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Abstract
In virtue of fast spreading emerging technologies, considering end-user empowerment (or human empowerment) while developing or adapting technologies gains importance. Even though many different approaches to end-user empowerment have been proposed, it is hardly clear what "end-user (human) empowerment" is and how it is possible to develop "end-user empowering systems". This paper offers an interdisciplinary perspective on how it can be possible to arrive at a synthesized concept of end-user empowerment, in particular regarding the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The provided interdisciplinary perspective includes concepts from Computer Science, Information Systems, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Sociology, Science-Technology-Society, Design, System Science and Philosophy. Based on an interdisciplinary literature review, and from an enactivist, pluralist, and constructivist perspective, we argue that the individual end-users and their needs and values, as well as the environment (including socioeconomical contexts, other actors, etc.) and technologies they interact with, continuously co-create the conception of end-user empowerment. Moreover, we propose that perceiving technological development as co-creation, and considering technologies as value-bearers could provide the first steps in the development of conceptual frameworks required for the development of end-user empowering systems.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
Editors | Tung Bui |
Place of Publication | Hawaii, United States |
Pages | 4102-4111 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Austrian Classification of Fields of Science and Technology (ÖFOS)
- 102001 Artificial intelligence
- 102015 Information systems
- 505002 Data protection
- 603122 Philosophy of technology
- 504028 Sociology of technology
- 504
- 604008 Design
Keywords
- Digital Economy
- End-user empowerment
- Human-centricity
- Information Systems
- Privacy
Projects
- 1 Finished
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EXPloring opportunities and challenges for Emerging personal DaTa Ecosystems: Empowering humans in the age of the GDPR
Human, S. (PI - Project head), Gsenger, R. (Researcher), Kirchner, N. (Researcher), Polleres, A. (Researcher) & Wagner, B. (Researcher)
1/09/18 → 29/02/20
Project: Research funding