Jùjū, an enabling solution to guarantee digital inclusion in the perspective of the smart city
Year: 2013
Editor: Udo Lindemann, Srinivasan V, Yong Se Kim, Sang Won Lee, John Clarkson, Gaetano Cascini
Author: Dalia, Diego
Series: ICED
Institution: Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The
Page(s): 457-466
ISBN: 978-1-904670-47-6
ISSN: 2220-4334
Abstract
Shanghai is a modern environment in which modernity coexists with tradition. Expo 2010 provided a huge contribution to this transformation, accelerating its development and improving quality of life. Although, the rapidity in which these changes occurred created an imbalance that brought out the existing gap between social groups and urban areas. Local government settled on the Shanghai Smart City project that prefigures the pervasiveness of technology in every aspect of urban life, in order to create a smart city. In this framework of exhaustive renewal, I decided to investigate the effects that these changes will have on the citizens both before and during its implementation. The aim is to understand if the users are ready to accept this umpteenth change that will have a great fallout on their lives. The data collected during the research phase has been analyzed and interpreted in order to find design opportunities useful to develop an output along the design phase. The final outcome is a computer based platform made to deliver an enabling solution that can guarantee to users digital and social inclusion in the perspective of the Smart City.
Keywords: Product service system design, digital inclusion, social innovation, interaction design, service design