This work aimed to investigate how Slow Technology, designed with textiles and temporality, can increase reflection in the interaction between humans and technology. This was important to investigate because the amount of information, and the speed at which it is delivered and expected to be processed, exceeds our capacity. This contributes to the fact that the space for reflection is getting smaller and smaller in our efficient contemporary world. Using other types of materials, such as textiles, enables the investigation of which qualities of use and properties can be highlighted and increase reflection. The work was conducted with Research Through Design as a research strategy and a prototype was created to conduct user tests. Furthermore, data was collected through observations and semi-structured interviews and were analyzed using thematic analysis. The analysis resulted in four themes that together indicated that the participants experienced increased reflection when interacting with the prototype.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-219715 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Näslund, Elin, Ringvall, Helga |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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