When Smart Technologies Enter Household Practices: The Gendered Implications of Digital Housekeeping

Aagaard, Line Kryger

doi:10.1080/14036096.2022.2094460

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“…The above analysis illustrates different competences and meanings connected to the implementation of SHT, which not only implies changes in the material arrangements of the home but also influences which competences are necessary in the performance of household practices, as was also shown by Aagaard (2022). These competences and meanings reflect how household practices are affected differently as the materials change by the introduction of SHT.…”

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Technological fascination and reluctance: gendered practices in the smart home

Aagaard

Madsen

2022

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Smart home technology (SHT) is becoming more widespread, implemented to enhance convenience as well as energy flexibility and efficiency. Smart heating, lighting, security and entertainment systems are affecting social practices and the use of energy in different ways. This paper explores differences in competences, meanings and forms of knowledge involved in the performance of (gendered) household practices based on two Danish qualitative studies of different user groups: SHT frontrunner households (n = 15) and less tech-interested households (n = 12). The former had incorporated a broad range of smart technologies, e.g. vacuum cleaners, lighting and entertainment systems, while the latter were primarily engaged with smart heating systems. In the frontrunner households, internal differences in competences and meanings between men and women were more apparent than in households with less tech interest. A clear division between traditional and digital housekeeping is apparent that reinforces gender inequality. Evidence shows the variation in how SHT is part of gendered everyday practices; how SHT changes meanings and competences in practices and induces new ways of performing practices that can involve gendered digital inequality. Thus, it is necessary to consider competences and meanings in everyday practices as well as gendered ideas behind the technology.

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Technological fascination and reluctance: gendered practices in the smart home

Aagaard

Madsen

2022

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“…The design and implementation of human-robot interactive settings are heavily permeated by cultural values and norms. An example of this is smart assistance, such as Amazon Alexa or Apple Siri referred to as "the smart wife" (Strengers and Kennedy, 2021;Aagaard, 2022), as well as "AI becomes her" (Costa and Ribas, 2019). In this respect, many studies have called for inclusive design (Wellner and Rothman, 2020;Winkle et al, 2022aWinkle et al, , 2022bHipólito, Winkle and Lie, 2023).…”

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Augmented Cognition: Life as we don't know it

Hipólito¹

2023

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This paper proposes a framework for comprehending the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as Augmented Cognition (AugCog). AugCog is viewed as an emergent bio-cultural process, reflecting AI's design, implementation, and usage. Section 1 establishes smart societies as a complex system. Section 2 defends that the development of AI is analogous to the biological process of niche construction. Section 3 defines AI as a socioculturally embodied expansion by which AI is shaped by and shapes human experience, resulting in various forms of AugCog. Section 4 highlights AugCog in mixed realities such as social media, neurotechnology, and smart environments, illustrating its emergence from multiscale and interdependent sociocultural perspectives. AugCog's perspective situates the human species in the state space of evolution, signifying our existence as a species and as embodied individuals.

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“…Some indirect mentions are found in recent research relating to the mental aspects of energy household labour, such as observations with regard to smart technologies' opportunity of relieving time and effort (therefore removing some of the mental load) from householders (Tirado Herrero et al 2018;Strengers et al 2019, Strengers 2013, issues of cognitive learning of technologies Hargreaves et al 2018), the role of emotions in the shaping of household automation (Sinanan & Horst 2021), issues of care and cognitive labour (Aagaard 2022), household management (Johnson 2020) and cognitive labour for the embedding of smart technologies into the home (Strengers & Kennedy 2020). However, these examples do not explicitly identify the mental aspects of energy household labour as the combination of cognitive and emotional aspects required for the coordination and orchestration of energy household labour with everyday routines.…”

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The gendering of energy household labour

Aggeli

Christensen

Larsen

2022

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Gender considerations, such as the division of household labour and the coordination of everyday household practices, are important for the energy transition of households. Household labour involves everyday practices (e.g. cooking, laundry and caring for others) and practices of energy household labour (e.g. managing digital technologies and energy systems). Emerging smart energy technologies require energy flexibility and efficiency, thereby introducing new forms of household labour can have implications for the household which are not well understood. Through a literature review and some empirical insights from a European Horizon 2020 project, mental aspects of energy household labour are identified: practices of coordination and multitasking, remembering and anticipating, and powerful emotional labour which shapes the practices. Smart technologies and energy systems add more physical and mental labour to households due to the need for additional coordination and change of practices. This additional demand for coordination can exacerbate existing gender inequalities in the division of household labour: technological strategies and designs need to engage with this and reduce new burdens. Considerations for future research are proposed and a gendersensitive framework for understanding the transition of energy household labour is outlined.

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When Smart Technologies Enter Household Practices: The Gendered Implications of Digital Housekeeping

Cited by 23 publications

References 26 publications

Technological fascination and reluctance: gendered practices in the smart home

Technological fascination and reluctance: gendered practices in the smart home

Augmented Cognition: Life as we don't know it

The gendering of energy household labour

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