Abigail C. Durrant

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Drawing on Experiences of Self: Dialogical Sketching

In this paper, we present a method of Dialogical Sketching. We introduce the development of this method as a discursive aid to understanding design probe responses within participatory co-design engagements but also articulate its potential more broadly within participatory research. Situated within a research study i…

CHI '202nd AuthorTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +1

Metaprobes, Metaphysical Workshops and Sketchy Philosophy

The intersection of philosophy and HCI is a longstanding site of interest for the field that has been attracting special attention in recent years. In this paper, we present metaphysical probes (Metaprobes) as a tool for design-led philosophical inquiry. A Metaprobe is a design artifact used to study a metaphysical id…

CHI '203rd AuthorCollaborative Learning & Peer Teaching +1

Designing IoT Resources to Support Outdoor Play for Children

We describe a Research-through-Design (RtD) project that explores the Internet of Things (IoT) as a resource for children's free play outdoors. Based on initial insights from a design ethnography, we developed four RtD prototypes for social play in different scenarios of use outdoors, including congregating on a stree…

CHI '20CorrespondingMuseum & Cultural Heritage Digitization +1

Crafting Critical Heritage Discourses into Interactive Exhibition Design

This paper argues how a more reflective design practice that embraces critical discourses can transform interactive exhibition design and therefore the museum visiting experience. Four framing arguments underpin our exhibition design making: the value of materiality, visiting as an aesthetic experience, challenging th…

CHI '181st AuthorOnline Identity & Self-Presentation +1

Admixed Portrait: Design to Understand Facebook Portrayals in New Parenthood

We report on a design-led study of the photographic representation of self and family on Facebook during and after becoming parents for the first time. Our experience-centered, research-through-design study engaged eight participants across five UK homes, in a month-long deployment of a prototype technology – a design…

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