1. Story Cultures: Understanding how stories of different cultures can influence digital memories. ArthiKanchanaManohar and Jon Rogers Dome IoT 2010 University of Dundee

2. TOTeMTales of things: Electronic memory QR codes Tagging objects Internet of things’, refers to the technical and cultural as society moves towards a ubiquitous form of computing in which every device is ‘on’, and every device is connected in some way to the Internet. ArthiKanchanaManohar and Jon Rogers Dome IoT 2010 University of Dundee

3. Storytelling Objects triggering stories

4. Research Methods:- Cultural Probes- Semi structured interviews- Grounded theory methods Analysis: - Network of memory maps ArthiKanchanaManohar and Jon Rogers Dome IoT 2010 University of Dundee

5. Cultural probes Probes materials to collect information Questionnaires: 1. A brief introduction about the participants and their network of family and friends in their community 2. What are the objects the participant posses that brings memories and stories to them? 3. Are there any ritual objects those participant posses? (Grandmother and great-uncle) 4. What does the object mean to the user? 5. What do the user associate the object to? 6. Do the user have any places or location that he/ she relates the objects to? 7. How often do the user travel outside the city? 8. What objects do they carry and leave behind when they travel? 9. What are the different emotional stories that the object reminds the user about? ArthiKanchanaManohar and Jon Rogers Dome IoT 2010 University of Dundee

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7. - Participant selection - Cross culture - Inter generational Geographical location ArthiKanchanaManohar and Jon Rogers Dome IoT 2010 University of Dundee

8. People and objects: Physical mapping of memories/histories /stories ArthiKanchanaManohar and Jon Rogers Dome IoT 2010 University of Dundee

10. Memory box

11. Sentimental values

12. Key human valuesArthiKanchanaManohar and Jon Rogers Dome IoT 2010 University of Dundee

13. Family archive ArthiKanchanaManohar and Jon Rogers Dome IoT 2010 University of Dundee

14. Future studies - Testing the Digital product with the same participants. - Similar study with a larger community – Anstruther fisheries village ( North east of Scotland ) - Conducting workshops to collect stories and build a digital memory object for the community. ArthiKanchanaManohar and Jon Rogers Dome IoT 2010 University of Dundee

15. Thank you ArthiKanchanaManohar PhD Researcher University of Dundee Dundee United Kingdom M- +44-07522072254 http://journeythroughmyphd.blogspot.com/ E-mail: a.kanchanamanohar@dundee.ac.uk