Power influences upon technology design for age-related cognitive decline using the VSD framework

Burmeister, O; Kreps, DGP

Abstract

Implicit in the value sensitive design (VSD) approach is a concern for understanding, and where possible, disrupting problematic power relationships. Yet an awareness of the issues and ethics of power relations is a pre-requisite for such a concern to bear fruit. This article provides some insight into the issues, and through a case study of technology design to support care arrangements for age-related cognitive decline, illustrates how finding a satisfactory resolution can be particularly troublesome.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 20, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jun 28, 2018
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2021
• Deposit Date: Nov 20, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 28, 2019
• Journal: Ethics and Information Technology
• Print ISSN: 1388-1957
• Electronic ISSN: 1572-8439
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 95-98
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9460-x
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9460-x
• Related Public URLs: http://www.springer.com/computer/swe/journal/10676