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Possession and dispossession: a dual phenomenon in digital artefacts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Pranati Kompella  and
Neelakantan Keshavan
Pranati Kompella*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
Neelakantan Keshavan
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
*
pranati.kompella@gmail.com

Abstract

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A modern user's interactions with digital artefacts are a subject of interest to numerous fields of study, including human-computer interaction (HCI). Innovations in HCI necessitate an understanding of users’ attachment to these artefacts. This paper characterises user attachment as a dual phenomenon of possession and dispossession. The findings give deeper insight into the influences of this phenomenon and how they might distinguish its manifestation in physical and virtual environments. Avenues for design interventions were then interpreted from these findings.

Keywords

virtual possessionvirtual dispossessioninteraction designhuman-centred designbehavioural design
Type
Human Behaviour and Design Creativity
Information
Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 1005 - 1014
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