Abstract
The value of rollers for the elderly and other groups who need walking assistance has been underestimated both in terms of practice and in knowledge production. This paper aims at scrutinising the roller as an age-based and gendered innovation. Using the theoretical notion of scripts, it demonstrates how rollers and their users are intertwined in everyday practices and how these relationships intersect with notions of age and social welfare provision. Based on contrasting images of rollers and their users, as well as semi-structured interviews, this paper examines the puzzle of how the take-up of new (technological) devices comes about. It argues that the roller can be seen as a simple, disruptive innovation emerging from the bottom up with contradictory scripts of gender and age. The paper concludes with a perspectivation of how the rollers could be made both smarter and digital!.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems - 3rd International Conference, MobiTAS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings |
Editors | Heidi Krömker |
Number of pages | 13 |
Publisher | Springer |
Publication date | 2021 |
Pages | 487-499 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030783570 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Event | 3rd International Conference on HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems, MobiTAS 2021, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2020 - Virtual, Online Duration: 24 Jul 2021 → 29 Jul 2021 |
Conference
Conference | 3rd International Conference on HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems, MobiTAS 2021, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2020 |
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City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 24/07/2021 → 29/07/2021 |
Series | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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Volume | 12791 LNCS |
ISSN | 0302-9743 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Keywords
- Ageism
- Assistive technology
- Gendered scripts
- Social innovation
- Stereotyping
- Walker