Beyond traditional ethics when developing assistive technology for and with deaf people in developing regions

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dc.contributor.authorTucker, William David
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-29T19:05:49Z
dc.date.available2015-10-29T19:05:49Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThere are limitations to traditional ethical approaches and procedures when engaged in assistive technology (AT) research for Deaf people in a developing region. Non-traditional issues arise as a consequence of employing action research, including but not limited to how informed consent is construed and obtained; empowerment of participants to become involved in co-design; awareness of unfamiliar cultural issues of participants (as opposed to subjects); and accommodating community-centred, as opposed to person-centred, nuances. This chapter describes AT research with an entity called Deaf Community of Cape Town (DCCT), a disabled people’s organisation (DPO) that works on behalf of a marginalised community of under-educated, under-employed and semi-literate Deaf people across metropolitan Cape Town. We describe how non-traditional ethical concerns arose in our experience. We reflect on how these ethical issues affect AT design, based on long-term engagement; and summarise the themes, what we have learned and how we modified our practise, and finally, offer suggestions to others working on AT in developing regions.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTelkom, Cisco, Aria Technologies, THRIP, NRF, SANPADen_US
dc.identifier.citationTucker, W. D. (2015). Beyond traditional ethics when developing assistive technology for and with deaf people in developing regions. In M. Hersh (Ed.), Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainability. Springer: London.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4471-6617-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1946
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rightsThis is the author version of a book chapter published by Springer. The published chapter is available for download at http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4471-6618-4_10.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6618-4_10
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectAssistive technology (AT)
dc.subjectDeaf Community of Cape Town (DCCT)
dc.subjectDisabled Peoples Organisation (DPO)
dc.subjectCape Town
dc.subjectEthics
dc.subjectCultural identity
dc.subjectSign language
dc.subjectSouth African Sign Language (SASL)
dc.subjectChildren of Deaf adults (CODA)
dc.subjectHuman-Computer Interaction (HCI)
dc.titleBeyond traditional ethics when developing assistive technology for and with deaf people in developing regionsen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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