Ritual Camera: Exploring Domestic Technology to Remember Everyday Life

Mols, I; Van Den Hoven, E; Eggen, B

Ritual Camera: Exploring Domestic Technology to Remember Everyday Life

Mols, I Van Den Hoven, E

Eggen, B

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2016, 15 (2), pp. 48 - 58
Issue Date:: 2016-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Mols, I	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Van Den Hoven, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0888-1426	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Eggen, B	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2016, 15 (2), pp. 48 - 58	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1536-1268	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/122733
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 IEEE. Looking back, people often value their memories of everyday life experiences. However, people rarely create media to remember everyday life, despite the omnipresence of (photographic) technology. The authors' research-through-design process explores media creation aimed at capturing repeated events in everyday life. They explore how media can be created over time by combining multiple instances. The design of Ritual Camera explores two aspects of this process: the potential of a domestic stationary camera and the appreciation of more abstract visuals of repeated events. In this case study, they focus on capturing daily family dinners. Findings show that different abstractions hold different values for people and depend on the envisioned use. Overall, showing the diversity of experiences is appreciated more than illustrating the average situation. By approaching abstract media as cue creation, the authors illustrate that, rather than recording everything and striving for total recall, mnemonic technologies could benefit from selective automated media creation both to value the present and for remembering in the future. This article is part of a special issue on domestic pervasive computing.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE Pervasive Computing	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/MPRV.2016.25	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Distributed Computing	en_US
dc.title	Ritual Camera: Exploring Domestic Technology to Remember Everyday Life	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
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Abstract:

© 2016 IEEE. Looking back, people often value their memories of everyday life experiences. However, people rarely create media to remember everyday life, despite the omnipresence of (photographic) technology. The authors' research-through-design process explores media creation aimed at capturing repeated events in everyday life. They explore how media can be created over time by combining multiple instances. The design of Ritual Camera explores two aspects of this process: the potential of a domestic stationary camera and the appreciation of more abstract visuals of repeated events. In this case study, they focus on capturing daily family dinners. Findings show that different abstractions hold different values for people and depend on the envisioned use. Overall, showing the diversity of experiences is appreciated more than illustrating the average situation. By approaching abstract media as cue creation, the authors illustrate that, rather than recording everything and striving for total recall, mnemonic technologies could benefit from selective automated media creation both to value the present and for remembering in the future. This article is part of a special issue on domestic pervasive computing.

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