TY - JOUR
T1 - Possessions and memories
AU - van den Hoven, Elise
AU - Orth, Daniel
AU - Zijlema, Annemarie
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - People often acquire souvenirs and photographs to facilitate remembering, but possessions and memories can relate to each other in a variety of ways. This review paper presents four different connection types found between meaningful things in our everyday lives and our personal memories. Each connection type either focuses on possessions or memories and the connection between the two is either active or lost. These perspectives will be detailed through examples of studies and design cases from different fields and research areas. More studies have been found focusing on existing connections between possessions and memories, such as in human-computer interaction, design, material culture, psychology and marketing, than those lost, which were specifically focused around ageing, forgetting, heirlooms, identity and hoarding behaviour. Our review of connections between possessions and memories accumulate to suggest the attachment people ascribe to certain possessions is mirrored by the ability of objects to fulfil people's desire to preserve, embody, showcase and recollect certain memories.
AB - People often acquire souvenirs and photographs to facilitate remembering, but possessions and memories can relate to each other in a variety of ways. This review paper presents four different connection types found between meaningful things in our everyday lives and our personal memories. Each connection type either focuses on possessions or memories and the connection between the two is either active or lost. These perspectives will be detailed through examples of studies and design cases from different fields and research areas. More studies have been found focusing on existing connections between possessions and memories, such as in human-computer interaction, design, material culture, psychology and marketing, than those lost, which were specifically focused around ageing, forgetting, heirlooms, identity and hoarding behaviour. Our review of connections between possessions and memories accumulate to suggest the attachment people ascribe to certain possessions is mirrored by the ability of objects to fulfil people's desire to preserve, embody, showcase and recollect certain memories.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091931296&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.014
DO - 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.014
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32932200
AN - SCOPUS:85091931296
SN - 2352-250X
VL - 39
SP - 94
EP - 99
JO - Current Opinion in Psychology
JF - Current Opinion in Psychology
ER -