Interactive technology and human–animal encounters at the zoo

Webber, Sarah; Carter, Marcus; Smith, Wally; Vetere, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2016.05.003

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“…Zoos are increasingly playing an important role in wildlife conservation; through education, interactive experiences, and captive breeding programs (Tribe & Booth, ; Webber, Carter, Smith, & Vetere, ). However, the nature of the captive environment means that some of the survival strategies employed by animals in the wild, such as foraging for food, can be constrained by captive conditions; often requiring less time and energy expenditure to fulfill.…”

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Foraging enrichment alleviates oral repetitive behaviors in captive red‐tailed black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

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The relationship between inadequate foraging opportunities and the expression of oral repetitive behaviors has been well documented in many production animal species. However, this relationship has been less-well examined in zoo-housed animals, particularly avian species. The expression of oral repetitive behavior may embody a frustrated foraging response, and may therefore be alleviated with the provision of foraging enrichment. In this study, we examined the effect of different foraging-based enrichment items on a group of captive red-tailed black cockatoos who were previously observed performing oral repetitive behavior. A group of six cockatoos were presented with five foraging enrichment conditions (no enrichment (control), sliced cucumber, fresh grass, baffle cages, and millet discs). Baseline activity budgets were established over a 10-day preintervention period and interventions were then presented systematically over a 25-day experimental period. This study demonstrated that the provision of foraging interventions effectively increased the median percentage of time spent foraging compared to control conditions (range, 5.0-31.7% across interventions vs. 5.0% for control), with two of the interventions; grass and millet discs, significantly decreasing the expression of oral repetitive behaviors (control = 16.6 vs. 8.3% for both grass and millet discs). Finally, a rapidscoring method utilized by zookeepers during the study proved to be a useful proxy for the amount of time the cockatoos spent interacting with the foraging interventions and overall time spent foraging. K E Y W O R D Scaptive environment, environmental enrichment, oral repetitive behavior, parrot, stereotypic behavior

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Foraging enrichment alleviates oral repetitive behaviors in captive red‐tailed black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

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“…For decades, animals have interacted with technology in open fields [68], laboratories [72], farms [66], zoos [79] and homes [52], often regarded as resources and instruments supporting the functioning of socio-economic systems rather than legitimate stakeholders. However, in recent years researchers have been endeavouring to investigate these interactions from an animal-centred perspective [51].…”

Section: Participatory Design With Animals: Acimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To address these challenges, ACI teams tend to include researchers and practitioners who have expert speciesspecific knowledge, as well as individual-specific knowledge, of nonhuman animal stakeholders [26,65,77,79]. But, while species and context-specific knowledge can help researchers identify fundamental requirements related to an animal's known capabilities (e.g.…”

Section: Participatory Design With Animals: Acimentioning

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P for Politics D for Dialogue

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Mancini

2019

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction

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Participatory Design strives to open up the decision-making process and empower all those who may be affected by design. This is opposed to Design as a non-participatory process, in which the power to make decisions is vested in the hands of one group to the possible detriment of others. In this paper we interrogate the nature, possibilities and limitations of Participatory Design through the perspective of Child Computer Interaction (CCI) and Animal Computer Interaction (ACI). Due to the cognitive and communication characteristics, and to the social and legal status of their participants, researchers in these communities have to contend with and challenge existing notions of participation and design. Thus, their theories and practices provide a lens through which the nature and goals of Participatory Design can be examined with a view to facilitating the development of more inclusive participatory models and practices. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Interaction design → Interaction design process and methods → Participatory design

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“…Whilst many novel interface devices are used in ACI, the classic visual and touchscreen interfaces contribute a large proportion of animal-computer research. Research in this area has included using tablets as UIs for dogs watching videos [44], screens for remote notification systems [8] (Figure 7), tablet games for cats [3] and orangutans [101] (Figure 8), wall interactive devices for pigs [94] and investigations on the usability of screens for dogs [31].…”

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Seven Years after the Manifesto: Literature Review and Research Directions for Technologies in Animal Computer Interaction

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As technologies diversify and become embedded in everyday lives, the technologies we expose to animals, and the new technologies being developed for animals within the field of Animal Computer Interaction (ACI) are increasing. As we approach seven years since the ACI manifesto, which grounded the field within Human Computer Interaction and Computer Science, this thematic literature review looks at the technologies developed for (non-human) animals. Technologies that are analysed include tangible and physical, haptic and wearable, olfactory, screen technology and tracking systems. The conversation explores what exactly ACI is whilst questioning what it means to be animal by considering the impact and loop between machine and animal interactivity. The findings of this review are expected to form the first grounding foundation of ACI technologies informing future research in animal computing as well as suggesting future areas for exploration.

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Interactive technology and human–animal encounters at the zoo

Cited by 52 publications

References 62 publications

Foraging enrichment alleviates oral repetitive behaviors in captive red‐tailed black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

Foraging enrichment alleviates oral repetitive behaviors in captive red‐tailed black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

P for Politics D for Dialogue

Seven Years after the Manifesto: Literature Review and Research Directions for Technologies in Animal Computer Interaction

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