Sensing Care Through Design

Conference paper (2023)

Authors

Sonja Rattay University of Copenhagen
Robert Collins Umeå University
M.C. Rozendaal Human Information Communication Design - IDE
Irina Shklovski University of Copenhagen
Aditi Surana The University of Edinburgh
Youngsil Lee The University of Edinburgh
Y. Liu Human Information Communication Design - IDE
Andrea Mauri Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Lachlan D Urquhart The University of Edinburgh
John Vines The University of Edinburgh
Cara Wilson The University of Edinburgh
Larissa Pschetz The University of Edinburgh
Research Group
Human Information Communication Design (IDE) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2023 Sonja Rattay, Robert Collins, Aditi Surana, Youngsil Lee, Y. Liu, Andrea Mauri, Lachlan D Urquhart, John Vines, Cara Wilson, Larissa Pschetz, M.C. Rozendaal, Irina Shklovski
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596066
Design methods Location-aware computing Contextual computing
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Published Date

2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Human-Centered Design

Research Group

Human Information Communication Design

Abstract

Sensor networks are increasingly commonplace in visions of smart cities and future healthcare systems, promising greater efficiency and increased wellbeing. However, the design of these technologies remains focused on specific users and fragmented by context, overlooking the diversity of needs, wants and values present when technologies, people, and lived realities interact within instrumented spaces. In this paper we present a workshop method – Sensing Care – that can help researchers, interdisciplinary design and development teams, and potentially affected users, to explore what it takes to design for living with sensor technologies that intersect and interact across private and public spaces, through speculative scenarios and role play. Drawing from three deployments of the workshop, we discuss how this approach supports the design of future care-oriented sensor networks, and helps designers understand what it means to live with complex technologies as people traverse diverse contexts.