Understanding why we preserve some things and discard others in the context of interaction design

Authors:
William Odom;James Pierce;Erik Stolterman;Eli Blevis
Affiliations:
Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA;Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA;Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA;Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2009

Citing 15
Cited 42

Choreographing obsolescence - ecodesign: the pleasure/dissatisfaction cycle

DPPI '03 Proceedings of the 2003 international conference on Designing pleasurable products and interfaces
Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World - Foundations and Fundamentals of Design Competence

Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World - Foundations and Fundamentals of Design Competence
Funology: from usability to enjoyment

Funology: from usability to enjoyment
The history tablecloth: illuminating domestic activity

DIS '06 Proceedings of the 6th conference on Designing Interactive systems
Sustainable interaction design: invention & disposal, renewal & reuse

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Environmental sustainability and interaction

CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Dirty desktops: using a patina of magnetic mouse dust to make common interactor targets easier to select

Proceedings of the 20th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
AutoTopography: what can physical mementos tell us about digital memories?

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A bright green perspective on sustainable choices

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Breaking the disposable technology paradigm: opportunities for sustainable interaction design for mobile phones

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Sustainable millennials: attitudes towards sustainability and the material effects of interactive technologies

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Beyond the hype: sustainability & HCI

CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Personal inventories: toward durable human-product relationships

CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
SUSTAINABLY OURS: Personal inventories in the context of sustainability and interaction design

interactions - We must redesign professional design education for the 21st century
DIY for CHI: methods, communities, and values of reuse and customization

CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Improving with age: designing enduring interactive products

CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Material awareness: promoting reflection on everyday materiality

CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A death in the family: opportunities for designing technologies for the bereaved

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Passing on & putting to rest: understanding bereavement in the context of interactive technologies

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Finding the lost treasure: understanding reuse of used computing devices

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Mapping the landscape of sustainable HCI

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Home, habits, and energy: examining domestic interactions and energy consumption

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Examining appropriation, re-use, and maintenance for sustainability

CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
HCI at the end of life: understanding death, dying, and the digital

CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
"All of a sudden we had this dialogue...": intercultural computer clubs' contribution to sustainable integration

Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Intercultural collaboration
Materializing energy

Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
The new good: exploring the potential of philosophy of technology to contribute to human-computer interaction

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Homeless young people and living with personal digital artifacts

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Second-hand interactions: investigating reacquisition and dispossession practices around domestic objects

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Practices in the creative reuse of e-waste

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Understanding repair as a creative process of everyday design

C&C '11 Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition
My grandfather's iPod: an investigation of emotional attachment to digital and non-digital artefacts

Proceedings of the 29th Annual European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
ChronoTape: tangible timelines for family history

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction
Domestic artefacts: sustainability in the context of indian middle class

Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Intercultural Collaboration
Technology heirlooms?: considerations for passing down and inheriting digital materials

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Symbolic documentation: toward fashion-related sustainable design

CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Materializing and crafting cherished digital media

CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Re-conceptualizing fashion in sustainable HCI

Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Inspiring the design of longer-lived electronics through an understanding of personal attachment

Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Towards a more cherishable digital object

Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Photobox: on the design of a slow technology

Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Slow technology: critical reflection and future directions

Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference
iPods, Ataris, and Polaroids: a personal inventories study of out-of-use electronics in Swiss households

Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Exploring remembrance and social support behavior in an online bereavement support group

Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Design for forgetting: disposing of digital possessions after a breakup

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Beyond digital and physical objects: the intellectual work as a concept of interest for HCI

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Slow design for meaningful interactions

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Long living chair

CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Beyond being green: simple living families and ICT

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Exploring sustainability research in computing: where we are and where we go next

Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international joint conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing
A sustainable design fiction: Green practices

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) - Special issue on practice-oriented approaches to sustainable HCI
Wearable accessories for cycling: tracking memories in urban spaces

Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication
Designing for smart cities: connecting and binding citizens to urban spaces through a new wearable interactive system

Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication
Facilitation of sustainability through appropriation-enabling design

Proceedings of the International Conference on Multimedia, Interaction, Design and Innovation
SweatAtoms: materializing physical activity

Proceedings of The 9th Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Matters of Life and Death
Hybrid crafting: towards an integrated practice of crafting with physical and digital components

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Broken probes: toward the design of worn media

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.01

Visualization

Abstract

This paper takes up the problem of understanding why we preserve some things passionately and discard others without thought. We briefly report on the theoretical literature relating to this question, both in terms of existing literature in HCI, as well as in terms of related literatures that can advance the understanding for the HCI community. We use this reading to refine our frameworks for understanding durability in digital artifice as an issue of sustainable interaction design in HCI. Next, we report in detail on our ongoing work in collecting personal inventories of digital artifice in the home context. We relate our prior and most current personal inventories collections to the framework that owes to our reading of the theoretical literature. Finally, we summarize the theoretical implications and findings of our personal inventories work in terms of implications for the design of digital artifice in a manner that is more durable.