Print Email Facebook Twitter Commensality or Reverie in Eating? Exploring the Solo Dining Experience Title Commensality or Reverie in Eating? Exploring the Solo Dining Experience Author Bocanegra, Mimi (University of Twente) Lemke, M. (TU Delft Design Aesthetics) de Vries, Roelof A. J. (University of Twente) Ludden, G (University of Twente) Date 2022 Abstract Commensality, the act of eating together, is commonly associated with many benefits. Dining solo, in contrast, is frequently connected to adverse effects on a person. There is a growing interest in human-computer interaction (HCI) and design in how innovations can enhance eating experiences by, for example, facilitating commensality. The steadily growing number of people eating alone and the associated risks beg the question of how HCI and design could contribute to and improve the solo dining experience and whether or not mimicking or facilitating commensality is what solo diners want. This two-phased study reports on the context exploration of the multimodal solitary dining experience. In the first phase, we scoped the literature describing the benefits and drawbacks of solo dining and commensality. For the second phase, a digital food diary was developed and completed by six solo diners to collect further insights and user requirements. Photos and annotations collected as part of the food diary were analyzed using content analysis. The results indicate several advantages of eating alone, including feeling relaxed, perceiving solo dining as a moment of self-pampering, and appreciating the cooking experience. Overall, it seems that solo dining is not merely a lack of commensality, but a unique experience in and of itself, where people seem to strive towards finding reverie in eating. Subject scoping revieweating experiencecommensalitysolo diningfood diary To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:beefd86a-05c0-4fd9-ae9c-5626f9e19172 DOI https://doi.org/10.1145/3536221.3556577 Publisher Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ISBN 978-1-4503-9390-4 Source ICMI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction Event ICMI 2022 : 24th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, 2022-11-07 → 2022-11-11, Bengaluru, India Series ACM International Conference Proceeding Series Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2022 Mimi Bocanegra, M. Lemke, Roelof A. J. de Vries, G Ludden Files PDF 3536221.3556577.pdf 1.74 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:beefd86a-05c0-4fd9-ae9c-5626f9e19172/datastream/OBJ/view