Abstract
This paper presents a novel way of using traces---not as indicators of skillfulness, aging, or evidence of interactions with technological tangible objects. Instead we propose traces as a design approach to reframe technologies in their socio-ecological context: where people, practices, and materials maintain a constant dialogue with one another. Contemporary technologies tend to disengage people from this context and the task the technology performs. This predicament has been referred to as "the device paradigm;" the resolution to which is in illuminating the technology's context by shaping them as "focal things and practices" (FT&P). This paper theorizes how design can frame technologies as FT&P. It takes the position that all three elements of the socio-ecological context (people, practices, and materials) can be linked together with traces. A design exploration, and the resulting research artifacts, theorize the argumentation of this paper and how traces can be used to support technologies as FT&P.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | NordiCHI'16 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction |
Editors | Staffan Björk , Eva Eriksson |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 1-10 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-4763-1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | NordiCHI'16 The 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 23 Oct 2016 → 27 Oct 2016 |
Conference
Conference | NordiCHI'16 The 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction |
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Country/Territory | Sweden |
City | Gothenburg |
Period | 23/10/16 → 27/10/16 |
Keywords
- Traces
- socio-ecology
- focal things and practices
- device paradigm
- interaction design