You are the Ocean

Samancı, Özge; Caniglia, Gabriel

doi:10.1145/3325480.3329179

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“…As HCI research engages with computing technologies to promote environmental conservation and ecological consciousness [23], research on technology usage in aquatic settings remains scarce in the HCI literature. The main efforts can be found in the visualizations of ocean-related phenomena [26][27][28], interactive installations [29,30], or games [31]. The following sections provide a comprehensive review of the main HCI concepts and studies related to ecotourism and environmental protection, citizen science, and applications to ecocentric design.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aqua: Leveraging Citizen Science to Enhance Whale-Watching Activities and Promote Marine-Biodiversity Awareness

et al. 2022

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Life-supporting ecosystems are facing impending destruction. The human–computer interaction (HCI) community must rethink how to design technological interventions that reconcile concepts and theories for ecological computing. Proponents of sustainable HCI have pushed for tools and systems that aim to decenter the human in a shift toward posthuman design—a theoretical approach that challenges the assumption that only humans are stakeholders of technology as it increasingly shapes the future. Building on the iconic value of whales and the economic impact of whale watching as a form of ecotourism, we developed Aqua, a digital tool that leverages the potential of citizen science to engage tourists in marine-biodiversity awareness and conservation. This manuscript is advancing the field of sustainable HCI and tourism applications in two ways: first, we deliver an artifact contribution by designing and implementing a digital tool to enhance whale-watching activities. Second, we offer an empirical research contribution through observation and data gathering while comparing participants’ experiences of a whale-watching trip with and without the digital tool. Finally, preliminary insights are provided to inform the design of future digital tools aimed at promoting environmental conservation and citizen-science approaches among tourists. This work presents progression in understanding and informs the design of digital tools to engage tourists in novel and sustainable experiences.

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Aqua: Leveraging Citizen Science to Enhance Whale-Watching Activities and Promote Marine-Biodiversity Awareness

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“…As explored by Samanci and Caniglia [8], harnessing people's emotional states through EEG in the context of a water-simulation interactive installation can lead to meditative states, concentration and collaboration. With "zones of flow (3.2)", the aim is to offer an immersive environment where meditative states and creative flows can be achieved when people are patient, calm and mindful of each other's effect on the ecosystem.…”

Section: Future Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With "zones of flow (3.2)", the aim is to offer an immersive environment where meditative states and creative flows can be achieved when people are patient, calm and mindful of each other's effect on the ecosystem. However, people will encounter an environment that reacts to their collective presence, and as Samanci and Caniglia observe, people may prefer to exercise their agency by collaborating to agitate the installation's environment [8] (p.418) instead of calming it down.…”

Section: Future Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%