Problematising upstream technology through speculative design: the case of quantified cats and dogs

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dc.contributor.authorLawson, Shaun
dc.contributor.authorKirman, Ben
dc.contributor.authorLinehan, Conor
dc.contributor.authorFeltwell, Tom
dc.contributor.authorHopkins, Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-13T15:19:21Z
dc.date.available2017-03-13T15:19:21Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.date.updated2017-03-10T11:19:19Z
dc.description.abstractThere is growing interest in technology that quantifies aspects of our lives. This paper draws on critical practice and speculative design to explore, question and problematise the ultimate consequences of such technology using the quantification of companion animals (pets) as a case study. We apply the concept of "moving upstream" to study such technology and use a qualitative research approach in which both pet owners, and animal behavioural experts, were presented with, and asked to discuss, speculative designs for pet quantification applications, the design of which were extrapolated from contemporary trends. Our findings indicate a strong desire among pet owners for technology that has little scientific justification, whilst our experts caution that the use of technology to augment human-animal communication has the potential to disimprove animal welfare, undermine human-animal bonds, and create human-human conflicts. Our discussion informs wider debates regarding quantification technology.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationLawson, S., Kirman, B., Linehan, C., Feltwell, T. and Hopkins, L. (2015) 'Problematising Upstream Technology through Speculative Design: The Case of Quantified Cats and Dogs', Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI ’15, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 18 - 23 April. New York: ACM, pp. 2663-2672.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/2702123.2702260
dc.identifier.endpage2672en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4503-3145-6
dc.identifier.journaltitleProceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI ’15en
dc.identifier.startpage2663en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3776
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machineryen
dc.relation.ispartofACM CHI 2015
dc.rights© ACM 2015. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’15), http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702260en
dc.subjectPersonal informaticsen
dc.subjectCritical designen
dc.subjectDesign fictionen
dc.subjectAnimal computer interactionen
dc.subjectQuantified dogen
dc.titleProblematising upstream technology through speculative design: the case of quantified cats and dogsen
dc.typeConference itemen
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