AscoltaMe: Retracing the Computational Expressivity of a Tactful Object for Sensitive Settings

Patrizia D'Olivo; Marco Rozendaal; Elisa Giaccardi

doi:10.1145/3064663.3064801

AscoltaMe: Retracing the Computational Expressivity of a Tactful Object for Sensitive Settings

Patrizia D'Olivo, Marco Rozendaal, Elisa Giaccardi

Human Information Communication Design

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Abstract

This pictorial describes the process and rationale behind the design features of AscoltaMe (in Italian, "listen to me"). This is a computational object imbued with the intent to help families overcome the emotional barriers they may experience during a disruptive life event, as they attempt to maintain healthy communication. With a focus on the object's material qualities and temporal form, the pictorial introduces and visually outlines tactfulness as the fundamental characteristic that enables objects designed for sensitive settings to be intentful in ways that are appropriate and sensitive.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS'17
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Editors	O. Mival
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	943-955
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-4922-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3064663.3064801
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	DIS'17 The 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Jun 2017 → 14 Jun 2017

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Conference	DIS'17 The 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Country	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	10/06/17 → 14/06/17

Keywords

Objects with Intent
tactfulness
computational expressivity
material qualities
temporal form
sensitive settings
families
communication
disruptive life events

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D'Olivo, P , Rozendaal, M & Giaccardi, E 2017, AscoltaMe: Retracing the Computational Expressivity of a Tactful Object for Sensitive Settings. in O Mival (ed.), DIS'17: Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems . Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, pp. 943-955, DIS'17 The 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 10/06/17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3064663.3064801

AscoltaMe : Retracing the Computational Expressivity of a Tactful Object for Sensitive Settings. / D'Olivo, Patrizia ; Rozendaal, Marco ; Giaccardi, Elisa.

DIS'17: Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems . ed. / O. Mival. New York : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017. p. 943-955.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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