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GATHERING CHARACTERISTICS OF PRESENCES

In this section I will gather together the variety of insights on natural, mediated and witnessed presence that I have discovered so far using the initial theoretical framework that I made in chapter 2, the case studies in chapter 3 and 4 and the analysis conducted up to this point in chapter 5. I began this study from the perspective that the multiple presences that people face because of the development of information and communication technologies all have comparable weight in the trade-off that occurs when designing, experiencing and enacting presence. In conducting this study I came to realize the distinct elements that each presence can bring to the table. In chapter 6 I will elaborate upon how to translate these into a conceptual framework for thinking and for the design of presence. Below, I will first gather together and establish the characteristics of natural, mediated and witnessed presence.

 

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    NATURAL PRESENCE

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Natural presence is borne by the body and the mind and is bound to place and time. Cultures evolve when time is shared over longer ...

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    Connecting natural presences

    Caroline Nevejan –

    The different natural presences are mediated by mediated presences. Natural presence defines the distinct personal time zones in which ...

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    MEDIATED PRESENCE

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Through mediating presence one can reach out to another human being in different time/space configurations, which a meeting in natural ...

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    Connecting mediated presence

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Synchronization between different locations of mediated presence and synchronization between natural and mediated presence creates ...

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    WITNESSED PRESENCE

    Caroline Nevejan –

    In communities, organizations and societies people negotiate trust and truth and witnessed presence contributes to this process ...

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    Producing natural presence

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Natural presence has to be produced. Food, shelter, safety, education and social interaction are all necessary for survival and ...

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    Trust and natural presence

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Natural presence establishes the trust relationship between two people. Whether this is weak or strong, because people are physically ...

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    Producing mediated presence

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Mediated presence is dependent upon technology, which has to function as expected. It requires expertise, resources and good production ...

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    Trust and mediated presence

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Conveying trustworthiness is crucial when working together online. The design of presence, when and how people meet, and when they ...

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    Trust and witnessed presence

    Caroline Nevejan –

    When people witness each other in natural and in mediated presence, the shared experience becomes more powerful. The very act of ...