{"id":389,"date":"2016-09-09T13:14:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T13:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/academic\/?p=389"},"modified":"2023-06-01T20:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T20:59:30","slug":"skeuomorphic-reassurance-personhood-dementia-and-gerontechnology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/academic\/skeuomorphic-reassurance-personhood-dementia-and-gerontechnology\/","title":{"rendered":"Skeuomorphic Reassurance: Personhood, Dementia, and Gerontechnology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-274\" src=\"http:\/\/kreps.org\/academic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-150x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kreps.org\/academic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-150x84.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/kreps.org\/academic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kreps.org\/academic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kreps.org\/academic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpeg 1137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>David presented at the 12th IFIP TC9 Human Choice and Computers Conference, Technology and Intimacy: Choice or Coercion, 7-9 September, 2016, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, UK, (HCC12).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong>:\u00a0This paper introduces the concept of \u2018skeuomorphic reassurance\u2019 as a guiding principle for human interfaces in technological development and design, particularly for older people and people with dementia (PwD).\u00a0\u00a0 Skeuomorphs exhibit decorative design elements reminiscent of \u2018parent\u2019 objects that incorporated such design elements because they were structurally integral. Human interfaces adopted by new technologies need to be carefully balanced between novelty and recognisability.<\/p>\n<p>The philosophy of personhood is discussed in the context of dementia, concluding that the subjective character of conscious mental processes is an irreducible feature of reality, and that the persistence of personhood in PwD constitutes a further argument in support of this assertion.<\/p>\n<p>Assistive technologies that aid family and carers, as well as PwD, and their relationships, need to ensure that skeuomorphic reassurance is incorporated in their design, not least because older people and PwD need recognisable interfaces today, but, as this paper argues, because the problems today\u2019s over-65s have with digital technologies may quite likely not go away, but re-present themselves generation after generation, unless skeuomorphic reassurance is built into their design.<br \/>\nReference:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ref\">Kreps, D., Blaynee, J., and Burmeister, O., (2016) \u2018Skeuomorphic Reassurance: Personhood, Dementia, and Gerontechnology\u2019 in David Kreps, Gordon Fletcher, Marie Griffiths (Eds.) <em>Technology and Intimacy: Choice or Coercion. 12th IFIP TC9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers 2016, Salford, UK, September 7-9, 2016, Proceedings<\/em> Cham, Switzerland: Springer International<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David presented at the 12th IFIP TC9 Human Choice and Computers Conference, Technology and Intimacy: Choice or Coercion, 7-9 September, 2016, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, UK, (HCC12). 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