On Speculative Enactments

Christopher Elsden; David Chatting; Abigail Durrant; Andrew Garbett; Bettina Nissen; John Vines; David Kirk

doi:10.1145/3025453.3025503

On Speculative Enactments

Christopher Elsden, David Chatting, Abigail Durrant, Andrew Garbett, Bettina Nissen, John Vines, David Kirk

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

Speculative Enactments are a novel approach to speculative design research with participants. They invite the empirical analysis of participants acting amidst speculative but consequential circumstances. HCI as a broadly pragmatic, experience-centered, and participant-focused field is well placed to innovate methods that invite first-hand interaction and experience with speculative design projects. We discuss three case studies of this approach in practice, based on our own work: Runner Spotters, Metadating and a Quantified Wedding. In distinguishing Speculative Enactments we offer not just practical guidelines, but a set of conceptual resources for researchers and practitioners to critique the different contributions that speculative approaches can make to HCI discourse.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI '17
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	5386-5399
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-4655-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025503
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2017
Event	ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017) - Denver Duration: 6 May 2017 → …

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Conference	ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017)
Period	6/05/17 → …

Keywords

Design Methods
Speculative Design
Data-Driven Life
Design Fiction
Critical Futures
Research through Design

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