Trove: A digitally enhanced memory box for looked after and adopted children

Stuart Gray; Rachel Hahn; Kirsten Cater; Debbie Watson; Chloe Meineck; Thomas Metcalfe

doi:10.1145/3311927.3325305

Trove: A digitally enhanced memory box for looked after and adopted children

Stuart Gray, Rachel Hahn, Kirsten Cater, Debbie Watson, Chloe Meineck, Thomas Metcalfe

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Abstract

For looked after and adopted children, physical objects are often the only remaining link to their past, a portal to stories of birth families, former homes, and significant people. Yet, often these stories can be littered with traumatic events preventing them from moving forward with their lives. Through reminiscence of these stories and attempting to develop narratives of past events, known as 'life story work', we can help children to emotionally process their past. This paper introduces, trove, a digital and physical memory box for storing and curating stories about precious objects. trove creates a safe space for keeping these objects in transient environments and constructing life story narratives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	458-463
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450366908
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3311927.3325305
Publication status	Published - 12 Jun 2019
Event	18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019 - Boise, United States Duration: 12 Jun 2019 → 15 Jun 2019

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Name	Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019

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Conference	18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boise
Period	12/06/19 → 15/06/19

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Bristol Interaction Group

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Children
Life Story Work
Social Care
Tangible User Interfaces

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Gray, S., Hahn, R., Cater, K., Watson, D., Meineck, C., & Metcalfe, T. (2019). Trove: A digitally enhanced memory box for looked after and adopted children. In Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019 (pp. 458-463). (Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3311927.3325305

Gray, Stuart ; Hahn, Rachel ; Cater, Kirsten et al. / Trove : A digitally enhanced memory box for looked after and adopted children. Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2019. pp. 458-463 (Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019).

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Gray, S, Hahn, R, Cater, K , Watson, D, Meineck, C & Metcalfe, T 2019, Trove: A digitally enhanced memory box for looked after and adopted children. in Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019. Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 458-463, 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019, Boise, United States, 12/06/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3311927.3325305

Trove: A digitally enhanced memory box for looked after and adopted children. / Gray, Stuart; Hahn, Rachel; Cater, Kirsten et al.
Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2019. p. 458-463 (Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019).

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Gray S, Hahn R, Cater K , Watson D, Meineck C, Metcalfe T. Trove: A digitally enhanced memory box for looked after and adopted children. In Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2019. p. 458-463. (Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019). doi: 10.1145/3311927.3325305

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