Designing Documentary Informatics

Chris Elsden; Abigail Durrant; David Chatting; David Kirk

doi:10.1145/3064663.3064714

Designing Documentary Informatics

Chris Elsden, Abigail Durrant, David Chatting, David Kirk

Computer and Information Sciences Department

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe a Research through Design inquiry about a speculative wedding documentation service, in the mode of the Quantified Self. We reflect on our design research, which included design ethnography, interviews, enactments of parts of the service, and the production of a concept brochure. In so doing, we explore the design of personal tracking as a documentary activity, one intended for longer-term self-expression and remembering – rather than simply to monitor, regulate and motivate a data-driven life. Developing the Lived Informatics discourse, we use our design-led inquiry to propose ‘Documentary Informatics’ as an alternative and longer-term design perspective on self-tracking tools.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3064663.3064714
Publication status	Published - 10 Jun 2017
Event	ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '17) - Edinburgh Duration: 10 Jun 2017 → …

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Conference	ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '17)
Period	10/06/17 → …

Keywords

Documentary Informatics
Data-Driven Life
Quantified
Self
Speculative Methods
Remembering
Weddings

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