Doodle away: an autoethnographic exploration of doodling as a strategy for self-control strength in online spaces

Makayla Lewis; Miriam Sturdee; Mafalda Gamboa; Denise Lengyel

doi:10.1145/3544549.3582747

Doodle away: an autoethnographic exploration of doodling as a strategy for self-control strength in online spaces

Makayla Lewis
, Miriam Sturdee
, Mafalda Gamboa
, Denise Lengyel

University of St Andrews
Chalmers University of Technology
Newcastle University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

We think we are not alone when we say: navigating the new online spaces surrounding us is more difficult than we could have predicted. In this paper, we explore doodling as a tool for self-control while attending passive online spaces. We, four researchers in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, engaged in doodling during our online meetings, seminars, and conferences. We also kept an autoethnographic diary along with a collection of our doodles. We reflected and then discussed through affinity diagramming, whereby five themes were developed: More than human, Designerly ways of sketching, Traces of time and space, Emotional aesthetics & thoughts, Sketching materials, techniques, and tangible characteristics. We conclude by inviting the HCI community to contribute with their doodles during the CHI2023 conference in Hamburg or remotely.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA '23
Subtitle of host publication	extended abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York, U.S.
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9781450394222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3582747
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2023
Event	The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023 - Hamburg, Germany. Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023

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Conference	The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23

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Organising Body: Association for Computing Machinery

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Computer science and informatics

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Lewis, M, Sturdee, M, Gamboa, M & Lengyel, D 2023, Doodle away: an autoethnographic exploration of doodling as a strategy for self-control strength in online spaces. in CHI EA '23: extended abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 414, Association for Computing Machinery , New York, U.S., The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023, 23/04/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3582747

Doodle away: an autoethnographic exploration of doodling as a strategy for self-control strength in online spaces. / Lewis, Makayla; Sturdee, Miriam; Gamboa, Mafalda et al.
CHI EA '23: extended abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, U.S.: Association for Computing Machinery , 2023. 414.

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