This paper examines the profile of 10 women* makers attending Schmiede, a 10-day maker festival, ... more This paper examines the profile of 10 women* makers attending Schmiede, a 10-day maker festival, which is unique not least due to its almost equal gender distribution. Drawing on interviews with women* attendees, we describe general struggles in fitting in the culture of spaces for making, the role of mentorship in childhood and adulthood, motivations and different approaches for engaging in making, limiting factors in (art-)making, and the consequences of sexism for making practice. We then discuss the characteristics of these women* makers in relation to existing literature about the culture in maker spaces and festivals and conclude by highlighting characteristics of the observed festival that may have resulted in more inclusive access for women* and other underrepresented groups.
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In design, we often deal with complex problems that require participatory, embodied sensemaking t... more In design, we often deal with complex problems that require participatory, embodied sensemaking to solve. There are abundant design tools available-both physical and digital-to support these activities. While digital tools have continued to gain presence in the design processes over the last decades, due to, e.g., widened availability, improved flexibility, and the potential to increase productivity, physical tools and analogue practices still hold a solid place in the design process for many designers. To bridge the gap between the physical and digital, and to benefit from the best of both worlds in tools for design, hybrid tools are being developed. This paper aims to identify design opportunities for future hybrid design tools, by exploring the characteristics of designing for participatory, embodied sensemaking, in the context of physical, digital, and hybrid tools. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Systems and tools for interaction design.
Dorothé Smit, Andreas Lindlbauer, Martin Murer, Bart Hengeveld* and Manfred Tscheligi University ... more Dorothé Smit, Andreas Lindlbauer, Martin Murer, Bart Hengeveld* and Manfred Tscheligi University of Salzburg, Austria; *Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands dorothe.smit@sbg.ac.at Smit, D.; Lindlbauer, A.; Murer, M.; Hengeveld, B.; Tscheligi, M. (2019): Let the Bot Take Care of It: Exploring #CapIt, a Whiteboard Table Capture System. In: Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: The International Venue on Practice-centred Computing an the Design of Cooperation Technologies Exploratory Papers, Reports of the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (ISSN 2510-2591), DOI: 10.18420/ecscw2019_ep16
Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 2022
Long-distance relationships (LDRs) have long been of interest in HCI research, and several strate... more Long-distance relationships (LDRs) have long been of interest in HCI research, and several strategies and designs for mediating intimacy have been proposed. This work-in-progress aims to explore and identify existing practices in experiencing intimacy in technology-mediated LDRs, to design artefacts that could mediate some of the related struggles, and to explore the prototypes with users. Based on the insights from seven in-depth semi-structured interviews and a creative task, we developed the concept of Qude, which entails two prototypes: a vibro-tactile wearable that enables a person to tap and send a rhythm to their partner; and a supporting app, through which users can assign meanings to the rhythms, thus creating an exclusive, tactile code. The paper concludes by reflecting on preliminary findings from four user explorations and the contextual analysis. We provide considerations for further iterations of Qude, as well as a discussion of possibilities for future designs. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Collaborative and social computing devices.
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