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  title info:
    title: Co-creating personas in technology research with older adults
  name:
    name part: Reuter, Arlind
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Elf, Marie
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Mauritzson, Elin
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Meissner, Janis Lena
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource : illustrations.
  abstract: User-friendly technology design depends on the designers' care to understand the envisioned users' needs and values. Community-based research might inform technology design by paying particular attention to the representation of archetypical users. In this article, we report on the persona cocreation method, which responds to calls in the research and design community to implement participatory approaches in creating personas to promote diversity and avoid stereotypes. The method was developed in the context of aging research, aiming to counteract ageist stereotypes by giving older adults a stronger voice in research and design processes. Inspired by classic paper-doll toys, personas are cocreated by older adults based on biographical prompts and introduced back to the research team. We share our experiences from applying this novel approach in four different settings with different research goals. Our critical reflections highlight the method's successes in promoting playfulness and creativity in the research process. Additionally, we note the reiteration of stereotypical images and the subsequent potential of the persona cocreation as a dialogical tool to support discussions on wider structural issues, such as ageism. Researchers are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the group dynamics and the participants' expectations before engaging with this method. Altogether, this research method case study presents the first attempt to consolidate the methodological foundations of persona cocreation. Based on our experiences from four different settings, we deem it a productive approach to involving older adults in technology research and design processes, by creating creative and dialogical spaces that can promote diversity.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Arlind Reuter, Marie Elf, Elin Mauritzson, Janis Lena Meissner.
  subject:
    topic: Technology and older people
    topic: Research
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Technology
    topic: Research
    genre: Case studies
  classification: HQ1061 .R48 2024
  classification: 305.26
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research
  identifier: 9781529684360
  identifier: 1529684366
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: SGPBL
    record creation date: 240320
    record change date: 20240923170258.3
    record identifier: in00005494129
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng