Eating alone, together: New forms of commensality

• Main Authors: GREVET, Catherine, TANG, Anthony, MYNATT, Elizabeth
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: HCI; Social computing; Awareness; Contextual information; Design; Food; Mealtime; Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7987; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8990/viewcontent/2389176.2389192.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Eating with others, or commensality, is an enjoyable activity that serves many important social functions; however, many individuals eat meals alone due to life circumstances, meaning that they miss out on these social benefits. We developed and deployed a simple technology probe providing social aw...