Konstantin Aal
Konstantin Aal (main contact) is a PhD student and a research assistant at the Institute for Information Systems and New Media, University of Siegen.
Abstract
Over the past several decades the concept of smart cities has gained a lot of attention amongst researchers, the media, governments, civic groups and citizens. There is evidence that innovations have a more positive impact when they stimulate the development of cities and create a space for a broad variety of participants to engage in this development process. In this workshop, we take a critical view on the idea of smart cities by broadening participation to stakeholders who are still excluded from the concept of smart cities, such as wildlife and nature, but also people who are culturally diverse (e.g. migrants) or neurodiverse (e.g. people living with autism or dementia), who are left behind in the whole digitization process. One of the expected outcomes of the workshop is the development of a holistic smart city concept involving currently excluded stakeholders.
Tanja Ertl
Tanja Ertl holds a Bachelor degree in Sociology. Her Master degree is Social Studies and Socio-Informatics. She is a research assistant at the Institute of Information Systems and New Media , University of Siegen.
Anne Weibert
Anne Weibert is a PhD student and a research assistant at the Institute for Information Systems and New Media, University of Siegen.
Victoria Wenzelmann
Victoria Wenzelmann holds M.A. degrees in Cultural Anthropology and African Studies and is a research associate at the Institute for Information Systems and New Media, University of Siegen.
David Unbehaun
David Unbehaun is research associate and PhD Student at the University of Siegen. His current research is about usage behavior of Elderly and designing ICT based Solutions.
Peter Tolmie
Peter Tolmie originally trained as a musician before shifting his attention to the social sciences and gaining a PhD in Sociology from Lancaster University.
Clara Mancini
Clara Mancini is a Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design, and founding head of the Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI) Lab at The Open University.
Nancy Smith
Nancy Smith is a PhD Candidate in Human-Computer Interaction Design at Indiana University. Her research is primarily focused on sustainable design and urban computing in the context of the Anthropocene.
Volker Wulf
Volker Wulf is a computer scientist with an interest in the area of IT system design in real-world contexts, this includes the development of innovative applications from the areas of cooperation systems, knowledge management and community support.
Workshop Structure
We plan to hold an interactive workshop, during which the participants will mostly work on different tasks instead of just presenting their previous and current work. The workshop will begin with an ice-breaker and short introductions before the morning coffee break. Following the morning coffee and lunch breaks, participants will work in small groups, formed based on their position papers, to identify and critique current concepts of smart cities, utilizing several different interaction design methods, such as use cases, personas, scenarios and low-fidelity prototyping. The outcome from the group sessions will be shared in a plenary after the afternoon coffee break, with a view to formulating a holistic model for smart cities. The workshop will conclude with a plenary discussion of future plans for a collaboration on the further development of such a holistic model.
Timetable
09:00-09:15 Welcome
09:15-10:00 Icebreaker and short presentation of participants
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00 Identifying and discussing concepts of smart cities
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Discussion of missing pieces in smart cities
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 Concept development of a holistic smart city
17:00-17.15 Closing of the day and future plans