@inproceedings{brown2007locating,
author = {Brown, Barry and Taylor, Alex and Izadi, Shahram and Sellen, Abigail and Kaye, Joseph Jofish’ and Eardley, Rachel},
title = {Locating family values: A field trial of the Whereabouts Clock},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Ubicomp 2007},
year = {2007},
month = {January},
abstract = {We report the results of a long-term multi-sited field trial of a situated awareness device for families called the 'Whereabouts Clock'. The clock displayed family members' current locations as one of four privacy preserving, deliberately coarse-grained categories: 'Home', 'Work', 'School', or 'Out'. In use, the clock supported not only family co-ordination but also more emotive aspects of family life - such as reassurance, connectedness, identity and social touch. This emphasized aspects of family life frequently neglected in ubicomp - particularly the ways in which families' awareness of each others' times and schedules contributes to a sense of identity as a family. We draw further on the trial results to differentiate between location as a technical aspect of awareness systems and what we characterise as location in interaction. Location in interaction is revealed as an emotional, accountable and even moral part of family life.},
publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/locating-family-values-a-field-trial-of-the-whereabouts-clock/},
note = {Nominated for Best Paper Award.},
}