Together by the Sea: A Value-Sensitive Design Approach to Social Ties on Campus Esbjerg Strand
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Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2025
Submitted on
2025-05-28
Pages
38
Abstract
Esbjerg and Southwest Jutland are facing a challenge in keeping and attracting students to the region. Data points to a strong social environment and opportunities for student jobs as the key considerations when young people choose where to study. Campus Esbjerg Strand - a new university campus currently in the planning stages, is a key part of the effort by the region to provide that environment for students. By operationalizing the analytical concept of social ties in a value-sensitive design process, this thesis aims to explore how technologies on Campus Esbjerg Strand can support closer ties among students, as well as between students and local industry. Based on empirical data collected during participant observation and semi-structured interviews, a values hierarchy was constructed, resulting in the specification of norms and design requirements for technologies in common and shared areas of Campus Esbjerg Strand.
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