Opening up the family archive

The Family Archive device is an interactive multi-touch tabletop technology with integrated capture facility for the archiving of sentimental artefacts and memorabilia. It was developed as a technology probe to help us open up current family archiving practices and to explore family archiving in situ. We detail the deployment and study of three of these devices in family homes and discuss how deploying a new, potentially disruptive, technology can foreground the social relations and organizing systems in domestic life. This in turn facilitates critical reflection on technology design. Author Keywords Home, domestic life, collaboration, archiving, interactive tabletops, field study. ACM Classification Keywords H5.m. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI): Miscellaneous. General Terms Design, Human Factors

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: CSCW
• Authors: David S. Kirk, Shahram Izadi, Abigail Sellen, Stuart Taylor, Richard Banks, Otmar Hilliges
• Keywords: ACM Classification Keywords, CSCW 2010, Family Archiving Practices, Multi-touch Tabletop Technology, Social Sciences