TY - GEN
T1 - Constructing Well-being Together
T2 - 10th International Conference on Communities and Technologies: Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech, C and T 2021
AU - Knearem, Tiffany
AU - Wang, Xiying
AU - Carroll, John M.M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ACM.
PY - 2021/6/20
Y1 - 2021/6/20
N2 - Many older adults participate in the local community through volunteering, and oftentimes they not only contribute positively to the community, but also become more attuned to an active and healthy lifestyle. Furthermore, engaging in reciprocal activities, known as coproduction, can facilitate older adults to boost their well-being. In this study, we are interested in understanding how older adults engage in coproduction with one another when volunteering, and how these coproductions support their well-being. We conducted interviews and observations with 19 healthy older adults who are part of a local water monitoring volunteer group. Our findings suggest that older adult's well-being is supported through four facets of coproduction; a sense of purpose, mutual support, engaged problem solving and co-location enabled physicality. We suggest that designing technologies to support coproduction should consider increasing the visibility of synergy as well as bring awareness to coproduction outcomes.
AB - Many older adults participate in the local community through volunteering, and oftentimes they not only contribute positively to the community, but also become more attuned to an active and healthy lifestyle. Furthermore, engaging in reciprocal activities, known as coproduction, can facilitate older adults to boost their well-being. In this study, we are interested in understanding how older adults engage in coproduction with one another when volunteering, and how these coproductions support their well-being. We conducted interviews and observations with 19 healthy older adults who are part of a local water monitoring volunteer group. Our findings suggest that older adult's well-being is supported through four facets of coproduction; a sense of purpose, mutual support, engaged problem solving and co-location enabled physicality. We suggest that designing technologies to support coproduction should consider increasing the visibility of synergy as well as bring awareness to coproduction outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1145/3461564.3461586
DO - 10.1145/3461564.3461586
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85109383920
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 169
EP - 178
BT - C and T 2021 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
A2 - Cech, Florian
A2 - Farnham, Shelly
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 21 June 2021 through 25 June 2021
ER -