Designing family photo displays

Alex S. Taylor*, Laurel Swan, Abigail Durrant

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract / Description of output

We present efforts to explore the relatively underdeveloped area of digital photo display. Using examples from two empirical studies with family homes, we develop our results around three broad themes related to the display of photos and their arrangement. The first theme highlights the collaborative as well as individual work that goes into preparing photos for display. The second attends to the obligations families have to put particular photos on display. The third introduces the notion of curatorial control and the tensions that arise from one person controlling a home's photo displays. Drawing on these themes, we go on to describe how we have used a critical design approach to open up the possibilities for future display innovations. Three critical design proposals are presented as sketches to illustrate the development of our ideas to date.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECSCW 2007 - Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
PublisherKluwer Academic Publishers
Pages79-98
Number of pages20
ISBN (Print)9781848000308
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event10th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, ECSCW 2007 - Limerick, Ireland
Duration: 24 Sept 200728 Sept 2007

Publication series

NameECSCW 2007 - Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Conference

Conference10th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, ECSCW 2007
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityLimerick
Period24/09/0728/09/07

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