Essays about: "Commensality"

Found 5 essays containing the word Commensality.

  1. 1. Connectedness : Designing interactive systems that foster togetherness as a form of resilience for people in social distancing during Covid-19 pandemic. Exploring novel user experiences in the intersection between light perception, tangible interactions and social interaction design (SxD).

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Valeria Iezzi; [2020]
    Keywords : Research Through Design; Social Resilience; Interaction design technologies; Commensality; Social Connectedness; Remote Communication; Tangible Interaction; Tangible User Interface; Shared Experience; Covid-19 Pandemic; Social Distancing; Designing for Crises; Tangible and Embedded Interaction; Internet of things;

    Abstract : This thesis project explores how interactive technologies can facilitate a sense of social connectedness with others whilst remotely located. While studying the way humans use rituals for emotional management, I focused my interest on the act of commensality because it is one of the oldest and most important rituals used to foster togetherness among families and groups of friends. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Close Enough”: A Cultural Analysis of Plant-Based Meat Consumption in Everyday Food Practices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Sahra Rosenkvist; [2019]
    Keywords : meat; meat substitutes; animal-based meat; plant-based meat; performance; practice; commensality; narrative theory; semiotics; memory; food memory; ritual; myth; embodied memory; mocked meat; meat analogs; plant-based eating; MACA; food; food studies; cultural analysis; cultural habits; Law and Political Science; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Business and Economics; Social Sciences; Philosophy and Religion; Cultural Sciences; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Et binlerce yıl insanoğlunun ortak gıdalarından biri ve günlük yemek uygulamalarıyla ilgili olarak farklı kültürlerde gıda hafızasının önemli bir parçası olmuştur. Günümüzde hayvan bazlı etin (ABM) ikamesi olan bitki bazlı et (PBM), çevre sorunları, hayvan refahı ve insan sağlığı gibi çeşitli motivasyonlarla Kuzey Avrupa'da yaşayan tüketiciler arasında popüler ve yaygın hale gelmiştir. READ MORE

  4. 3. Eating and togetherness in "long-distance families"

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Luna Teresa Fleur Coco Fisker; [2019]
    Keywords : Togetherness; Phatic technologies; Commensality; Connectedness;

    Abstract : The increased mobility of people, as they relocate for job or work opportunities, cause some families to be separated for a substantial amount of time. Since this prevents the dinner table from being the natural gathering point for families, other ways of sustaining the relationships must be considered. READ MORE

  5. 4. Cooking and Eating: An Exploration of Auditory Cues of Food Preparation During Commensality

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Kevin Ong; [2017]
    Keywords : Interaction Design; Human Food Interaction; Cooking; Eating; Commensality; Sound; Food;

    Abstract : This thesis project covers a ten week exploration in Human Food Interaction. Employing a Research through Interaction Design methodology with a focus on Celebratory Technologies, this paper focuses on the research question, “How can celebratory technologies enhance social engagement between diners in commensality and raise awareness of the otherwise hidden process of cooking using auditory cues of food preparation?” A physical computing prototype using a Makey Makey Board with Processing is integrated into three user test sessions during dinner time to assess the effects of auditory cues of food preparation on the diners. READ MORE

  6. 5. Synchronized Dining Tangible mediated communication for remote commensality

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Judit Komaromi Haque; [2016]
    Keywords : Tangible interaction; haptic feedback; commensality; sense of touch; nonverbal communication; emotional contagion; digitally mediated touch; immediacy; joint movement;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses commensality as a significant social activity, that helps to maintain and strengthen social bonds. It also examines the sense of touch as a communication channel, and provides an insight to how it can be used to communicate affect. Touch as contextualized medium and its relevance to interaction design is investigated. READ MORE