Critical perspectives on dependability: An older person's experience of assistive technology

Mark Blythe; Darren Reed; Peter Wright; Andrew Monk

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Critical perspectives on dependability: An older person's experience of assistive technology

Mark Blythe^*, Darren Reed, Peter Wright, Andrew Monk

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This paper considers multiple meanings of dependability as part of a project investigating home based assistive and smart home technology for older people. It argues that because the term dependability is broad, clear levels of analysis must be articulated. It further situates engineering based definitions of dependability in wider critical perspectives. Five levels of analysis are proposed which expand from a single device to a set of devices in a particular building with primary and secondary users. These levels of analysis are then considered in relation to five contextual perspectives: the technological, the personal, the social, the cultural and the environmental. The approach is applied to a case study of an older person's experience of the installation of an automated front door.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference
Place of Publication	New York, NY, United States
Publisher	ACM
Pages	169-172
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781595932037
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1094562.1094591
Publication status	Published - 20 Aug 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th Decennial Aarhus Conference on Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Aarhus, Denmark Duration: 20 Aug 2005 → 24 Aug 2005

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Name	Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference

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Conference	4th Decennial Aarhus Conference on Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aarhus
Period	20/08/05 → 24/08/05

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Blythe, M., Reed, D., Wright, P., & Monk, A. (2005). Critical perspectives on dependability: An older person's experience of assistive technology. In Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference (pp. 169-172). (Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/1094562.1094591

Blythe, Mark ; Reed, Darren ; Wright, Peter et al. / Critical perspectives on dependability : An older person's experience of assistive technology. Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference. New York, NY, United States : ACM, 2005. pp. 169-172 (Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference).

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Blythe, M, Reed, D, Wright, P & Monk, A 2005, Critical perspectives on dependability: An older person's experience of assistive technology. in Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference. Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference, ACM, New York, NY, United States, pp. 169-172, 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference on Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility, Aarhus, Denmark, 20/08/05. https://doi.org/10.1145/1094562.1094591

Critical perspectives on dependability: An older person's experience of assistive technology. / Blythe, Mark; Reed, Darren; Wright, Peter et al.
Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference. New York, NY, United States: ACM, 2005. p. 169-172 (Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference).

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Blythe M, Reed D, Wright P, Monk A. Critical perspectives on dependability: An older person's experience of assistive technology. In Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference. New York, NY, United States: ACM. 2005. p. 169-172. (Critical Computing - Between Sense and Sensibility - Proceedings of the 4th Decennial Aarhus Conference). doi: 10.1145/1094562.1094591

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