Abstract
Sharing family stories is an integral aspect of how families remember together and build a sense of connection. Yet, when generations in families are separated by large geographic and temporal distances, the everyday taken-forgranted processes of sharing family stories shift from conversational to mediated forms. To inform HCI research and practice in mediating family stories, we contribute an account of the co-constructive intergenerational social practices enacted to co-construct and interpret family stories. These practices demonstrate the agency of both storytellers and listeners as they work to discover, decipher, and reconstruct family stories. We close by drawing insights from this setting to frame key design challenges for multi-lifespan information systems mediating asynchronous, asymmetric, co-constructive and socially weighted information sharing interactions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Subtitle of host publication | Engage with CHI |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450356206, 9781450356213 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 20 2018 |
Event | 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 - Montreal, Canada Duration: Apr 21 2018 → Apr 26 2018 |
Publication series
Name | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings |
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Volume | 2018-April |
Other
Other | 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Montreal |
Period | 4/21/18 → 4/26/18 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 Copyright is held by the owner/author(s).
Keywords
- Digital memento
- Family
- Family memory
- Family stories
- Intergenerational
- Memory
- Storytelling