Grandparents and grandchildren meeting online: The role of material things in remote setings

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Abstract

Grandparents and grandchildren, who cannot meet face-to-face (e.g., due to dislocation or physical distancing induced by a pandemic), often use audio-visual communication tools in order to maintain their relationship online. In a qualitative online survey (n = 85), we inquired into the various ways that grandparents and grandchildren came up with when being physically distant; many of them are tangible in nature as they include things or incorporate spaces. In this paper, we illustrate related temporal and spatial trajectories and unpack how online meetings are characterized by constant negotiations of agency. We discuss how online meetings could complement face-to-face meetings, instead of mimicking or replacing them. We fnally articulate a collection of design sensitivities with the aim to both inspire and question designing for intergenerational online meetings.

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Fuchsberger, V., Beuthel, J. M., Bentegeac, P., & Tscheligi, M. (2021). Grandparents and grandchildren meeting online: The role of material things in remote setings. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445191

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