AUTHOR=Rizzo Antonio , Caporali Maurizio , Conti Daniele , Montefoschi Francesco , Burresi Giovanni , Sinopoli Bruno TITLE=The Design of UDOO Boards: Contributing to the Appropriation of Digital Technology JOURNAL=Frontiers in ICT VOLUME=6 YEAR=2019 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ict/articles/10.3389/fict.2019.00004 DOI=10.3389/fict.2019.00004 ISSN=2297-198X ABSTRACT=

The domain of Human-Computer Interaction does not only concern the design of technology that is easy to use, useful, and fancy—it has to do with our role in shaping our environment, our ecological niche that today involves the whole earth. A key concept in the interaction between humans and computing resources is that of appropriation, originally proposed by Aleksei Nikolaevich Leontiev. In the present paper we will first review the concept of appropriation and will present bricolage as a key activity for fostering appropriation. Then we will present the Makers Movement as a socio-cultural movement relevant for the process of appropriation of digital technology. Finally, we will describe our approach and vision in the design of the UDOO, a single board computer, and of a specific developing environment, UAPPI, for enabling the appropriation through meaningful activities of digital technologies.