Technology as Experience
Celebratory technology: new directions for food research in HCI
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Collective information practice: emploring privacy and security as social and cultural phenomena
Human-Computer Interaction
Think globally, act locally: a case study of a free food sharing community and social networking
Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
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Communities contain a rich diversity of backgrounds, personal experiences, and viewpoints. Fortunately, online social networks can make it even easier for people within a community to meet each other. This leads to an opportunity space for exposing people to the differences of their neighbors through mutual interaction. Our study presents Foodmunity, a social networking site that facilitates the organization of food-related events by members of a community. Meeting over a meal provides a more comfortable environment for experiencing new ideas, new people, and new viewpoints. Foodmunity utilizes themed events based on personal experiences its users have with food. This serves as both a cultural representation of those individuals and as a method of bonding between neighbors. By encouraging its users to reflect on the experiences they want to share and the experiences they have attending others' events, our system facilitates the growth of communities and a deeper understanding of the differences within.