visualising social space with networked jewellery

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visualising social space with networked
jewellery

• sarah kettley
• napier university
• s.kettley_at_napier.ac.uk

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background
enabling technology

• minute (around 1 mm3) semiconductor grains
• sense and compute locally and communicate
  wirelessly
• autonomous, with its own captive, renewable
  energy source
• programmable computational networks

http//www.specknet.org/
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background
craft as design methodology

• workmanship.takes over where design stops

David Pye (1968) The Nature and Art of
Workmanship, The Herbert Press, p62
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background
basic specification

• two brooches and one pendant, each with
• ProSpeckzII prototype Speck
• 8 LEDs
• two 3V coin cell batteries
• pendant also has touch sensor

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background
proxemics

• three social distances
• intimate
• below 30cm
• social
• between 30 and 1 meter
• distant
• over 1 meter

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background
the interaction algorithm

• visual output
• reflects identity of other individuals met
• indicates proximity of the encounter
• lingers after the encounter, leaving a trace

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background
defining social space

• emerges from a set of relations
• corresponding to social and productive
  arrangements
• geometric and affective aspects
• geographical distance
• frequency of interactions
• the urban personality
• management of personal space

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background
making visible social space
Regular 1 Wheres meat and two veg,
then? Publican Dunno, mate should be here by
now Regular 2 Must be doing a Harry! (-all
laugh-) Regular 1 Put one in the wood for him,
then and yourself? Publican Ill have one
for Ron, thanks.
Fox, K. (2004) Watching the English, Hodder
Stoughton, p.100
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background
making visible social space

• new forms of behaviour
• changing roles
• caring, bullying, supporting etc.
• self determination vs. group affiliation
• new social shapes
• changing social relations
• within the group
• as a group in larger situations

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aims
in designing the research

• to re-examine the pre-determined user group
• in light of current issues in market research
• to map any impact of the jewellery on the social
  space
• using social network analysis

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methodologies
in designing the research

• grounded theory
• Strauss, A. Corbin, J. Grounded Theory
  Methodology. In Denzin, N. Lincoln, Y. (1994)
  Handbook of Qualitative Research. London Sage
• social network analysis
• Kilduff, M. Tsai, W. (2003) Social Networks and
  Organizations. London Sage

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methodologies
data collection analysis

• grounded theory
• media of interaction
• literal media, eg the telephone
• veiled media, eg consumption patterns
• types of interaction
• conflict, reciprocity and interaction
• frequencies of interaction
• underlying attitudes

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methodologies
visualisation of results

• social network analysis
• ucinet

Borgatti, S.P., Everett, M.G. and Freeman, L.C.
2002. Ucinet for Windows Software for Social
Network Analysis. Harvard, MA Analytic
Technologies.
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research clusters
PLAN - pervasive, locative arts network Steve
Benford, Bill Gaver, Matthew Chalmers, Ben
Russell, Drew Hemment INTERROGATING FASHION
emerging digital design manufacture
paradigms Sandy Black, London College of Fashion
s.kettley_at_napier.ac.uk http//www.dcs.napier.ac.uk
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