Ambient Nature Network
This project is researching the design of an Ambient Nature Network to present and share data about local nature in calm, engaging ways in homes. We aim to help people to notice nature, lead them to spend time outdoors, and create new ways to participate in local citizen science and conservation action.
In particular, we are looking at ways to:
- Reveal hidden nature by creating new interfaces to browse environmental data from modern cheap sensors and new ambient connected devices (IoT); creating fun and intriguing experiences in the social spaces of the home.
- Connect through nature by investigating how home sensors and ambient interfaces can support sharing inside and outside the home.
Sub-projects include:
- Scout Cameras in Urban Backyards
- Ambient Birdhouse
Funding / Grants
- Australian Research Council (DP190101647) (2019)
Chief Investigators
Other Team Members
External CI:
Yvonne Rogers (UCL)PhD students:
- Tshering Dema
- Shannon Rogers
- Jessie Oliver
Publications
- Vella, Kellie, Ploderer, Bernd, Brereton, Margot (2021) Human-Nature Relations in Urban Gardens: Explorations with Camera Traps. CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp.1-13.
- Rodgers, Shannon, Vella, Kellie, Ploderer, Bernd, Brereton, Margot (2023) Nature Fictions: Designing for a Sustainable Future through Nature Relations. In Byrne, Daragh, Martelaro, Nikolas, Boucher, Andy, Chatting, David, Alaoui, Sarah Fdili, Fox, Sarah, Nicenboim, Iohanna, MacArthur, Cayley (Eds.), DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, pp.1566-1580.
- Rodgers, Shannon, Ploderer, Bernd, Vella, Kellie, Brereton, Margot (2022) Phenology Probes: Exploring Human-Nature Relations for Designing Sustainable Futures. In Sweetser, Penny, Lawrence Taylor, Jennyfer, Martin, Charles, Mckay, Dana, Rogerson, Melissa, Cumbo, Bronwyn, Wadley, Greg, Hespanhol, Luke, Tsimeris, Jess, Xi, Mingze, et al. (Eds.), OzCHI '22: Proceedings of the 34th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp.216-228.
- Vella, Kellie, Esteban, Michael, Ploderer, Bernd, Brereton, Margot (2022) Networked Gardens: Remediating Local Nature Data Through the Internet of Things. In Mueller, Florian `Floyd', Greuter, Stefan, Khot, Rohit Ashok, Sweetser, Penny, Obrist, Marianna (Eds.), DIS '22: Proceedings of the 2022 Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing, pp.1597-1611.
- Vella, Kellie, Dema, Tshering, Soro, Alessandro, Brereton, Margot (2021) Fostering Children's Stewardship of Local Nature Through Game Co-design. In Buchanan, George, Davis, Hilary, Al Mahmud, Abdullah, Sarsenbayeva, Zhanna, Soro, Alessandro, Munoz, Diego, Potter, Leigh Ellen, Taylor, Jennyfer Lawrence, Tsimeris, Jess (Eds.), OzCHI '21: Proceedings of the 33rd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp.38–50.
- Rodgers, Shannon, Ploderer, Bernd, Brereton, Margot (2019) HCI in the garden: Current trends and future directions. OZCHI'19: Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction, PervasiveHealth: Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, pp.381-386.
- Dema, Tshering, Brereton, Margot, Esteban, Michael, Soro, Alessandro, Sherub, Sherub, Roe, Paul (2020) Designing in the Network of Relations for Species Conservation: The Playful Tingtibi Community Birdhouse. CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.
- Dema, Tshering, Brereton, Margot, Roe, Paul (2019) Designing participatory sensing with remote communities to conserve endangered species. CHI '19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
- Oliver, Jessica L., Brereton, Margot, Turkay, Selen, Watson, David M., Roe, Paul (2020) Exploration of aural and visual media about birds informs lessons for citizen science design. DIS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, pp.1687-1700.
- Vella, Kellie, Oliver, Jessica L., Dema, Tshering, Brereton, Margot, Roe, Paul (2020) Ecology Meets Computer Science: Designing Tools to Reconcile People, Data, and Practices. CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.
- Oliver, Jessica L., Turkay, Selen, Brereton, Margot, M. Watson, David, Roe, Paul (2021) Engaging with Nature Sounds and Citizen Science by Designing for Creative and Contextual Audio Encounters. CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.
- Vella, Kellie, Rogers, Yvonne, Tulloch, Ayesha, Brereton, Margot (2024) Nature Networks: Designing for nature data collection and sharing from local to global. DIS'24: Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference.