Making history: Intentional capture of future memories

Petrelli, D; Van Den Hoven, E; Whittaker, S

Making history: Intentional capture of future memories

Petrelli, D Van Den Hoven, E

Whittaker, S

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2009, pp. 1723 - 1732
Issue Date:: 2009-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Petrelli, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Van Den Hoven, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0888-1426	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Whittaker, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2009, pp. 1723 - 1732	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781605582474	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/29909
dc.description.abstract	'Lifelogging' technology makes it possible to amass digital data about every aspect of our everyday lives. Instead of focusing on such technical possibilities, here we investigate the way people compose long-term mnemonic representations of their lives. We asked 10 families to create a time capsule, a collection of objects used to trigger remembering in the distant future. Our results show that contrary to the lifelogging view, people are less interested in exhaustively digitally recording their past than in reconstructing it from carefully selected cues that are often physical objects. Time capsules were highly expressive and personal, many objects were made explicitly for inclusion, however with little object annotation. We use these findings to propose principles for designing technology that supports the active reconstruction of our future past. Copyright 2009 ACM.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/1518701.1518966	en_US
dc.title	Making history: Intentional capture of future memories	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	120304 Digital and Interaction Design	en_US
dc.location.activity	Boston, USA	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

'Lifelogging' technology makes it possible to amass digital data about every aspect of our everyday lives. Instead of focusing on such technical possibilities, here we investigate the way people compose long-term mnemonic representations of their lives. We asked 10 families to create a time capsule, a collection of objects used to trigger remembering in the distant future. Our results show that contrary to the lifelogging view, people are less interested in exhaustively digitally recording their past than in reconstructing it from carefully selected cues that are often physical objects. Time capsules were highly expressive and personal, many objects were made explicitly for inclusion, however with little object annotation. We use these findings to propose principles for designing technology that supports the active reconstruction of our future past. Copyright 2009 ACM.

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