Description of a Prototype for a Social Awareness System Used During Dinner

Grevet, C., Tang, A., and Mynatt, E. (2012). Description of a Prototype for a Social Awareness System Used During Dinner. In Food and Interaction Design - Workshop at CHI 2012.

Abstract

We aim to explore the inherent social qualities around food consumption and the potential role of social systems in the kitchen. We present a prototype called FoodApp that allows a group of friends to share each other's dinnertime activities. This system is informed by prior work in domestic computing, social computing and technology probes design. The main features of the system are to support lightweight social cues about cooking and eating activity, as well as support for activity coincidences. Future studies of this system will explore whether social connectedness in the kitchen can encourage positive behaviors around food.

Materials

PDF File (http://hcitang.org/papers/2012-chi2012workshop-dinner-prototype.pdf)

Keywords

Social computing, HCI, Food, Awareness

BibTeX

@inproceedings{grevet2012dinnerprototype,
  year = {2012},
  type = {workshop},
  title = {Description of a Prototype for a Social Awareness System Used During Dinner},
  pdfurl = {http://hcitang.org/papers/2012-chi2012workshop-dinner-prototype.pdf},
  keywords = {Social computing, HCI, Food, Awareness},
  editor = {Rob Comber and Eva Ganglbauer and Jaz Hee-jeong Choi and Jettie Hoonhout
and Yvonne Rogers and Kenton O'Hara and Julie Maitland},
  date-modified = {2014-01-18 23:28:23 +0000},
  date-added = {2014-01-18 23:25:40 +0000},
  booktitle = {Food and Interaction Design - Workshop at CHI 2012},
  author = {Grevet, Catherine and Tang, Anthony and Mynatt, Elizabeth},
  abstract = {We aim to explore the inherent social qualities around food consumption
and the potential role of social systems in the kitchen. We present a prototype
called FoodApp that allows a group of friends to share each other's dinnertime
activities. This system is informed by prior work in domestic computing, social
computing and technology probes design. The main features of the system are
to support lightweight social cues about cooking and eating activity, as well
as support for activity coincidences. Future studies of this system will explore
whether social connectedness in the kitchen can encourage positive behaviors
around food.},
}