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Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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T1 - Stimulating a dialogue on renewable energy through making
AU - Forshaw, Stephen
AU - Newman, Peter
AU - Ferrario, Maria Angela
AU - Simm, William
AU - Friday, Adrian
AU - Coulton, Paul
PY - 2014/6/21
Y1 - 2014/6/21
N2 - We are exploring attitudes to renewable energy supply with the remote island community of Tiree. As part of this engagement, we are working with local children to introduce the topic of the energy generation potential of renewables (i.e. from wind and solar power). In this paper, we report on our early attempts to broker this engagement using a physical, co-constructed artefact (the PREP energy detector). Through making and co-construction, our goal was to encourage an ownership in the artefact, and thus foster enthusiasm for exploring energy potential. Observations from a recent workshop based on PREP suggest a high level of engagement and enthusiasm was engendered, which we believe was facilitated through co-construction of the artefact.
AB - We are exploring attitudes to renewable energy supply with the remote island community of Tiree. As part of this engagement, we are working with local children to introduce the topic of the energy generation potential of renewables (i.e. from wind and solar power). In this paper, we report on our early attempts to broker this engagement using a physical, co-constructed artefact (the PREP energy detector). Through making and co-construction, our goal was to encourage an ownership in the artefact, and thus foster enthusiasm for exploring energy potential. Observations from a recent workshop based on PREP suggest a high level of engagement and enthusiasm was engendered, which we believe was facilitated through co-construction of the artefact.
KW - making
KW - sustainability
KW - community engagement
KW - psychological ownership
U2 - 10.1145/2598784.2602771
DO - 10.1145/2598784.2602771
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9781450329033
SP - 17
EP - 20
BT - DIS Companion '14 Proceedings of the 2014 companion publication on Designing interactive systems
PB - ACM
CY - New York
T2 - ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems in 2014
Y2 - 21 June 2014 through 25 June 2014
ER -