Relationships with Cellphones
I wish this were more developed than it is right now but I finally feel like I'm really getting into what I'm interested in. I perhaps should have spent this week creating forms more (as in totally should have!) but I think I've whittled away some generalities for a more specific inquiry: How can we cultivate a relationship with our cellphones after getting a new one?
What can be designed to lengthen our relationships with our cellphones? I'm not sure after typing it how it seems more specific but it does. After Cynthia gave me some feedback, I revisited Dunn & Raby's work. I feel a tighter connection with their Placebo Project but it was a good chance for me to go back and reread Hertzian Tales. I think it is useful for me to start thinking of my thesis as a psychosocial narrative, "the unique narrative potential of electronic products...and the idea that behavior is a narrative experience arising from the interaction between our desire to act through products and the social and behavioral limitations imposed on us through the conceptual models they impose" (Dunne 1999).
I think particularly that if I'm thinking about continuing a relationship, then I need to put some more thought into what the preexisting one is. I came across this guy Chris Hollander, who has a unique synthesis of probably the most common one: cell phone as
What can be designed to lengthen our relationships with our cellphones? I'm not sure after typing it how it seems more specific but it does. After Cynthia gave me some feedback, I revisited Dunn & Raby's work. I feel a tighter connection with their Placebo Project but it was a good chance for me to go back and reread Hertzian Tales. I think it is useful for me to start thinking of my thesis as a psychosocial narrative, "the unique narrative potential of electronic products...and the idea that behavior is a narrative experience arising from the interaction between our desire to act through products and the social and behavioral limitations imposed on us through the conceptual models they impose" (Dunne 1999).
I think particularly that if I'm thinking about continuing a relationship, then I need to put some more thought into what the preexisting one is. I came across this guy Chris Hollander, who has a unique synthesis of probably the most common one: cell phone as
transition object (see http://tinyurl.com/y8v36tr) replacing a relationship. So what happens when you need to transition from your transition object? My thesis (hopefully). I sort of see them as replica devices that allow you to recycle the phone (am I back here already?) but still keep a sort of relationship with the device. Here are some sketches.
-Jen