HCI Design for Sustainable Food Culture

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SYNOPSIS

This workshop proposes to explore new approaches to cultivate and support sustainable food culture in urban environments via human computer interaction design and ubiquitous technologies. Food is a challenging issue in urban contexts: while food consumption decisions are made many times a day, most food interaction for urbanites occurs based on convenience and habitual practices. This situation is contrasting to the fact that food is at the centre of global environment, health, and social issues that are becoming increasingly immanent and imminent. As such, it is timely and crucial to ask: what are feasible, effective, and innovative ways to improve human-food-interaction through human-computerinteraction in order to contribute to environmental, health, and social sustainability in urban environments? This workshop brings together insights across disciplines to discuss this question, and plan and promote individual, local, and global change for sustainable food culture.

CONTACT

Jaz Hee-jeong Choi
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia
h.choi@qut.edu.au

Marcus Foth
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia
m.foth@qut.edu.au

Greg Hearn
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia
g.hearn@qut.edu.au

Eli Blevis Indiana University
Bloomington, IN, USA
eblevis@indiana.edu

Tad Hirsch
Intel Research
Portland, OR, USA
tad.hirsch@intel.com