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James Pierce

We present a qualitative study of reacquisition-the acquisition of previously possessed goods-involving in-depth interviews with 18 reacquirers within or nearby Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Based on critiques of sustainable consumption and our findings, we reframe technology consumption as acquisition, possession, dispossession and reacquisition. We present four reacquisition orientations describing our participants' motivations and practices: casual, necessary, critical, and experiential. We then present a range of findings including issues with work, time and effort involved in reacquisition, and values and practices of care and patience associated with invested reacquirers. We conclude with implications for designing technologies to support current reacquisition practices, as well as broader opportunities for HCI and interaction design to incorporate non-mainstream reacquisition practices and values into more mainstream technologies.

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Findings Patience, Openness & Faith in Things Laura, 30-something, artist & filmaker
I really have faith that things will just turn up when you need them...
I just carry this list around in my mind of things we are looking for its like a sort of mental list... My experience has been that when I need something, if I know I need them, Ill find it.
Findings Patience, Openness & Faith in things | Living without and making lists If I need something, I dont just go out and buy it. I just think about how to live without it for a while and then it comes, it finds a way to materialize. (Kristy, 20s, community organizer) Im patient. You keep your eyes out. You have your list in the back of your mind as to what you want or what you need. (Bob, 70s, retired toolmaker) I dont mind being patient and waiting for something to come around. It usually does. ... I have lists of things [to acquire] (John, 30s, sound engineer)
{Departures from Firsthand Acquisition} Care of Things, Self & Others
Findings Findings Care for things Care for things Tanya, 30-something, skilled amateur interior designer and remodeler This is the chair I was talking about that I might not be able to save. [The damage] may be too significant toI might not be able to save it.
Findings Findings Care for things Care for things Michael, 30-something, amateur flea market seller
Findings Care for things I hate to throw away something I think has a use. I mean if it definitely has a good use or function still, I dont want to throw it away. ... I wanna get it in the hands of someone who could use em
Implications Designing from communities of reacquisition
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Recoding Image source (left): http://www.ieeff.org/dadanyduchreadymadewheel13.jpg Image source (right): http://imagerepository.net/images/m/a/22/marcel-duchamp-
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Recoding the reacquired & Reacquiring Recoding trash...
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Recoding the reacquired & Reacquiring
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Making space for reacquisition at the center
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Making space for reacquisition at the center Virtual spaces may already be doing this...
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Making space for reacquisition at the center Bicycle Coop Electronics Coop ? http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09_03/Bicycle_Works_Grand_Opening.jpg
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Making space for reacquisition at the center Hackerspaces Mobile Phone Repair http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7L/396J/FSSIKZTQ/F7L396JFSSIKZTQ.MEDIUM.jpg http://turtlethink.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/hackerspace.jpg
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Making space for reacquisition at the center Electronics Coop ?
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Recirculation & Shared use Usership, rather than ownership Reacquisition Dispossession Possession
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Recirculation & Shared use
Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Understanding and learning from practices and values at the margins Immediacy & Disposability Patient acquisition Care for things

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(Part 2 of 2) Capture Leads Share Twitter Facebook email Embed Second-hand interactions: Investigating reacquisition and dispossession practices around domestic objects

  • 1. Findings Patience, Openness & Faith in Things Laura, 30-something, artist & filmaker
  • 2. I really have faith that things will just turn up when you need them...
  • 3. I just carry this list around in my mind of things we are looking for its like a sort of mental list... My experience has been that when I need something, if I know I need them, Ill find it.
  • 4. Findings Patience, Openness & Faith in things | Living without and making lists If I need something, I dont just go out and buy it. I just think about how to live without it for a while and then it comes, it finds a way to materialize. (Kristy, 20s, community organizer) Im patient. You keep your eyes out. You have your list in the back of your mind as to what you want or what you need. (Bob, 70s, retired toolmaker) I dont mind being patient and waiting for something to come around. It usually does. ... I have lists of things [to acquire] (John, 30s, sound engineer)
  • 5. {Departures from Firsthand Acquisition} Care of Things, Self & Others
  • 6. Findings Findings Care for things Care for things Tanya, 30-something, skilled amateur interior designer and remodeler This is the chair I was talking about that I might not be able to save. [The damage] may be too significant toI might not be able to save it.
  • 7. Findings Findings Care for things Care for things Michael, 30-something, amateur flea market seller
  • 8. Findings Care for things I hate to throw away something I think has a use. I mean if it definitely has a good use or function still, I dont want to throw it away. ... I wanna get it in the hands of someone who could use em
  • 10. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Recoding Image source (left): http://www.ieeff.org/dadanyduchreadymadewheel13.jpg Image source (right): http://imagerepository.net/images/m/a/22/marcel-duchamp-
  • 11. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Recoding the reacquired & Reacquiring Recoding trash...
  • 12. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Recoding the reacquired & Reacquiring
  • 13. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Making space for reacquisition at the center
  • 14. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Making space for reacquisition at the center Virtual spaces may already be doing this...
  • 15. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Making space for reacquisition at the center Bicycle Coop Electronics Coop ? http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09_03/Bicycle_Works_Grand_Opening.jpg
  • 16. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Making space for reacquisition at the center Hackerspaces Mobile Phone Repair http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7L/396J/FSSIKZTQ/F7L396JFSSIKZTQ.MEDIUM.jpg http://turtlethink.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/hackerspace.jpg
  • 17. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Making space for reacquisition at the center Electronics Coop ?
  • 18. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Recirculation & Shared use Usership, rather than ownership Reacquisition Dispossession Possession
  • 19. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Recirculation & Shared use
  • 20. Implications: Designing from communities of re-acquisition Understanding and learning from practices and values at the margins Immediacy & Disposability Patient acquisition Care for things