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Shared moments: opportunities for mobile phones in religious participation

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Rhiannon Sterling,

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DPPI '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing pleasurable products and interfaces

Pages 490 - 494

https://doi.org/10.1145/1314161.1314210

Published: 22 August 2007 Publication History

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The near ubiquity of mobile phones in the world and in people's lives, have created new opportunities for reinterpretation of what these devices are and what they do. One area that has recently seen some interest is the use of mobile phones in religious practice; however, designers currently lack a framework for designing in the space. This research explores the appropriate role for a mobile phone in religious practice looking specifically at Zen Buddhists. Despite the assumed dysfunction between mobile technology and Buddhist philosophy of being present in the world, we found many opportunities for the phone to help maintain and enhance the bonds between members the religious community, making them feel a stronger sense of participation.

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DPPI '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing pleasurable products and interfaces

August 2007

532 pages

ISBN:9781595939425

DOI:10.1145/1314161

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Ilpo Koskinen
University of Art and Design, Helsinki
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Turkka Keinonen
National University of Singapore

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Stowell EO'Leary TKimani EPaasche-Orlow MBickmore TParker ABernhaupt RMueller FVerweij DAndres JMcGrenere JCockburn AAvellino IGoguey ABjørn PZhao SSamson BKocielnik R(2020)Investigating Opportunities for Crowdsourcing in Church-Based Health InterventionsProceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3313831.3376833(1-12)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2020
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Buie EBlythe M(2013)Meditations on YouTubeProceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces10.1145/2513506.2513511(41-50)Online publication date: 3-Sep-2013
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