Essays about: "Provotypes"

Found 3 essays containing the word Provotypes.

1. 1. Design Activism Challenging the Speciesist Upbringing of Children

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Medie- och Informationsteknik; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

   Author : Matilda Wallén; [2022]
   Keywords : Critical Design; Provotypes; Design Activism; Animal Rights; Speciesism; Child Rearing; Parenting;

   Abstract : The arguments for advancing the interests of other animals are overwhelming. Human's exploitation of other animals is deeply intertwined with the modern crisis. The reality for the nonhuman animals we consume is a blind spot in our children's education. Not only are they withheld certain information, but they are also lied to. READ MORE

3. 2. Embodying Self-Tracking: A Feminist Exploration of Collective Meaning-Making of Self-Tracking Data

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

   Author : SENA ÇERÇİ; [2018]
   Keywords : Human-Computer Interaction; Interaction Design; Research-through-design; Self-tracking; Quantified Self; Personal Informatics; Embodiment; Feminist HCI;

   Abstract : This Research-through-Design conducted as thesis project within Malmö University Interaction Design Master’s programme is an attempt to bridge the gap between the quantified self and the subjective & collective experiences of the self-tracking for less normative ways of meaning-making of data. In order to accomplish this, it offers a feminist critique of self-tracking and an exploration of new features for self-tracking apps using provotypes to inform the HCI community. READ MORE

4. 3. Exploring Slow Technology in the Home

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

   Author : Martin Krogh; [2015]
   Keywords : Slow technology; Interaction design; Technology probes; Evocative objects; Embodied interactions; Annotated portfolio; Provotype; Home;

   Abstract : In the present thesis a landscape of slow technology in the domestic home is explored to contrast the prevailing fast paced constant-on-and-connected devices of today. Through 3 technology probes (provotypes) deployed in 7 different homes, different parts of this landscape has been unfolded showing what slow technology might mean for interaction designers, from the user perspective, and what potentials it might carry. READ MORE