Reconstructing normality: The use of infrastructure leftovers in crisis situations as inspiration for the design of resilient technology

Proceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration, OzCHI 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 457-466

  Al Akkad, Amro ^a   Ramirez, Leonardo ^b   Denef, Sebastian ^b   Boden, Alexander ^a   Wood, Lisa ^c   Büscher, Monika ^c   Zimmermann, Andreas ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIT   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architectural Qualities; Crisis; ICT; Infrastructure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS;

ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY; CRISIS; CRISIS SITUATIONS; ICT; INFRASTRUCTURE; NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TECHNOLOGICAL STRUCTURES;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84893318989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2541016.2541051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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