House rules: the collaborative nature of policy in domestic networks

We draw on ethnographic studies to understand the collaborative nature of network policies or rules in domestic settings. We outline the technical nature of network policy in enterprise domains and how this contrasts with the social or collaborative nature of rules in everyday life. We then consider...

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Main Authors: Crabtree, Andy, Rodden, Tom, Tolmie, Peter, Mortier, Richard, Lodge, Tom, Brundell, Patrick, Pantidi, Nadia
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Published: Springer 2015
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author Crabtree, Andy
Rodden, Tom
Tolmie, Peter
Mortier, Richard
Lodge, Tom
Brundell, Patrick
Pantidi, Nadia
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Rodden, Tom
Tolmie, Peter
Mortier, Richard
Lodge, Tom
Brundell, Patrick
Pantidi, Nadia
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description We draw on ethnographic studies to understand the collaborative nature of network policies or rules in domestic settings. We outline the technical nature of network policy in enterprise domains and how this contrasts with the social or collaborative nature of rules in everyday life. We then consider the deployment of network control and policy system interfaces in domestic settings, highlighting the ways in which household members collaboratively exploited these to support network governance. Our results suggest that an important feature of network policy in domestic contexts is that rules about network activity are shaped by and answerable to the moral reasoning that governs domestic life. This reframes our understanding of how rules are oriented to and used in the home and has significant implications for the design of home network policy systems.
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spelling nottingham-374272020-05-04T16:57:59Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37427/ House rules: the collaborative nature of policy in domestic networks Crabtree, Andy Rodden, Tom Tolmie, Peter Mortier, Richard Lodge, Tom Brundell, Patrick Pantidi, Nadia We draw on ethnographic studies to understand the collaborative nature of network policies or rules in domestic settings. We outline the technical nature of network policy in enterprise domains and how this contrasts with the social or collaborative nature of rules in everyday life. We then consider the deployment of network control and policy system interfaces in domestic settings, highlighting the ways in which household members collaboratively exploited these to support network governance. Our results suggest that an important feature of network policy in domestic contexts is that rules about network activity are shaped by and answerable to the moral reasoning that governs domestic life. This reframes our understanding of how rules are oriented to and used in the home and has significant implications for the design of home network policy systems. Springer 2015-01-01 Article PeerReviewed Crabtree, Andy, Rodden, Tom, Tolmie, Peter, Mortier, Richard, Lodge, Tom, Brundell, Patrick and Pantidi, Nadia (2015) House rules: the collaborative nature of policy in domestic networks. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 19 (1). pp. 203-215. ISSN 1617-4917 home networks network policy and rules moral order collaborative interfaces ethnography http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00779-014-0771-6 doi:10.1007/s00779-014-0771-6 doi:10.1007/s00779-014-0771-6
spellingShingle home networks
network policy and rules
moral order
collaborative interfaces
ethnography
Crabtree, Andy
Rodden, Tom
Tolmie, Peter
Mortier, Richard
Lodge, Tom
Brundell, Patrick
Pantidi, Nadia
House rules: the collaborative nature of policy in domestic networks
title House rules: the collaborative nature of policy in domestic networks
title_full House rules: the collaborative nature of policy in domestic networks
title_fullStr House rules: the collaborative nature of policy in domestic networks
title_full_unstemmed House rules: the collaborative nature of policy in domestic networks
title_short House rules: the collaborative nature of policy in domestic networks
title_sort house rules: the collaborative nature of policy in domestic networks
topic home networks
network policy and rules
moral order
collaborative interfaces
ethnography
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37427/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37427/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37427/