Author ORCID Identifier
Eujeen Hwang: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2662-9611
Youn-kyung Lim: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3238-9404
Abstract
The burnout society we live in demands the need for us to be self-therapists in our everyday lives. We describe the design, implementation, and arrangement of Tune-in, a cultural probe inspired seven-day diary study, to discover how and what self-therapeutic enablers support experiences of reflection and mindfulness. Findings reveal potent motivational enablers for self-therapy design in the form of sequential process and applicable means. The enablers were accompanied with mundane sound as a reflective material whereby the participants could experience in-depth reflections and mindfulness in everyday life. This paper makes two contributions. First, with a practical set of enablers that can bring self-therapeutic value to the design, and second, it provides new insights on how mundane sound can be used to influence mindfulness and perceptions of value and meaning for individuals.
Keywords
Self-Therapy; Enablers; Mindfulness; Sound
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2020.287
Citation
Hwang, E., and Lim, Y. (2020) Tuning into the Sound: Discovering Motivational Enablers for Self-Therapy Design, in Boess, S., Cheung, M. and Cain, R. (eds.), Synergy - DRS International Conference 2020, 11-14 August, Held online. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2020.287
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Tuning into the Sound: Discovering Motivational Enablers for Self-Therapy Design
The burnout society we live in demands the need for us to be self-therapists in our everyday lives. We describe the design, implementation, and arrangement of Tune-in, a cultural probe inspired seven-day diary study, to discover how and what self-therapeutic enablers support experiences of reflection and mindfulness. Findings reveal potent motivational enablers for self-therapy design in the form of sequential process and applicable means. The enablers were accompanied with mundane sound as a reflective material whereby the participants could experience in-depth reflections and mindfulness in everyday life. This paper makes two contributions. First, with a practical set of enablers that can bring self-therapeutic value to the design, and second, it provides new insights on how mundane sound can be used to influence mindfulness and perceptions of value and meaning for individuals.