Accountable artefacts: the case of the Carolan guitar
We explore how physical artefacts can be connected to digital records of where they have been, who they have encountered and what has happened to them, and how this can enhance their meaning and utility. We describe how a travelling technology probe in the form of an augmented acoustic guitar engage...
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| author | Benford, Steve Hazzard, Adrian Chamberlain, Alan Glover, Kevin Greenhalgh, Chris Xu, Liming Hoare, Michaela Darzentas, Dimitrios |
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| description | We explore how physical artefacts can be connected to digital records of where they have been, who they have encountered and what has happened to them, and how this can enhance their meaning and utility. We describe how a travelling technology probe in the form of an augmented acoustic guitar engaged users in a design conversation as it visited homes, studios, gigs, workshops and lessons, and how this revealed the diversity and utility of its digital record. We describe how this record was captured and flexibly mapped to the physical guitar and proxy artefacts. We contribute a conceptual framework for accountable artefacts that articulates how multiple and complex mappings between physical artefacts and their digital records may be created, appropriated, shared and interrogated to deliver accounts of provenance and use as well as methodological reflections on technology probes. |
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| spelling | nottingham-315552020-05-04T20:02:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31555/ Accountable artefacts: the case of the Carolan guitar Benford, Steve Hazzard, Adrian Chamberlain, Alan Glover, Kevin Greenhalgh, Chris Xu, Liming Hoare, Michaela Darzentas, Dimitrios We explore how physical artefacts can be connected to digital records of where they have been, who they have encountered and what has happened to them, and how this can enhance their meaning and utility. We describe how a travelling technology probe in the form of an augmented acoustic guitar engaged users in a design conversation as it visited homes, studios, gigs, workshops and lessons, and how this revealed the diversity and utility of its digital record. We describe how this record was captured and flexibly mapped to the physical guitar and proxy artefacts. We contribute a conceptual framework for accountable artefacts that articulates how multiple and complex mappings between physical artefacts and their digital records may be created, appropriated, shared and interrogated to deliver accounts of provenance and use as well as methodological reflections on technology probes. 2016-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Benford, Steve, Hazzard, Adrian, Chamberlain, Alan, Glover, Kevin, Greenhalgh, Chris, Xu, Liming, Hoare, Michaela and Darzentas, Dimitrios (2016) Accountable artefacts: the case of the Carolan guitar. In: Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2016), 7-12 May 2016, San Jose, USA. Internet of Things; Digital Record; Physical Artefact; Guitar; Music; Technology Probe; Provenance; Archiving; Augmented Reality; Tangible and Embedded Interaction http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2858036.2858306 |
| spellingShingle | Internet of Things; Digital Record; Physical Artefact; Guitar; Music; Technology Probe; Provenance; Archiving; Augmented Reality; Tangible and Embedded Interaction Benford, Steve Hazzard, Adrian Chamberlain, Alan Glover, Kevin Greenhalgh, Chris Xu, Liming Hoare, Michaela Darzentas, Dimitrios Accountable artefacts: the case of the Carolan guitar |
| title | Accountable artefacts: the case of the Carolan guitar |
| title_full | Accountable artefacts: the case of the Carolan guitar |
| title_fullStr | Accountable artefacts: the case of the Carolan guitar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accountable artefacts: the case of the Carolan guitar |
| title_short | Accountable artefacts: the case of the Carolan guitar |
| title_sort | accountable artefacts: the case of the carolan guitar |
| topic | Internet of Things; Digital Record; Physical Artefact; Guitar; Music; Technology Probe; Provenance; Archiving; Augmented Reality; Tangible and Embedded Interaction |
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