Data in the garden
Geraint Rhys Sethu-Jones, Yvonne Rogers, Nicolai Marquardt · 2017
Research in the Wild (RITW) typically involves the deployment of technology in a setting, using the methodology of `probing' contexts, to change behaviour or enhance community practice. This way of conducting HCI research is becoming an increasingly popular approach. To help in this endeavour, Rogers and Marshall [28] present an overarching framework that considers the different aspects involved. As part of the framework, they stress the importance of the design of the technology to be deployed. However, they do not detail how researchers should go about this. Here, we propose how to fill this gap: by providing a more explicit and principled rationale as part of RITW, presenting a method for accomplishing this, and reporting a case study about community gardening that uses a provocative prototype.