An examination of how households share and coordinate the completion of errands

Sohn, Timothy; Lee, Lorikeet; Zhang, Stephanie; Dearman, David; Truong, Khai N.

doi:10.1145/2145204.2145315

Cited by 15 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 33 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…For over a decade, human-computer interaction researchers have studied the role of information technologies in domestic life, exploring routines of use [10,37,55], effects of life disruptions on usage [15,34,46], divisions of labor [21,22,42,46,48], collocated gameplay [60], communication [26,27], and coordination [13,36,52]. While there is some discussion of the gendered nature of engagement with technology in homes [3,5,36] digital housekeeping, gender has been a carefully sidestepped (perhaps even taboo?)…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Putting the gender back in digital housekeeping

Rode¹,

Poole

2018

Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Gender &Amp; IT - GenderIT '18

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Prior work examining technology usage and maintenance practices in homes describes division of labor in terms of technical expertise. In this paper, we offer a counter-narrative to this explanation for engagement with Ubiquitous Computing. Using feminist theory as an analytic lens, we examine how gender identity work is a determining factor of whether and how people engage with digital technologies in their homes. We present a model of gender & technical identity co-construction. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI)

show abstract

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Putting the gender back in digital housekeeping

Rode¹,

Poole

2018

Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Gender &Amp; IT - GenderIT '18

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Sohn et al [53] and several others have specifically studied how efficiency, for instance, is not only a concern for work-life, but also for making home-life happen through, e.g. everyday coordination.…”

Section: Idealization Of the Home: Boundaries Of Joy And Hard Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking technology on the boundaries of life and work

Bødker

2016

Pers Ubiquit Comput

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Technology is often seen as seamless, or making (life/work) boundaries go away. Ubicomp designs for that and for seamlessness in general. However, there may be better ways of understanding boundaries, as to design technologies in the space of changing work/life boundaries, which is the topic of this special issue. This paper makes a theoretical argument to insist that boundaries are not fixed, neither can or should they be made away with technologically, through seamless technologies. Based on this argument, it discusses various presumed technology-mediated boundaries of work and home, life, etc., as they can be found in the Ubicomp, CSCW and HCI literature: The ways in which work and work technologies are stereotypically connected to effectiveness and hard labor, and nonwork technologies to fun and enjoyment; the ways in which technologies move back and forth between mediating work activity and non-work; the role of place and time boundaries in relation to the ability to work any time, anywhere and the metaphors used to address these boundaries; and the perceived boundaries of private versus public, and the new boundaries created by technologies in and across our lives and work. Using an empirical case, the paper offers an alternative use of boundaries as resources to be activated and used in design. It suggests that we need to more carefully design technologies that provide seamfulness on these specific and dynamic boundaries.

show abstract

“…However, in recent years the research focus has been expanded to include studies that examine the impact of technology on everyday practices of co-located family members. Examples of research conducted in this space include technology to support family collaboration to complete tasks in a household [44] as well as collaborative organization of household routines [42,7,31].…”

Section: Family Communication and Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

MeteorQuest - Bringing Families Together Through Proxemics Play In A Mobile Social Game

Rosenqvist

Boldsen

Papachristos

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Smartphones support gaming, social networking, real-time communication, and individualized experiences. Children and parents often take part in digital experiences with distant friends while isolating themselves from co-present family members. We present MeteorQuest, which is a mobile social game system aimed to bring the family together for location specific game experiences through physical play. The system supports group navigation by mapping screen brightness to the proximity to various ingame targets. Mini-game stages were designed together with interaction designers to encourage physical and social interaction between the players through group puzzles, physical challenges of dexterity and proxemics play. We conducted an exploratory study with three families to gain insights into how families respond to mobile social game features. We studied their socio-spatial arrangements during play and navigation using the lens of proxemics play and provide implications for the design of proxemic interactions and play experiences with families.

show abstract

An examination of how households share and coordinate the completion of errands

Cited by 15 publications

References 33 publications

Putting the gender back in digital housekeeping

Putting the gender back in digital housekeeping

Rethinking technology on the boundaries of life and work

MeteorQuest - Bringing Families Together Through Proxemics Play In A Mobile Social Game

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About