Un/desired Observation in Interaction: Smart Environments, Language, Bodies and Senses in Private Households (B06)

• Subject Area: Theatre and Media Studies ; Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics ; Empirical Social Research
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 262513311

From smart speakers to smart homes: How are data-intensive sensory media domesticated through linguistic, gestural and sense-related interactions; how are language, bodies and the senses involved in the ,intelligent‘ domestic environment; and how are households captured through digital means? The project examines these research questions with a mix of analyses of recordings of multimodal interactions, ethnographic (video) data, media diaries as well as the analysis of processual and inter-face technologies related to digital platforms (APIs and SDKs). In this sense, the study aims to eluci-date the fore- and the background of the use of smart devices.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1187: Media of Cooperation
• Applicant Institution: Universität Siegen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Stephan Habscheid; Professorin Dr. Dagmar Hoffmann; Professor Dr. Wolfgang Ludwig-Mayerhofer, until 12/2019