Traversing boundaries: Understanding the experiences of ageing Saudis

Nassir, S; Leong, TW

Traversing boundaries: Understanding the experiences of ageing Saudis

Nassir, S Leong, TW

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Citation:: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2017, 2017-May pp. 6386 - 6397
Issue Date:: 2017-05-02

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dc.contributor.author	Nassir, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leong, TW https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1021-9001	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-05-02	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2017, 2017-May pp. 6386 - 6397	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781450346559	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/99950
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 ACM. This is a methods paper that draws from our fieldwork experiences of conducting qualitative research in Saudi Arabia where we used interviews and probes to understand ageing people's experiences. The aim of this paper is to present insights gained about conducting qualitative research in Saudi. We present a range of the cultural considerations that shaped the design of the fieldwork and highlight opportunities, challenges, and issues that we faced when conducting interviews and deploying research probes. Influences of social-cultural practices and religion presented interesting challenges for recruitment, conducting cross-gender communications, and how participants reported their experiences. This paper offers methodological considerations that include the influences of local culture, gender, religion, etc. We also discuss how we shaped our fieldwork tools based upon considerations of local cultural and religious contexts. In particular, we highlight the usefulness of probes in traversing cultural boundaries when conducting fieldwork in Saudi Arabia.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/3025453.3025618	en_US
dc.title	Traversing boundaries: Understanding the experiences of ageing Saudis	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	2017-May	en_US
utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies	en_US
utslib.for	0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Students
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	2017-May	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017 ACM. This is a methods paper that draws from our fieldwork experiences of conducting qualitative research in Saudi Arabia where we used interviews and probes to understand ageing people's experiences. The aim of this paper is to present insights gained about conducting qualitative research in Saudi. We present a range of the cultural considerations that shaped the design of the fieldwork and highlight opportunities, challenges, and issues that we faced when conducting interviews and deploying research probes. Influences of social-cultural practices and religion presented interesting challenges for recruitment, conducting cross-gender communications, and how participants reported their experiences. This paper offers methodological considerations that include the influences of local culture, gender, religion, etc. We also discuss how we shaped our fieldwork tools based upon considerations of local cultural and religious contexts. In particular, we highlight the usefulness of probes in traversing cultural boundaries when conducting fieldwork in Saudi Arabia.

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