Have you looked at
Savolainen, Reijo (1995) 'Everyday life information seeking: approaching information seeking in the context of "way of life"' Library and information science research 17 (3) 259–294.
It contains a brief but quite concise survey of the literature that has contributed to the definition of 'everyday life' used in the research.
Regards / Andrew
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Sent: 04 April 2017 09:12:19
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Subject: the everyday
Dear all,
I am trying to address the notion of ‘everyday’ and questioning the way it is or could be tackled by design.
I have read Georges Perec on infra-ordinary (enjoy http://artsites.ucsc.edu/faculty/Gustafson/FILM%20162.W10/readings/perec.approaches.pdf !) and George Orwell on common decency, which both are very inspiring. I studied Bourdieu and de Certeau, who address the notion of the everyday in different ways, once again inspiring but not that practical for design. I have read The Design of Everyday Things of Don Norman, and the Everyday Aesthetics of Yuriko Saito, certainly more satisfying for design but, to my perspective missing the attempt to clarify what is the ‘everyday’ (please let me know if I missed it!).
The everyday seems to be about in the closest, the less significant, the less noticeable facts. The everyday ‘is as much in the habitual events than in the forces that make them habitual and calmly liveable’ (Dewolf). However, it is also a space of creation, as the habitual may turn unexpectedly, and the resulting irregularity may be simultaneously a space of frustration and a space of creation. Here is why I am intrigued in it, and believe it should closely and unhesitatingly addressed by design research.
However, it seems to me the ‘everyday’ remains one of these things that everybody knows until it is time to describe it, a view that is not satisfying from a (design) research perspective.
I would be very glad if some of you could suggest directions, perspectives, or opinions to comprehend better the ‘everyday’ and the way it can be tackled by design (research). Or even better if some other people are addressing the same topic, and would like to share further on this topic...
Thank you in advance,
Best,
Pierre Lévy
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dr. LEVY Pierre
Assistant professor at TU/e
President of the European Kansei Group
Coordinator of the KEER steering committee
Eindhoven University of Technology
Department of Industrial Design
Designing Quality in Interaction
www.plevy.fr<http://www.plevy.fr> | dqi.id.tue.nl
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