Shared Encounters (eBook)

Katharine S. Willis, George Roussos, Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, Mirjam Struppek (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2009 | 2010
XX, 311 Seiten
Springer London (Verlag)
978-1-84882-727-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Every day we share encounters with others as we inhabit the space around us. In offering insights and knowledge on this increasingly important topic, this book introduces a range of empirical and theoretical approaches to the study of shared encounters. It highlights the multifaceted nature of collective experience and provides a deeper understanding of the nature and value of shared encounters in everyday life.

Divided into four sections, each section comprises a set of chapters on a different topic and is introduced by a key author in the field who provides an overview of the content. The book itself is introduced by Paul Dourish, who sets the theme of shared encounters in the context of technological and social change over the last fifteen years. The four sections that follow consider the characteristics of shared encounters and describe how they can be supported in different settings: the first section, introduced by Barry Brown, looks at shared experiences. George Roussos, in the second section, presents playful encounters. Malcolm McCulloch introduces the section on spatial settings and - last but not least - Elizabeth Churchill previews the topic of social glue. The individual chapters that accompany each part offer particular perspectives on the main topic and provide detailed insights from the author's own research background.

A valuable reference for anyone designing ubiquitous media, mobile social software and LBS applications, this volume will also be useful to researchers, students and practitioners in fields ranging from computer science to urban studies.

Inhalt

Foreword 6
Preface 9
Acknowledgments 10
Contents 11
Contributors 13
Shared Encounters 18
Section 1 Sharing Experience 33
Introduction: Sharing Experience 34
Ubiquitous Media for Collocated Interaction 37
History-Enriched Spaces for Shared Encounters 60
Conceptualizing, Designing, and Investigating Locative Media Use in Urban Space 74
Shared-Screen Interaction: Engaging Groups in Map- Mediated Nonverbal Communication 94
Section 2 Playful Encounters 112
Introduction: Playful Encounters 113
Shared Encounters in a Location-Aware and Proximity- Aware Mobile Community. The Mogi Case. 116
Bluetooth as a Playful Public Art Interface 137
A Theoretical Construct of Serious Play and the Design of a Tangible Social Interface 162
Section 3 Spatial Settings 182
Introduction: Spatial Settings 183
Exploring Digital Encounters in the Public Arena 186
Mis(sed)information in Public Space 203
Encounters and Content Sharing in an Urban Village: Reading Texts Through an Archaeological Lens 215
Section 4 Social Glue 233
Introduction: Social Glue 234
Making Glue: Participation in Everyday Computing 239
Sharing Personal Reflections on Health Locally 258
MoBlogs, Sharing Situations, and Lived Life 272
Sharing Knowledge About Places as Community Building 293
Index 311

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.11.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Computer Supported Cooperative Work
• Reihe/Serie: Computer Supported Cooperative Work
• Zusatzinfo: XX, 311 p. 49 illus.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► User Interfaces (HCI)
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Blogs • Computer • Design • Knowledge • Nature • social change
• ISBN-10: 1-84882-727-X / 184882727X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84882-727-1 / 9781848827271