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TY - GEN
T1 - I am more than the sum of my parts
T2 - EnviroInfo and ICT for Sustainability 2015
AU - Thomas, Vanessa
AU - Hohnekamp-Bruggemann, Manu
AU - Feldman, David
N1 - Date of Acceptance: 21/05/2015 © Atlantis Press. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License, which permits commercial and non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
PY - 2015/9/7
Y1 - 2015/9/7
N2 - This paper is a direct response to recent calls for sustainable technology researchers to use design fiction in their work. It seeks to explore the question: can design fiction be a useful technique for provoking conversations about today’s complex global e-waste ecosystem? To address that question, the paper begins by presenting an e-waste design fiction in the form of a letter from a fictionally self-aware personal laptop computer to its owner. The letter explores ethical, social, environmental and legal issues related to e-waste, and attempts to provoke readers to reconsider their relationships with electronics. Following the letter, there is a discussion about the research context for this work, initial reactions to it, and some insights that may be used to in future research. The paper’s novelty stems from its use of a literary e-waste design fiction to provoke conversation, as well as its discussion about design fiction’s appropriateness for e-waste research.
AB - This paper is a direct response to recent calls for sustainable technology researchers to use design fiction in their work. It seeks to explore the question: can design fiction be a useful technique for provoking conversations about today’s complex global e-waste ecosystem? To address that question, the paper begins by presenting an e-waste design fiction in the form of a letter from a fictionally self-aware personal laptop computer to its owner. The letter explores ethical, social, environmental and legal issues related to e-waste, and attempts to provoke readers to reconsider their relationships with electronics. Following the letter, there is a discussion about the research context for this work, initial reactions to it, and some insights that may be used to in future research. The paper’s novelty stems from its use of a literary e-waste design fiction to provoke conversation, as well as its discussion about design fiction’s appropriateness for e-waste research.
KW - E-waste
KW - HCI
KW - Design Fiction
U2 - 10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.7
DO - 10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.7
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SP - 57
EP - 65
BT - EnviroInfo and ICT for Sustainability 2015
PB - Atlantis Press
Y2 - 7 September 2015 through 9 September 2015
ER -