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Inclusive design diagnosis based on the ONS scales?
No full textDesigning for a wider range of population has recently been propagated by new design philosophies and approaches such as Universal Design, Design for All and Inclusive Design. Compared with the other two approaches, Inclusive Design approach seems to be more practical in that it provides a framework for implementation (Keates et al., 2000). It also features a gradual strategy, which incorporates a user capability range and takes into account the target population.
However, the lack of accessible inclusive design information still challenges Inclusive Design practice. In this early stage, Inclusive Design requires proper diagnosis that can address existing problems, as well as explore possible solutions. One of the crucial issues is to find a flexible evaluation method that can map users’ capability to product properties and vice versa.
The aim of this paper is to discuss the exploration of such an evaluation method and to present its feasibility
Designing for inclusivity: Assessing the accessibility of everyday products
No full textThe older adult population in most developed countries is growing slowly, but continuously (Laslett, 1996). Several functional changes occur with age which may result in a decrease of perceptual, cognitive and motor skills (Smith et al., 2000). In spite of this well-known trend, designers continue to design instinctively for “ablebodied” young people (Coleman, 1997). The result is products that are generally difficult to be used by elderly citizens and people with disabilities (Keates et al., 2000). Clearly new inclusive design approaches are required to interpret and evaluate the range of functional capabilities of this sector of the population and include them into mainstream design. The aim of this paper is to present a range of potential methods for assessing product accessibility. Although these methods provide valuable feedback about a product’s accessibility, many of them lack the ability to be liked with actual population data. An alternative assessment method, structured assessment, is proposed which enables designers to quantify with reasonable accuracy the numbers of users excluded from product usage
Developing and evaluating a booklet for inclusive design
No full textThe aim of inclusive design is to make products accessible to the widest possible population. Although inclusive design is not a new genre, given that similar ideas already existed in the 1970s, the context today is different from that of thirty years ago. The new technology, the emerging ‘grey’ market and the growing disability movement leading to the integration of disabled people into the mainstream society, etc., have formed a new paradigm of designing for inclusion.
Designers seldom deny the importance and benefits of inclusive design. However, they are lacking appropriate skills for practising inclusive design. This probably accounts for the prevalence of ‘non-inclusive designs’ in the mainstream market. The objective of this research is to identify what information about inclusive design is useful for designers and provide them with practical support
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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Visual Accessibility and Inclusion. An Exploratory Study to Understand Visual Accessibility in the Built Environment.
Full text linkCurrent research shows that visual accessibility assessment in the built environment typically considers objectively measurable parameters. However, considering subjective visual perception for architectural characteristics is extremely important. Visual perception can vary depending on environmental factors and personal factors and is particularly relevant for people with low to mild visual impairments. This explorative research studied the current state of the art of tools and systems that support the assessment of visual accessibility and investigated new ways of experiencing visual accessibility in the built environment. After identifying gaps in the current scenario, the Cambridge simulation glasses were selected as a tool to simulate visual impairments and therefore experience visual accessibility in the built environment. A pilot study was conducted by navigating a publicly accessible building and experiencing how clearly visible certain architectural characteristics were, while walking with and without wearing the glasses. The goal of this study was to understand their potential use in different settings and explore how to offer an empathic experience of visual accessibility with a low-cost tool for different stakeholders
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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