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Mindfulness and technology: traces of a middle way
conference contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 06:16 authored by Yoko Akama, Ann LightAnn Light, Simon BowenWe contemplate paths between form and formlessness as a middle way between digital technology for mindfulness, and mindfulness without digital technology, thereby inviting alternative departure points with interactive systems. In doing so, we step into a contested yet potentially fertile arena to challenge the handling, analysis and reporting of the relationship between mindfulness and technology and the methods used to interrogate it. Through the documenting of the authors’ own creative practices (video, photography, and gardening), material traces and written vignettes of our experiments are presented to stimulate resonances and evoke mindfulness with readers. We also question the form of conference papers to consider how we can best share formless states of being in discussing their relevance for design.
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- Published
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- Accepted version
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Designing Interactive SystemsPublisher
Association for Computing MachineryExternal DOI
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345-355Event name
DIS 2017 Designing Interactive SystemsEvent location
Edinburgh, UKEvent type
conferenceEvent date
10-14 June 2017ISBN
978145034922Department affiliated with
- Engineering and Design Publications
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2017-05-12First Open Access (FOA) Date
2017-08-30First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2017-05-12Usage metrics
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