HCI Goes to the Zoo: [Workshop Proposal]

2016. Sarah Webber, Marcus Carter, Jason Watters, Bethany Krebs, Sally Sherwen, Clara Mancini, Fiona French, Kenton O'Hara & Fiona French
Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

Abstract

This workshop will explore research into interactive and digital technologies in zoos, aquariums and wildlife parks. Such sites are making increasing use of technology in their work to foster educational, emotional and entertaining connections between visitors and animals, with the goal of transforming attitudes to wildlife and conservation. Bringing together HCI researchers with interests in zoos (as a design context) and animals (as a design user), as well as animal welfare and behavior experts, this workshop will further our understanding of what it means to design and use technology in this space at the intersection of the human and animal worlds.

Read the full paper here ›

Citation

Webber, S., Carter, M., Watters, J., Krebs, B., Sherwen, S., Mancini, C., … French, F. (2016). Hci goes to the zoo: [workshop proposal]. Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 3355–3362). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2856485, doi:10.1145/2851581.2856485

BibTeX

@inproceedings{10.1145/2851581.2856485,
author = {Webber, Sarah and Carter, Marcus and Watters, Jason and Krebs, Bethany and Sherwen, Sally and Mancini, Clara and French, Fiona and O'Hara, Kenton and French, Fiona},
title = {HCI Goes to the Zoo: [Workshop Proposal]},
year = {2016},
isbn = {9781450340823},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2856485},
doi = {10.1145/2851581.2856485},
abstract = {This workshop will explore research into interactive and digital technologies in zoos, aquariums and wildlife parks. Such sites are making increasing use of technology in their work to foster educational, emotional and entertaining connections between visitors and animals, with the goal of transforming attitudes to wildlife and conservation. Bringing together HCI researchers with interests in zoos (as a design context) and animals (as a design user), as well as animal welfare and behavior experts, this workshop will further our understanding of what it means to design and use technology in this space at the intersection of the human and animal worlds.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
pages = {3355–3362},
numpages = {8},
keywords = {ACI, animals, aquariums, informal learning institutions, interpretations, wildlife, zoos},
location = {San Jose, California, USA},
series = {CHI EA '16}
}