The rhythm of Christmas: Temporality, ICT Use and Design for the Idiosyncrasies of a Major Festival

Ann Light; Daniela Petrelli

doi:10.1145/2686612.2686636

The rhythm of Christmas: Temporality, ICT Use and Design for the Idiosyncrasies of a Major Festival

Ann Light, Daniela Petrelli

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We present a study of preparation for and celebration of an English Christmas, with particular stress on temporal aspects, including duration, anticipation and repetition. We asked nine households to document their countdown to Christmas using media and diaries, and interviewed them before and after. We detail how time appears in the accounts, from the staging of collaborative preparations to the gift of attention, and consider what the collected insights offer for supporting the design of technology, given that one of our findings on media and ICT use was how it dwindles as focus concentrates on the present, and those present, for the days of the festivities. In doing so, we challenge the dominant efficiency paradigm in HCI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	OzCHI '14: Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures: the Future of Design
Publisher	ACM
Pages	159-167
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450306539
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686636
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2014
Event	OzCHI 2014 - Sydney, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2014 → …

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Conference	OzCHI 2014
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The rhythm of Christmas: Temporality, ICT Use and Design for the Idiosyncrasies of a Major Festival. / Light, Ann; Petrelli, Daniela.
OzCHI '14: Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures: the Future of Design. ACM, 2014. p. 159-167.

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