Comprehensive user insight to improve technologies for development.

Many of the Design for Development outcomes which are unsuited to the users and their environment are based on poorly defined needs and preferences. Product-design engineers are trained to take the user perspective into account, but not to conduct ethnographic research. Thereby, they have limited ti...

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Publicado en:International Development Planning Review Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 299 - 329
Autores principales: Mink, Annemarie, Diehl, Jan Carel, Kandachar, Prabhu
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Publicado: Liverpool University Press / Journals 2018
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          Mink, Annemarie
          Diehl, Jan Carel
          Kandachar, Prabhu
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          Postdoctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences-Water Management at Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, Delft 2628CN, Netherlands
          PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering - Design for Sustainability at Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, Delft 2628CE, Netherlands
          Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering-Design for Sustainability at Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, Delft 2628CE, Netherlands
          Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering-Design for Sustainability at Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, Delft 2628CE, Netherlands
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        Ethnographic analysis
        Well-being
        Abortion
        Product design
        Ultrasonic imaging
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          Well-being
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          Product design
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        capability approach
        Design for Development
        product design
        rapid ethnography
        well-being
        capability approach
        Design for Development
        product design
        rapid ethnography
        well-being
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