Lifting the Lid on Household Cooking in Kenya
ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂë’s User Insights Lab conducted a deep exploration into how households in Nairobi, Kenya, use electric pressure cookers (EPC). The research responds to companies’ specific questions about their customers’ experiences but goes far beyond what could be gleaned from traditional surveys or even the usage data collected by the most advanced EPCs. In keeping with the UIL’s recognition that people are not just users of clean cooking solutions but individuals with full and complex lives, researchers took an immersive approach. They spent hours in participants’ living rooms, kitchens, and meal preparation spaces, observing not just cooking activities but the emotional, cultural, and social layers that shape them.
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