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Power influences upon technology design for age-related cognitive decline using the VSD framework

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Implicit in the value sensitive design (VSD) approach is a concern for understanding, and where possible, disrupting problematic power relationships. Yet an awareness of the issues and ethics of power relations is a pre-requisite for such a concern to bear fruit. This article provides some insight into the issues, and through a case study of technology design to support care arrangements for age-related cognitive decline, illustrates how finding a satisfactory resolution can be particularly troublesome.

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  1. School of Computing and Mathematics, Charles Sturt University, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst, NSW, 2795, Australia

    Oliver K. Burmeister

  2. Centre for Digital Business, University of Salford, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT, UK

    David Kreps

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Burmeister, O.K., Kreps, D. Power influences upon technology design for age-related cognitive decline using the VSD framework. Ethics Inf Technol 23, 95–98 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9460-x

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