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Greetings from Silicon Heaven: Postcards from the IoT Afterlife

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Publication date13/10/2024
Host publicationNordiCHI '24 Adjunct: NordiCHI '24 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherACM
Number of pages1
ISBN (electronic)9798400709654
<mark>Original language</mark>English
EventACM NordiCHI '24: Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Live – Uniting HCI for a Hyperlocal and Global - Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Duration: 13/10/202416/10/2024
https://www.nordichi2024.se

Conference

ConferenceACM NordiCHI '24: Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Live – Uniting HCI for a Hyperlocal and Global
Country/TerritorySweden
CityUppsala
Period13/10/2416/10/24
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Conference

ConferenceACM NordiCHI '24: Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Live – Uniting HCI for a Hyperlocal and Global
Country/TerritorySweden
CityUppsala
Period13/10/2416/10/24
Internet address

Abstract

As the importance of minimising waste and increasing sustainability increase, exploring the design matters impacting the transience of digital technologies has become a key concern. In this workshop we will explore this through the metaphorical lens of the lives, deaths, and afterlives of electronic objects. The workshop creatively engage with this by participants creating obituaries and postcards from the afterlife of IoT objects. This will help us question the emotional, ethical, aesthetic and ecological implications of objects reaching the end of their life. Drawing upon our work for the EPSRC Fixing the Future Project, we anticipate that the discussions and collaborations that emerge through the workshop will generate design themes that contribute to the wider agendas and communities advocating for the Right-to-Repair of IoT devices globally.