Story Shell: the participatory design of a bespoke digital memorial

Wendy Moncur; Miriam Julius; Elise van den  Hoven; David  Kirk

doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2802.4489

Story Shell: the participatory design of a bespoke digital memorial

Wendy Moncur, Miriam Julius, Elise van den Hoven, David Kirk

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Abstract

This paper describes the participatory process involved in designing a bespoke, tangible, digital memorial – Story Shell - with a bereaved parent. We drew on an emergent framework for digital memorials in considering who should author and experience the memorial, what content should be included, what form the memorial should take, and what message it was intended to convey. A key finding was that the participatory design process itself served as a memorial, by presenting opportunities for the participant to share detailed memories of their loved one. Reflections on the process deliver insights for makers and analysts on how to work in sensitive design spaces, where there is a need to consider not only an object’s form but also its situation within a delicate social context.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 4th Participatory Innovation Conference PIN-C 2015
Editors	Rianne Valkenburg, Coen Dekkers, Janneke Sluijs
Place of Publication	The Hague
Publisher	Hague University of Applied Science
Pages	470-477
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9789073077669
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2802.4489
Publication status	Published - May 2015
Event	Participatory Innovation Conference 2015 - Den Haag, Netherlands Duration: 18 May 2015 → 20 May 2015 http://sites.thehagueuniversity.com/pinc2015/home

Conference

Conference	Participatory Innovation Conference 2015
Abbreviated title	PIN-C 2015
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Den Haag
Period	18/05/15 → 20/05/15
Internet address	http://sites.thehagueuniversity.com/pinc2015/home

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2 Conference contribution
1 Other chapter contribution

An emergent framework for digital memorials
Moncur, W. & Kirk, D., 21 Jun 2014, DIS '14: Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems . New York: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 965-974 10 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Open Access
56 Citations (Scopus)
The emotional wellbeing of researchers: considerations for practice
Moncur, W., 2013, CHI' 13: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1883-1890 8 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
85 Citations (Scopus)
Memento mori: technology design for the end of life
Massimi, M., Moncur, W., Odom, W., Banks, R. & Kirk, D., 2012, CHI EA '12: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 2759-2762 4 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
19 Citations (Scopus)

2 Public engagement and outreach - media article or participation
1 Consultancy
1 Invited talk

Policy/ Product input
Moncur, W. (Consultant)
21 May 2019
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
What happens to your online life after you die? BBC i-Wonder feature.
Moncur, W. (Interviewee)
26 Oct 2015
Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - media article or participation
Keynote: Living Digitally, Death Online Research Symposium 2015.
Moncur, W. (Speaker)
18 Aug 2015
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

EPSRC Post-doctoral Fellowship (Cross-disciplinary interfaces)
Moncur, W. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

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Moncur, W, Julius, M, Hoven, EVD & Kirk, D 2015, Story Shell: the participatory design of a bespoke digital memorial. in R Valkenburg, C Dekkers & J Sluijs (eds), Proceedings of the 4th Participatory Innovation Conference PIN-C 2015. Hague University of Applied Science, The Hague, pp. 470-477, Participatory Innovation Conference 2015, Den Haag, Netherlands, 18/05/15. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2802.4489

Story Shell: the participatory design of a bespoke digital memorial. / Moncur, Wendy; Julius, Miriam; Hoven, Elise van den et al.
Proceedings of the 4th Participatory Innovation Conference PIN-C 2015. ed. / Rianne Valkenburg; Coen Dekkers; Janneke Sluijs. The Hague: Hague University of Applied Science, 2015. p. 470-477.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Story Shell: the participatory design of a bespoke digital memorial

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Research output

An emergent framework for digital memorials

The emotional wellbeing of researchers: considerations for practice

Memento mori: technology design for the end of life

Activities

Policy/ Product input

What happens to your online life after you die? BBC i-Wonder feature.

Keynote: Living Digitally, Death Online Research Symposium 2015.

Prizes

EPSRC Post-doctoral Fellowship (Cross-disciplinary interfaces)

Cite this