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

School of Computer Science

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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 2023 - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	ACM
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450394222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3582747
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2023
Event	Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2023 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2023
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23

Keywords

autoethnography
doodles
remote meetings
sketching
visual thinking

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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 2023 - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 414 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3582747

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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 2023 - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 414, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, ACM, Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2023, Hamburg, Germany, 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 2023 - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2023. 414 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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