OpenDoTT Current IoT Practices Dataset: ESR1 Wearables and the Self

<div>This Directory contains data from the participatory study <b>The Lost Manual</b>—conducted from April to June 2020 as part of the PhD research on <b>Wearables and the Self</b> with the <b>Open Design of Trusted Things (OpenDoTT)</b> project.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The study aimed to capture current beliefs and perceptions of wearable IoT using cultural probes and letting the participants imagine the purpose of a found object.</div><div><br></div><div>For further information the researcher Jens Alexander Ewald can be contacted by email: jens.a.ewald@northumbria.ac.uk</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Lost Manual</b></div><div><br></div><div>The study involved cultural probes, using found objects by participants to meet the ethical requirement during the Covid-19 pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>With each participant an initial interview and a reflection session was conducted. All participant communication was conducted as video interviews (sometimes audio only based on the internet connectivity).</div><div><br></div><div>The captured data in this data set contains:</div><div><br></div><div>- Guides: protocols for participant interviews and reflection sessions. </div><div>- Participant Data containing screenshots during the video interview, chat histories between the researcher and participant, images of taken by the participants to document their activities, a printable file to re-create the Found Manuals on a standard A4 printer, transcriptions of the interview and reflection session</div><div>- Sign up and Consent Form: PDF versions of online sign up and consent forms (incl. participant information sheet)</div><div>- Sounds: The sound files the participants have been sent as creative triggers during the activity. Note that different sound files were used for Participant 01.</div><div>- Website: An archived version of the webpage created for the recruitment under https://opendott.org/the-lost-manual</div><div><br></div><div><b>Notes</b></div><div><br></div><div>Participant 3 and 4 have dropped out of the study. Therefore these directories are missing reflection data as a reflection session has not taken place.</div><div><br></div><div>After the interview with participant 1 the interview guide was changed and from thereon included in the data set.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 813508.<br></div>