Ways of walking: understanding walking's implications for the design of handheld technology via a humanistic ethnographic approach
It seems logical to argue that mobile computing technologies are intended for use “on-the-go.” However, on closer inspection, the use of mobile technologies pose a number of challenges for users who are mobile, particularly moving around on foot. In engaging with such mobile technologies and their e...
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| author | Eslambolchilar, Parisa Bødker, Mads Chamberlain, Alan |
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| description | It seems logical to argue that mobile computing technologies are intended for use “on-the-go.” However, on closer inspection, the use of mobile technologies pose a number of challenges for users who are mobile, particularly moving around on foot. In engaging with such mobile technologies and their envisaged development, we argue that interaction designers must increasingly consider a multitude of perspectives that relate to walking in order to frame design problems appropriately. In this paper, we consider a number of perspectives on walking, and we discuss how these may inspire the design of mobile technologies. Drawing on insights from non-representational theory, we develop a partial vocabulary with which to engage with qualities of pedestrian mobility, and we outline how taking more mindful approaches to walking may enrich and inform the design space of handheld technologies. |
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| spelling | nottingham-342282020-05-04T17:43:23Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34228/ Ways of walking: understanding walking's implications for the design of handheld technology via a humanistic ethnographic approach Eslambolchilar, Parisa Bødker, Mads Chamberlain, Alan It seems logical to argue that mobile computing technologies are intended for use “on-the-go.” However, on closer inspection, the use of mobile technologies pose a number of challenges for users who are mobile, particularly moving around on foot. In engaging with such mobile technologies and their envisaged development, we argue that interaction designers must increasingly consider a multitude of perspectives that relate to walking in order to frame design problems appropriately. In this paper, we consider a number of perspectives on walking, and we discuss how these may inspire the design of mobile technologies. Drawing on insights from non-representational theory, we develop a partial vocabulary with which to engage with qualities of pedestrian mobility, and we outline how taking more mindful approaches to walking may enrich and inform the design space of handheld technologies. Agora Center, University of Jyväskylä 2016-05-01 Article PeerReviewed Eslambolchilar, Parisa, Bødker, Mads and Chamberlain, Alan (2016) Ways of walking: understanding walking's implications for the design of handheld technology via a humanistic ethnographic approach. Human Technology: an Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT Environments, 12 (1). pp. 5-30. ISSN 1795-6889 Walking Mobile Choreographies Non-representational Theory Embodiment Design Interaction HCI Technology Ethnography CSCW Auto-ethnography Affect CHI Methodology Experimental http://humantechnology.jyu.fi/archives/abstracts/eslambolchilar-bodker-chamberlain16.html doi:10.17011/ht/urn.201605192618 doi:10.17011/ht/urn.201605192618 |
| spellingShingle | Walking Mobile Choreographies Non-representational Theory Embodiment Design Interaction HCI Technology Ethnography CSCW Auto-ethnography Affect CHI Methodology Experimental Eslambolchilar, Parisa Bødker, Mads Chamberlain, Alan Ways of walking: understanding walking's implications for the design of handheld technology via a humanistic ethnographic approach |
| title | Ways of walking: understanding walking's implications for the design of handheld technology via a humanistic ethnographic approach |
| title_full | Ways of walking: understanding walking's implications for the design of handheld technology via a humanistic ethnographic approach |
| title_fullStr | Ways of walking: understanding walking's implications for the design of handheld technology via a humanistic ethnographic approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ways of walking: understanding walking's implications for the design of handheld technology via a humanistic ethnographic approach |
| title_short | Ways of walking: understanding walking's implications for the design of handheld technology via a humanistic ethnographic approach |
| title_sort | ways of walking: understanding walking's implications for the design of handheld technology via a humanistic ethnographic approach |
| topic | Walking Mobile Choreographies Non-representational Theory Embodiment Design Interaction HCI Technology Ethnography CSCW Auto-ethnography Affect CHI Methodology Experimental |
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