Locales Framework Aspects

Having laid out the broad background of the Locales Framework, this chapter explores each of the framework aspects in some detail. Together these aspects provide a coherent framework for taking account of the group, the individuals in the group, the broader context, how activities happen over time and how a sense of shared place is enabled. Ultimately though, it is the questions that frame the particular study or design context, and the uniqueness of the situation at hand, that will determine what issues are relevant, and to what extent the Locales Framework will be useful for framing initial thinking or for organising complex research data or for framing design directions.