Making memories: A cultural probe study into the remembering of everyday life

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

Making memories: A cultural probe study into the remembering of everyday life

Mols, I Van Den Hoven, E

Eggen, B

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Citation:: Proceedings of the NordiCHI 2014: The 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational, 2014, pp. 256 - 265
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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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	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the NordiCHI 2014: The 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational, 2014, pp. 256 - 265	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1595930361	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781450325424	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/33930
dc.description.abstract	For a long time people have collected mementos; items kept as reminder of a person, place or event. Practices of memento creation are constantly changing; for instance through the accessibility of digital photography. Still, we most often create mementos of special occasions such as weddings or holidays. However, besides these milestones, we cherish certain experiences from our everyday life. This paper describes a cultural probe study exploring which memories of everyday life become valuable. Our findings confirm that seemingly mundane experiences can become valuable. More specifically, a memory was seen as valuable if it: was regularly repeated, had social value, continued in the present, influenced life, was exemplary of character or showed a contrast. The moment memories become valuable is difficult to recognize and often few media were createdof everyday life experiences. We discuss the implications of these findings for designing systems for creating mementos of everyday life. Copyright 2014 ACM.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the NordiCHI 2014: The 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/2639189.2639209	en_US
dc.title	Making memories: A cultural probe study into the remembering of everyday life	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
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
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Abstract:

For a long time people have collected mementos; items kept as reminder of a person, place or event. Practices of memento creation are constantly changing; for instance through the accessibility of digital photography. Still, we most often create mementos of special occasions such as weddings or holidays. However, besides these milestones, we cherish certain experiences from our everyday life. This paper describes a cultural probe study exploring which memories of everyday life become valuable. Our findings confirm that seemingly mundane experiences can become valuable. More specifically, a memory was seen as valuable if it: was regularly repeated, had social value, continued in the present, influenced life, was exemplary of character or showed a contrast. The moment memories become valuable is difficult to recognize and often few media were createdof everyday life experiences. We discuss the implications of these findings for designing systems for creating mementos of everyday life. Copyright 2014 ACM.

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