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Petter Alexanderson

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Petter Alexanderson

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Current place of employment:
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

Researcher and Interaction designer in sound and haptic IxD, based in Lund, Sweden.

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Publications by Petter Alexanderson (bibliography)

» 2006 «

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Alexanderson, Petter and Tollmar, Konrad (2006): Being and mixing: designing interactive soundscapes. In: Proceedings of the Fourth Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2006. pp. 252-261. Available online

“This paper describes a study of the auditory environment in a chemical factory, and how a group of process operators ascribe meaning to a selection of sound clips from their daily work environment. We argue for a design-oriented phenomenological approach to soundscape studies, and suggest an approach based on an exploration of how already occurring sounds are used. This knowledge will be used to inform the design of new useful auditory environments. Our study shows that the richness of the auditory environment is a crucial aspect of the distributed work environment. An important part of the design process is the operator's contribution to the concepts suggested. From design workshops several design concepts aiming to explore and test different approaches for making sound affordances available have been developed. This has led us to a new understanding of how interactive soundscapes enable distributed awareness -- what we refer to as 'Being and Mixing'.”

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Alexanderson, Petter (2004): Peripheral awareness and smooth notification: the use of natural sounds in process control work. In: Proceedings of the Third Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction October 23-27, 2004, Tampere, Finland. pp. 281-284. Available online

“This paper describes a study of the auditory environment in a chemical factory and how a group of process operators ascribe meaning to a selection of sound clips from their daily work environment. It is shown that the richness of the auditory environment is a crucial aspect of the distributed work environment. We argue that a phenomenological approach for soundscape studies in relation to HCI is needed to understand auditory interfaces for cooperative environments. One way of doing this is to search in existing work practices, explore how already present sounds are used and to let this knowledge inform the design of new useful auditory environments. Three aspects regarding the meaning of the factory sound events are put forward; how the operators use sound for identifying things and places, notification about status of surrounding artifacts and for maintaining social awareness.”

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