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MeMa: Designing the Memory Machine

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Dominic Price,

Rachel Jacobs,

Dimitrios Darzentas,

Elvira Perez Vallejos,

Neil Chadborn,

Sarah Martindale,

Lachlan UrquhartAuthors Info & Claims

DIS '19 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2019 Companion

Pages 271 - 276

https://doi.org/10.1145/3301019.3323882

Published: 18 June 2019 Publication History

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Abstract

The Memory Machine is an ambitious project that aims to develop a device to capture people's memories to create a blend of personal and factual data that builds identities, and contextualizes personal recollections. The Memory Machine has been guided by co-production and user-centred design principles to ensure users' input has a critical role in the development of the technology. Through a series of creative workshops, we facilitated participants to discuss and represent their perceptions of memory making and recollection, towards the design of the Memory Machine. This paper investigates how a creative, participatory process enabled technical topics to be explored together, as well as enabling the participants to address more challenging issues of memory; such as painful memories, memory loss, and memories at end-of-life, with a particular focus on dementia, to inform the future design of the Memory Machine.

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Gibson RBabbage CWagner HPrice DMartindale SChadborn NIto-Jaeger SDarzentas DWebb HJacobs RAtabey AKoleva BFlintham MWinklhofer HUrquhart LPerez Vallejos E(2023)“It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital MemoriesProceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3563657.3595962(987-1001)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3563657.3595962
Dixon EShetty APimento SLazar A(2021)Lessons Learned from Remote User-Centered Design with People with DementiaDementia Lab 2021: Supporting Ability Through Design10.1007/978-3-030-70293-9_6(73-82)Online publication date: 29-May-2021
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70293-9_6

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MeMa: Designing the Memory Machine
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design
      2. User interface design

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June 2019

410 pages

ISBN:9781450362702

DOI:10.1145/3301019

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Gibson RBabbage CWagner HPrice DMartindale SChadborn NIto-Jaeger SDarzentas DWebb HJacobs RAtabey AKoleva BFlintham MWinklhofer HUrquhart LPerez Vallejos E(2023)“It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital MemoriesProceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3563657.3595962(987-1001)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3563657.3595962
Dixon EShetty APimento SLazar A(2021)Lessons Learned from Remote User-Centered Design with People with DementiaDementia Lab 2021: Supporting Ability Through Design10.1007/978-3-030-70293-9_6(73-82)Online publication date: 29-May-2021
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70293-9_6

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