settings...examining the use of simple technologies to maintain family life, lead in organisations, create new things and undergo life changes...exploring how technologies 'become ordinary'...probing new social science research methods involving digital life documents.
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This fellowship funded a successful international workshop at The University of Melbourne, Australia at the end of 2007. The workshop reported on research on social interaction and mundane technologies from all over the world and was supported by students, researchers and academic staff of The Interaction Design Group there. |
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