Margarita Esau, M.A.
Vita
Margarita Esau studierte Medientechnik (Bachelor) mit dem Schwerpunkt Mediendesign an der technischen Hochschule Deggendorf. Während und nach ihrem Abschluss arbeitete sie freiberuflich in der Medienproduktion und -gestaltung. 2016 folgte ein Masterstudium in Human Computer Interaction an der Universität Siegen, währenddessen sie als wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft in den Projekten „Smart Live“ und „Ganesha“ tätig war. Seit November 2018 ist sie wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitern am Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik insbesondere IT-Sicherheit und Verbraucherinformatik. Ihre Forschungsinteressen liegen in den Bereichen Food Consumption, Voice Interaction sowie User Experience Design.
Publikationen
2021 |
Lawo, Dennis; Neifer, Thomas; Esau, Margarita; Vonholdt, Stephanie; Stevens, Gunnar Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27 , S. 282–297, 2021, ISSN: 2352-5509. @article{lawo_withdrawn_2021, title = {WITHDRAWN: From Farms to Fridges: A Consumer-Oriented Design Approach to Sustainable Food Traceability}, author = {Dennis Lawo and Thomas Neifer and Margarita Esau and Stephanie Vonholdt and Gunnar Stevens}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352550920313816}, doi = {10.1016/j.spc.2020.11.007}, issn = {2352-5509}, year = {2021}, date = {2021-07-01}, urldate = {2021-04-16}, journal = {Sustainable Production and Consumption}, volume = {27}, pages = {282--297}, abstract = {This article has been withdrawn at the request of the author(s) and/or editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } This article has been withdrawn at the request of the author(s) and/or editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy. |
2020 |
eXplainable AI: Take one Step Back, Move two Steps forward Alizadeh, Fatemeh; Esau, Margarita; Stevens, Gunnar; Cassens, Lena 2020, (Accepted: 2020-08-18T15:19:49Z Publisher: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.). @article{alizadeh_explainable_2020, title = {eXplainable AI: Take one Step Back, Move two Steps forward}, author = {Fatemeh Alizadeh and Margarita Esau and Gunnar Stevens and Lena Cassens}, url = {http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/33513}, doi = {10.18420/muc2020-ws111-369}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-01-01}, urldate = {2021-04-15}, abstract = {In 1991 the researchers at the center for the Learning Sciences of Carnegie Mellon University were confronted with the confusing question of “where is AI” from the users, who were interacting with AI but did not realize it. Three decades of research and we are still facing the same issue with the AItechnology users. In the lack of users’ awareness and mutual understanding of AI-enabled systems between designers and users, informal theories of the users about how a system works (“Folk theories”) become inevitable but can lead to misconceptions and ineffective interactions. To shape appropriate mental models of AI-based systems, explainable AI has been suggested by AI practitioners. However, a profound understanding of the current users’ perception of AI is still missing. In this study, we introduce the term “Perceived AI” as “AI defined from the perspective of its users”. We then present our preliminary results from deep-interviews with 50 AItechnology users, which provide a framework for our future research approach towards a better understanding of PAI and users’ folk theories.}, note = {Accepted: 2020-08-18T15:19:49Z Publisher: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } In 1991 the researchers at the center for the Learning Sciences of Carnegie Mellon University were confronted with the confusing question of “where is AI” from the users, who were interacting with AI but did not realize it. Three decades of research and we are still facing the same issue with the AItechnology users. In the lack of users’ awareness and mutual understanding of AI-enabled systems between designers and users, informal theories of the users about how a system works (“Folk theories”) become inevitable but can lead to misconceptions and ineffective interactions. To shape appropriate mental models of AI-based systems, explainable AI has been suggested by AI practitioners. However, a profound understanding of the current users’ perception of AI is still missing. In this study, we introduce the term “Perceived AI” as “AI defined from the perspective of its users”. We then present our preliminary results from deep-interviews with 50 AItechnology users, which provide a framework for our future research approach towards a better understanding of PAI and users’ folk theories. |
Going Vegan: The Role(s) of ICT in Vegan Practice Transformation Lawo, Dennis; Esau, Margarita; Engelbutzeder, Philip; Stevens, Gunnar Sustainability, 12 (12), S. 5184, 2020, (Number: 12 Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute). @article{lawo_going_2020, title = {Going Vegan: The Role(s) of ICT in Vegan Practice Transformation}, author = {Dennis Lawo and Margarita Esau and Philip Engelbutzeder and Gunnar Stevens}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/12/5184}, doi = {10.3390/su12125184}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-01-01}, urldate = {2021-04-16}, journal = {Sustainability}, volume = {12}, number = {12}, pages = {5184}, abstract = {With the debate on climate change, topics of diet change and the reduction of animal products have become increasingly important in both public and academic discourses. However, sustainable ICT studies have so far focused on individual aspects, in particular investigating the criticized persuasive design approach. We argue for a broader perspective on the role(s) of ICT, one that helps in identifying opportunities to support consumer practice transformation, beyond motivational aspects. Based on retrospective interviews with 16 vegans, we argue to understand practice transformation as co-evolution of practices and ICT artefacts, as this perspective helps to understand how tensions arising from complex entanglements of practices, socio-material contexts, and communities can be resolved. Rather than a motivational process, we observe various roles of ICT artefacts co-evolving with practices: Ranging from initial irritation, to access to information about vegan practices, to the learning of vegan food literacy, to the negotiation of a vegan identity, and vegan norms at the intersection of the ‘odd’ and the ‘norm’.}, note = {Number: 12 Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } With the debate on climate change, topics of diet change and the reduction of animal products have become increasingly important in both public and academic discourses. However, sustainable ICT studies have so far focused on individual aspects, in particular investigating the criticized persuasive design approach. We argue for a broader perspective on the role(s) of ICT, one that helps in identifying opportunities to support consumer practice transformation, beyond motivational aspects. Based on retrospective interviews with 16 vegans, we argue to understand practice transformation as co-evolution of practices and ICT artefacts, as this perspective helps to understand how tensions arising from complex entanglements of practices, socio-material contexts, and communities can be resolved. Rather than a motivational process, we observe various roles of ICT artefacts co-evolving with practices: Ranging from initial irritation, to access to information about vegan practices, to the learning of vegan food literacy, to the negotiation of a vegan identity, and vegan norms at the intersection of the ‘odd’ and the ‘norm’. |
Networks of Practices: Exploring Design Opportunities for Interconnected Practices Lawo, Dennis; Engelbutzeder, Philip; Esau, Margarita; Stevens, Gunnar 2020, ISSN: 2510-2591, (Accepted: 2020-06-05T23:52:34Z Publisher: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)). @article{lawo_networks_2020, title = {Networks of Practices: Exploring Design Opportunities for Interconnected Practices}, author = {Dennis Lawo and Philip Engelbutzeder and Margarita Esau and Gunnar Stevens}, url = {https://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3408}, doi = {10.18420/ecscw2020_ep03}, issn = {2510-2591}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-01-01}, urldate = {2021-04-16}, abstract = {For over a decade, researchers from the practice-centered computing community are taking social practices as a unit of design. While the first generation focused on a social practice in isolation, more recent work argues for the (inter-)connections of mutually influencing practices as the primary unit of design. We discuss these current approaches to motivate the notion of a network of practices. Utilizing the case of food practices, we construct and analyze a network populated by the answers of 60 participants. Based on this network we suggest how to identify central elements and clusters as well as points for intervention within the overall network, but also within and in-between clusters of practices. Based on this, our work critically discusses how an understanding of practices as a network could improve practice-based research and design.}, note = {Accepted: 2020-06-05T23:52:34Z Publisher: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } For over a decade, researchers from the practice-centered computing community are taking social practices as a unit of design. While the first generation focused on a social practice in isolation, more recent work argues for the (inter-)connections of mutually influencing practices as the primary unit of design. We discuss these current approaches to motivate the notion of a network of practices. Utilizing the case of food practices, we construct and analyze a network populated by the answers of 60 participants. Based on this network we suggest how to identify central elements and clusters as well as points for intervention within the overall network, but also within and in-between clusters of practices. Based on this, our work critically discusses how an understanding of practices as a network could improve practice-based research and design. |
Really Smart Fridges: Investigating Sustainable Household Storage Practices Esau, Margarita; Lawo, Dennis; Gunnar, Stevens 2020. @inproceedings{esau_really_2020, title = {Really Smart Fridges: Investigating Sustainable Household Storage Practices}, author = {Margarita Esau and Dennis Lawo and Stevens Gunnar}, url = {https://www.verbraucherinformatik.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SmartFridges_ICT4S.pdf}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-06-01}, abstract = {For a long time now, the 'smart fridge' is promised to improve everyday life in private households, supporting healthy eating habits and sustainable food practices. However, current technology is still not widespread and limited in its functions. Similarly, researched prototypes are rather persuasive and not aligned with consumers' storage practices. We took a practice theoretical lens to investigate current storage practices and actual refrigerators. As follows we present our work in progress and first insights from our contextual inquiry.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inproceedings} } For a long time now, the 'smart fridge' is promised to improve everyday life in private households, supporting healthy eating habits and sustainable food practices. However, current technology is still not widespread and limited in its functions. Similarly, researched prototypes are rather persuasive and not aligned with consumers' storage practices. We took a practice theoretical lens to investigate current storage practices and actual refrigerators. As follows we present our work in progress and first insights from our contextual inquiry. |
2019 |
Towards a Network of Practices: Identifying Central Elements to Inform Design Lawo, Dennis; Engelbutzeder, Philip; Esau, Margarita; Stevens, Gunnar Proceedings of the Halfway to the Future Symposium 2019, S. 1–4, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2019, ISBN: 978-1-4503-7203-9. @inproceedings{lawo_towards_2019, title = {Towards a Network of Practices: Identifying Central Elements to Inform Design}, author = {Dennis Lawo and Philip Engelbutzeder and Margarita Esau and Gunnar Stevens}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3363384.3363470}, doi = {10.1145/3363384.3363470}, isbn = {978-1-4503-7203-9}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-11-01}, urldate = {2021-04-16}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Halfway to the Future Symposium 2019}, pages = {1--4}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, series = {HTTF 2019}, abstract = {For over a decade researchers from the HCI community are taking social practices as a unit of design. While the first generation focused on social practice in isolation, more recent work argues for the interrelatedness of mutually influencing practices as the primary unit of analysis. We discuss these current approaches to motivate the notion of a network of practices. We argue that network theory presents a promising method to create more detailed and sophisticated models of social practices, that raise awareness about central elements and their connecting characteristics. Further on, our work identifies open questions that should be addressed in future work, to increase the benefits of the method.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inproceedings} } For over a decade researchers from the HCI community are taking social practices as a unit of design. While the first generation focused on social practice in isolation, more recent work argues for the interrelatedness of mutually influencing practices as the primary unit of analysis. We discuss these current approaches to motivate the notion of a network of practices. We argue that network theory presents a promising method to create more detailed and sophisticated models of social practices, that raise awareness about central elements and their connecting characteristics. Further on, our work identifies open questions that should be addressed in future work, to increase the benefits of the method. |
The Social Mile - How (Psychosocial) ICT can Help to Promote Resocialization and to Overcome Prison Ertl, Tanja; Taugerbeck, Sebastian; Esau, Margarita; Aal, Konstantin; Tolmie, Peter; Wulf, Volker Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 3 (GROUP), S. 248:1–248:31, 2019. @article{ertl_social_2019, title = {The Social Mile - How (Psychosocial) ICT can Help to Promote Resocialization and to Overcome Prison}, author = {Tanja Ertl and Sebastian Taugerbeck and Margarita Esau and Konstantin Aal and Peter Tolmie and Volker Wulf}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3370270}, doi = {10.1145/3370270}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-12-01}, urldate = {2021-04-16}, journal = {Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction}, volume = {3}, number = {GROUP}, pages = {248:1--248:31}, abstract = {There is currently uncertainty in the research community as to how ICT can and should be designed in such a way that it can be convincingly integrated into the everyday lives of prison inmates. In this paper, we discuss a design fiction that closes this research gap. The descriptions and results of the study are purely fictitious. Excluded is the State of the Art as well as the description of the legal situation of prisons in Germany. The analysis of the fictional study data designed here thus refers to the real world in order to derive ethical guidelines and draw practical conclusions. It is our intention to use these results as a possible basis for further research. The paper presents results of an explorative study dealing with the design, development and evaluation of an AI-based Smart Mirror System, Prison AI 2.0, in a German prison. Prison AI 2.0 was developed for daily use and voluntarily tested by eight prisoners over a period of 12 months to gain insight into their individual and social impact, with an emphasis on its ability to actively support rehabilitation. Based on qualitative data, our findings suggest that intelligent AI-based devices can actually help promote such an outcome. Our results also confirm the valuable impact of (Psychosocial) ICT on the psychological, social and individual aspects of prison life, and in particular how prisoners used the Smart Mirror system to improve and maintain their cognitive, mental and physical state and to restore social interactions with the outside world. With the presentation of these results we want to initiate discussions about the use of ICT by prisoners in closed prisons in order to identify opportunities and risks.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } There is currently uncertainty in the research community as to how ICT can and should be designed in such a way that it can be convincingly integrated into the everyday lives of prison inmates. In this paper, we discuss a design fiction that closes this research gap. The descriptions and results of the study are purely fictitious. Excluded is the State of the Art as well as the description of the legal situation of prisons in Germany. The analysis of the fictional study data designed here thus refers to the real world in order to derive ethical guidelines and draw practical conclusions. It is our intention to use these results as a possible basis for further research. The paper presents results of an explorative study dealing with the design, development and evaluation of an AI-based Smart Mirror System, Prison AI 2.0, in a German prison. Prison AI 2.0 was developed for daily use and voluntarily tested by eight prisoners over a period of 12 months to gain insight into their individual and social impact, with an emphasis on its ability to actively support rehabilitation. Based on qualitative data, our findings suggest that intelligent AI-based devices can actually help promote such an outcome. Our results also confirm the valuable impact of (Psychosocial) ICT on the psychological, social and individual aspects of prison life, and in particular how prisoners used the Smart Mirror system to improve and maintain their cognitive, mental and physical state and to restore social interactions with the outside world. With the presentation of these results we want to initiate discussions about the use of ICT by prisoners in closed prisons in order to identify opportunities and risks. |
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Same, but Different Data - Towards Integrated Food & Household Services Lawo, Dennis; Esau, Margarita; Stevens, Gunnar S. 5, 0000. (Abstract) @article{lawo_same_nodate, title = {Same, but Different Data - Towards Integrated Food & Household Services}, author = {Dennis Lawo and Margarita Esau and Gunnar Stevens}, pages = {5}, abstract = {While information about our food consumption behavior becomes more and more available through different digitalization trends within this domain, such as food related apps or smart kitchen devices, information remains captured in silos and can therefore not be used for usable and meaningful customer applications. This research in progress presents the approach of integrated food & household services, that are based on best practices of the integrated information systems domain and yet existing integrated fitness & health services, such as GoogleFit or Apple HealthKit.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } While information about our food consumption behavior becomes more and more available through different digitalization trends within this domain, such as food related apps or smart kitchen devices, information remains captured in silos and can therefore not be used for usable and meaningful customer applications. This research in progress presents the approach of integrated food & household services, that are based on best practices of the integrated information systems domain and yet existing integrated fitness & health services, such as GoogleFit or Apple HealthKit. |