Pathways & paws(es): Engaging human-animal partnerships for community building and slow cities

Jane Turner; David Browning; Ann Morrison

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Pathways & paws(es): Engaging human-animal partnerships for community building and slow cities

Jane Turner, David Browning, Ann Morrison

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Abstract

We report on an early design concept that focuses on how we engage with our contemporary urban environments along with animal companions. The project recognises that dogs and dog walking both contribute to mental and physical health and well-being, and builds on a growing awareness that companion animals and walking in urban localities also fosters community cohesion and social capital. We put these themes together in the context of designing for Queensland's growing senior population with the intent of gaining insights into connections made through place-making activities of human and animal companions. The project is currently in its exploratory design phase as 'grounded' practice-based work with on-going emerging insights to underpin the development of a design scenario and cultural probe. We begin with insights generated from personal experiences and a desire to foster age-friendly, intergenerational 'slow' urban environments. This paper offers the background and context, and then considers some of the design dilemmas. We share an early design concept that draws on lessons learned from game design and theories of place-making that has the potential to reveal experience in place (for both humans and our animal companions).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018
Editors	Ann Morrison, George Buchanan, Jenny Waycott, Mark Billinghurst, Duncan Stevenson, J.H.-J. Choi, Mark Billinghurst, Ryan Kelly, Dana McKay, Artur Lugmayr
Number of pages	5
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	4 Dec 2018
Pages	184-188
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450361880
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3292147.3292197
Publication status	Published - 4 Dec 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 2018 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2018 → 7 Dec 2018

Conference

Conference	30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 2018
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	04/12/2018 → 07/12/2018
Sponsor	CSIRO, Google, Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia, University of Melbourne's School of Computing and Information Systems

Keywords

Age-friendly cities
Animal interaction design
Experience visualisation
Intergenerational cities
Place-making
Slow cities

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Turner, J., Browning, D., & Morrison, A. (2018). Pathways & paws(es): Engaging human-animal partnerships for community building and slow cities. In A. Morrison, G. Buchanan, J. Waycott, M. Billinghurst, D. Stevenson, JH-J. Choi, M. Billinghurst, R. Kelly, D. McKay, & A. Lugmayr (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018 (pp. 184-188). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3292147.3292197

Turner, Jane ; Browning, David ; Morrison, Ann. / Pathways & paws(es) : Engaging human-animal partnerships for community building and slow cities. Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018. editor / Ann Morrison ; George Buchanan ; Jenny Waycott ; Mark Billinghurst ; Duncan Stevenson ; J.H.-J. Choi ; Mark Billinghurst ; Ryan Kelly ; Dana McKay ; Artur Lugmayr. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. pp. 184-188

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Turner, J, Browning, D & Morrison, A 2018, Pathways & paws(es): Engaging human-animal partnerships for community building and slow cities. in A Morrison, G Buchanan, J Waycott, M Billinghurst, D Stevenson, JH-J Choi, M Billinghurst, R Kelly, D McKay & A Lugmayr (eds), Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 184-188, 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 2018, Melbourne, Australia, 04/12/2018. https://doi.org/10.1145/3292147.3292197

Pathways & paws(es): Engaging human-animal partnerships for community building and slow cities. / Turner, Jane; Browning, David; Morrison, Ann.
Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018. ed. / Ann Morrison; George Buchanan; Jenny Waycott; Mark Billinghurst; Duncan Stevenson; J.H.-J. Choi; Mark Billinghurst; Ryan Kelly; Dana McKay; Artur Lugmayr. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. p. 184-188.

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Turner J, Browning D, Morrison A. Pathways & paws(es): Engaging human-animal partnerships for community building and slow cities. In Morrison A, Buchanan G, Waycott J, Billinghurst M, Stevenson D, Choi JH-J, Billinghurst M, Kelly R, McKay D, Lugmayr A, editors, Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018. Association for Computing Machinery. 2018. p. 184-188 doi: 10.1145/3292147.3292197

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