Friday, 4 February 2011

Materials to use in making cultural probe

I am going to build a cultural probe, which is essentially a mockup of an ecg machine.  Staff and patients will be able to interact with it how they please, they can manipulate it by drawing on it, writing on it, turning it upside down, the results should be quite interesting.  I also plan to involve people who have never had an experience with an ecg machine before.  The pictures show a rough idea of what's to be built and some of the materials involved.  There are clips for electrodes on ecg machines so I am using clothes pegs and industrial type clamps to simulate these, people can then clip notes or other things to them, expressing their thoughts and opinions.

The pictures show rough sketches and materials to be used.


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  2. Contact Dr Karen Smith - clinical cardiologist. Have you looked up Alistair McDonald at Glasgow? Are cultural probes the correct term for what you are doing or are these tools to facilitate conversations following observation and discussions with health care professionals?

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  3. Hello David
    You have introduced your project to me. I think it is useful and worth to research. As Elio said it is really a big project. Maybe to think more and decide a part you could really do some thing is important.

    Anyway thank to for your help to my project. the book you gave to me is very helpful.

    good luck!

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