Uncovering traces of mobile practices: The bag study

Robertson, TJ; Kan, MM; Sadler, KA; Hagan, P

Uncovering traces of mobile practices: The bag study

Robertson, TJ Kan, MM Sadler, KA Hagan, P

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Publisher:: CHISIG
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the OZCHI 2005, 2005, pp. 1 - 4
Issue Date:: 2005-01

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dc.contributor.author	Robertson, TJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kan, MM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sadler, KA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hagan, P	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Bentley, T	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Balbo, S	en_US
dc.date	2005-11-21	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the OZCHI 2005, 2005, pp. 1 - 4	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1-59593-222-4	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/6946
dc.description.abstract	This study addresses everyday human practices in order to inform our thinking around the design of technology to support human mobility and mobile device use. Building on traditional ethnographic techniques, we investigated the contents of people's bags, seeking traces of planning, decision making and other social practices that people rely on to construct and maintain relations between particular mobile objects and their particular mobile lives. The research contributes to the development of novel methods for researching mobile practices and its initial findings question assumptions about information use and storage, and about the personalisation of mobile device and services.	en_US
dc.publisher	CHISIG	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the OZCHI 2005	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference	en_US
dc.title	Uncovering traces of mobile practices: The bag study	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Canberra, Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Canberra, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	080608 Information Systems Development Methodologies	en_US
utslib.for	080602 Computer-Human Interaction	en_US
dc.location.activity	Canberra, Australia	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
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pubs.place-of-publication	Canberra, Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

This study addresses everyday human practices in order to inform our thinking around the design of technology to support human mobility and mobile device use. Building on traditional ethnographic techniques, we investigated the contents of people's bags, seeking traces of planning, decision making and other social practices that people rely on to construct and maintain relations between particular mobile objects and their particular mobile lives. The research contributes to the development of novel methods for researching mobile practices and its initial findings question assumptions about information use and storage, and about the personalisation of mobile device and services.

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