Exploring Slow Technology in the Home
2015 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
In the present thesis a landscape of slow technology in the domestic home is explored to contrast the prevailing fast paced constant-on-and-connected devices of today. Through 3 technology probes (provotypes) deployed in 7 different homes, different parts of this landscape has been unfolded showing what slow technology might mean for interaction designers, from the user perspective, and what potentials it might carry. Potentials include delaying the availability of our devices, working with different layers of intrusiveness, looking into the distant future, and the introduction of small rituals, and routines in our everyday life. As a methodological contribution the novel hybrid slow provotype is proposed.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö högskola/Kultur och samhälle , 2015. , p. 57
Keywords [en]
Slow technology, Interaction design, Technology probes, Evocative objects, Embodied interactions, Annotated portfolio, Provotype, Home
National Category
Engineering and Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22349Local ID: 19438OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-22349DiVA, id: diva2:1482275
Educational program
KS K3 Interaction Design (master)
2020-10-272020-10-272022-06-27Bibliographically approved