[Commlist] Digital Culture & Society 9 (1) on the Domestication of Data-Driven Technologies published

Digital Culture & Society 9 (1) "Taming Digital Practices: On the 
Domestication of Data-Driven Technologies" has been published.

Special issue edited by Tim Hector, David Waldecker, Niklas Strüer and 
Tanja Aal

Available via DeGruyter: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/dcs/9/1/html
Physical copies and ebooks: 
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6357-0/digital-culture-society-dcs/

Modern mundane life is brimming with a variety of data-driven 
technologies that are supposed to augment the practices they are 
involved in. As humans bring these technologies into their lives in a 
process of domestication, they tame them and are simultaneously 
influenced by their presence. In combining domestication research and an 
empirical analysis of current, digital, and interconnected media, this 
issue examines the process of taming with an emphasis on practices. The 
contributions in this issue explore the use of digitally connected media 
such as vacuum robots, smart speakers, drones, and kitchen appliances 
with reference to the domestication paradigm from interdisciplinary 
perspectives including media studies, sociology, anthropology, and 
human-computer interaction.

Table of Contents

A Praxeological Approach Towards the Domestication of Connected Media 
Technologies. Introduction
David Waldecker and Tim Hector  5

I – Field Research and Case Studies

Rethinking Material Articulations of “Television” in Times After TV
Vera Klocke and Maren Hartmann  25

Cyborg Cooks: Mothers and the Anthropology of Smart Kitchens
Katharina Graf  49

Domesticating Motile Media. The Routes and Routines of Vacuum Robots
Max Kanderske  71

Frustration Free: How Alexa Orchestrates the Development of the Smart Home
Niklas Strüver   99

Reinventing Drones: From DIY Experimentation to Professionalization
Hendrik Bender and Marcus Burkhardt  125

Media Use of Older Adults in Bangladesh: Religion, Perceived Sinfulness 
and the Taming of Media
Tanja Aal, Dennis Kirschsieper, Md Rashidul Hasan and Claudia Müller  153

II – Conceptual/Theoretical Reflection

Doing Home by Using Digital Assistive Technologies. On the Role of 
Meaning and Materiality in the Use of Digital Assistive Technologies at 
Older People’s Domesticity
Cordula Endter, Florian Fischer and Tobias Wörle  179

III – Entering the Field

Domestication of Smart Speakers by Older Users. Preliminary Findings 
From an Exploratory Qualitative Study
Alexander B. Kucharski and Sebastian Merkel   203

Crafting Home with E-Textiles: Accessing Concepts of the Home in a 
Socially and Culturally Diverse Setting
Anne Weibert, Konstantin Aal, Sarah Rüller, Markus Rohde and Volker Wulf 
 213

IV – In Conversation with
The Questions Are Still Good. Domestication Theory and Digital Media Today
Leslie Haddon in Conversation with Niklas Strüver and
David Waldecker  225
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