Abstract
We introduce Metadating -- a future-focused research and speed-dating event where single participants were invited to "explore the romance of personal data". Participants created "data profiles" about themselves, and used these to "date" other participants. In the rich context of dating, we study how personal data is used conversationally to communicate and illustrate identity. We note the manner in which participants carefully curated their profiles, expressing ambiguity before detail, illustration before accuracy. Our findings proposition a set of data services and features, each concerned with representing and curating data in new ways, beyond a focus on purely rational or analytic relationships with a quantified self. Through this, we build on emerging interest in "lived informatics" and raise questions about the experience and social reality of a "data-driven life".
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Place of Publication | New York, NY, USA |
Publisher | ACM Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 685–698 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781450333627 |
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Publication status | Published - 7 May 2016 |
Event | 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016 https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/ |
Publication series
Name | CHI '16 |
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Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Conference
Conference | 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
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Abbreviated title | CHI 2016 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Jose |
Period | 7/05/16 → 12/05/16 |
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Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- personal data
- quantified self
- lived informatics
- dating