Family informatics aims to design technology that supports families over time by accounting for family dynamics, values, and storytelling. This includes considering how data is shared and privacy is handled within families, how family context and behaviors change with life events and seasons, and creating systems that motivate families rather than just individuals. For example, a family dashboard by Fitbit could visualize fitness data around family patterns and special events while acknowledging family lifecycles and seasonality.
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1. How Might We Make
Family Informatics?
Family Informatics?
Nikolaos Batalas, Eric Hekler,
Airi Lampinen, Lisa Koeman, Yang Yang
3. 1. Resilience beyond Individual Use
Conflict of interest
Data sharing & privacy
Family storytelling
Family values
Resilience over the Lifetime
What happens over time?
Changes in family context
Seasonality
Stability of the behaviour
Disruptive life events
Stress Test for Mainstreaming PI
5. 1. Resilience beyond Individual Use
Support the family, not just individuals
Family motivates, not the system
Freedom of expression
Support the family story
Resilience over the Lifetime
Conscious input only when special
Daily input disappears
Visualize around patterns & special events
Acknowledge lifecycles & seasonality
Stress Test case: FitBit
