TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation of the Roles of Intelligent Technologies in Shared Activity Spaces of Neighborhood Communities
AU - Makkonen, Jouko
AU - Latikka, Rita
AU - Rubio-Hernández, Rosana
AU - Väänänen, Kaisa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The use of shared spaces in urban neighborhoods can advance sustainability and residents’ sense of community. Intelligent technologies may take different roles in supporting activities in shared spaces. We conducted an evaluation study of technology roles for space sharing in the context of a new residential area in Tampere, Finland. This area, called Hiedanranta, is planned to accommodate shared spaces in novel ways. Four previously defined roles were addressed: community sheriff, matchmaker, facilitator, and tutor. Overall, the roles were considered positive; however, the participants experienced the sheriff as being inefficient and the matchmaker as being intrusive. The facilitator was considered a potential source for pragmatic support, and the tutor was thought of as an add-on to the other roles. In addition to pragmatic benefits, intelligent technologies with these roles have the potential to lower the social threshold of using activity spaces. However, the participants were concerned about their privacy and the intrusiveness of technology. The findings contribute to the research of sustainable technologies for supporting shared spaces and activities in urban residents’ local communities.
AB - The use of shared spaces in urban neighborhoods can advance sustainability and residents’ sense of community. Intelligent technologies may take different roles in supporting activities in shared spaces. We conducted an evaluation study of technology roles for space sharing in the context of a new residential area in Tampere, Finland. This area, called Hiedanranta, is planned to accommodate shared spaces in novel ways. Four previously defined roles were addressed: community sheriff, matchmaker, facilitator, and tutor. Overall, the roles were considered positive; however, the participants experienced the sheriff as being inefficient and the matchmaker as being intrusive. The facilitator was considered a potential source for pragmatic support, and the tutor was thought of as an add-on to the other roles. In addition to pragmatic benefits, intelligent technologies with these roles have the potential to lower the social threshold of using activity spaces. However, the participants were concerned about their privacy and the intrusiveness of technology. The findings contribute to the research of sustainable technologies for supporting shared spaces and activities in urban residents’ local communities.
KW - evaluation study
KW - intelligent technologies
KW - neighborhood communities
KW - shared activity spaces
KW - technology roles
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-42286-7_14
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-42286-7_14
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85173055469
SN - 978-3-031-42285-0
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
SP - 250
EP - 269
BT - Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023 - 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, Proceedings
A2 - Abdelnour Nocera, José
A2 - Kristín Lárusdóttir, Marta
A2 - Petrie, Helen
A2 - Piccinno, Antonio
A2 - Winckler, Marco
PB - Springer
T2 - IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Y2 - 28 August 2023 through 1 September 2023
ER -