The First International Conference on IoT in Urban Space

Research Article

Using the critical design approach for rethinking citizens’ emotional bond with urban spaces

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.urb-iot.2014.257205,
        author={Assunta Matassa and Fabiana Vernero},
        title={Using the critical design approach for rethinking citizens’ emotional bond with urban spaces},
        proceedings={The First International Conference on IoT in Urban Space},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={URB-IOT},
        year={2014},
        month={11},
        keywords={hci wearable computing bodily experience urban space memories},
        doi={10.4108/icst.urb-iot.2014.257205}
    }
    
  • Assunta Matassa
    Fabiana Vernero
    Year: 2014
    Using the critical design approach for rethinking citizens’ emotional bond with urban spaces
    URB-IOT
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.urb-iot.2014.257205
Assunta Matassa1,*, Fabiana Vernero1
  • 1: University of Torino
*Contact email: matassa@di.unito.it

Abstract

Taking inspiration from the value that place and space have for people (e.g. for the construction of their individual identities) and from previous works concerning memories in the urban space experienced while cycling, we propose how to design an experiment where ambiguous and cognitively dissonant messages are delivered through a wearable device to encourage individuals to rethink their relations with space.