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Smart is (Not) Always Digital! Expanding the Concept of Assistive Technology: The Roller as an Age-Based, Gendered and Social Innovation. / Christensen, Hilda Rømer.
HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems - 3rd International Conference, MobiTAS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings. ed. / Heidi Krömker. Springer, 2021. p. 487-499 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 12791 LNCS).
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Harvard
Christensen, HR 2021,
Smart is (Not) Always Digital! Expanding the Concept of Assistive Technology: The Roller as an Age-Based, Gendered and Social Innovation. in H Krömker (ed.),
HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems - 3rd International Conference, MobiTAS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12791 LNCS, pp. 487-499, 3rd International Conference on HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems, MobiTAS 2021, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2020, Virtual, Online,
24/07/2021.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78358-7_34
APA
Christensen, H. R. (2021).
Smart is (Not) Always Digital! Expanding the Concept of Assistive Technology: The Roller as an Age-Based, Gendered and Social Innovation. In H. Krömker (Ed.),
HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems - 3rd International Conference, MobiTAS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings (pp. 487-499). Springer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 12791 LNCS
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78358-7_34
Vancouver
Christensen HR.
Smart is (Not) Always Digital! Expanding the Concept of Assistive Technology: The Roller as an Age-Based, Gendered and Social Innovation. In Krömker H, editor, HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems - 3rd International Conference, MobiTAS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings. Springer. 2021. p. 487-499. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 12791 LNCS).
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78358-7_34
Author
Christensen, Hilda Rømer. / Smart is (Not) Always Digital! Expanding the Concept of Assistive Technology: The Roller as an Age-Based, Gendered and Social Innovation. HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems - 3rd International Conference, MobiTAS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings. editor / Heidi Krömker. Springer, 2021. pp. 487-499 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 12791 LNCS).
Bibtex
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abstract = "The value of rollers for the elderly and other groups who need walking assistance has been underestimated both in terms of practice and in knowledge production. This paper aims at scrutinising the roller as an age-based and gendered innovation. Using the theoretical notion of scripts, it demonstrates how rollers and their users are intertwined in everyday practices and how these relationships intersect with notions of age and social welfare provision. Based on contrasting images of rollers and their users, as well as semi-structured interviews, this paper examines the puzzle of how the take-up of new (technological) devices comes about. It argues that the roller can be seen as a simple, disruptive innovation emerging from the bottom up with contradictory scripts of gender and age. The paper concludes with a perspectivation of how the rollers could be made both smarter and digital!.",
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