ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the generative role that a practice-based research inquiry can play in incorporating temporality into the design of longer-term human–technology relations. We draw attention to how first-person experiences of time, over time in the design process, are of great importance when designing slow technologies. A practice-based research approach enables creative practitioners to attend to how temporality is shaped and manifested through the crafting of a design artifact which represents a key benefit of this approach and a key area for future research. Through an example of crafting temporality into Chronoscope, we introduce our designer-researcher approach to reveal how first-person perspectives among our design team could benefit and support practice-based research. Four main points are described to position our designer-researcher approach through articulating the motivation and design decisions that follow the goal of embodying temporality across the Chronoscope design process. Finally, we highlight how Chronoscope exemplifies a designer-researcher approach to craft slowness and temporality into practices and provide four lessons for future design-oriented researchers and practitioners to apply similar concepts and perspectives to a broader range of disciplines. Our experience of practice-based research is from an academic perspective in North America. Our thinking aligns with the principles of practice-based research stated in the definitions of this handbook.
