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Change the World! Expand Our Reach!Human-Centered Design for Development

(HCD4D)

Susan DrayDray & Associates, Inc.http://[email protected]

Overview

• A brief history of HCD4D• Project example• How to find out more (and get involved!)

HCD4DHuman CenteredDesign

InternationalEconomic &Community Development

A Brief History• Keynote at CHI-South Africa (September, 2001)

• Workshop at CHI 2007 (April, 2007; San Jose, US): UCD4D (1 day)– 50+ participants from 14 countries – NSF grant to cover “developing country” attendees (Africa, S. Asia, Asia)

• SIG and Panel at INTERACT 2007 (September, 2007; Rio, Brazil)

• Workshop at DIS 2008 (February, 2008; Cape Town, South Africa) (2 – 3 days – optional “immersion” day preceding workshop)

• Workshop at CHI 2008 (April, 2008; Florence, Italy): HCI for Community and International Development (2 days)

• Key HCD4D leader (Gary Marsden) gets Social Impact Award at CHI

• Workshop at UXPA (June, 2012)

• HCD4D Community in SIGCHI – ran SIG at CHI 2013, provided reviewers for CHI papers – 10% of the program were HCD4D papers!

• Navi at UXPA 2013

Resources

• Online articles– E.g., Information Technologies and International

Development (ITID) online journal

• Conferences (or parts thereof)– E.g., ICTD, papers at CHI and INTERACT

• People– E.g., HCI4D Community (SIGCHI)– AND YOU!

For more links to resources, check out:

http://www.dray.com

Just Remember To…

Keep your heart on your feet (rather than on your sleeve) so they take you in the right direction!