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YUTPA: WITH YOU IN UNITY OF TIME, PLACE AND ACTION

When discussing social interactions I suggest that we should formulate the YUTPA configurations in which they occur. YUTPA is an acronym for "being with You in Unity of Time, Place and Action". You, time, place and action can be understood as dimensions that can have different values between You and not-You, Now and not-Now, Here and not-Here, Do and not-Do. The word unity refers to the specific set of relations between these four dimensions that is designed in a certain product or process, which makes certain interactions possible while it excludes others. It is a formulation from the perspective of the actor.

 

  • description, concept, argument, theory

    The trade-off between presence and trust

    Caroline Nevejan –

    YUTPA provides a conscious description of the Time, Space, Action and You configuration of a certain product or process, in which ...

  • concept, conclusion, theory

    YUTPA: GRAPH

    Caroline Nevejan –

    In chapter 2, I opened my argument showing a graph to understand media with two axes: asynchronous/synchronous versus physical/virtual. ...

  • concept, argument

    To communicate with You

    Caroline Nevejan –

    My research focused mostly on the four communication spaces that are defined by You. The four communication spaces that are defined by ...

  • concept, argument

    Blurring You and not-You

    Caroline Nevejan –

    The blurring between You and not-You creates confusions as well as solutions. In not-You spaces trust is delegated, moral distance is ...

  • Example 2: Pro-Ana websites

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Another example of a need to think different about the use of technology was posed to me by Heleen Riper, who was co-producer of the ...

  • concept, argument, theory

    No distinction between real and not real

    Caroline Nevejan –

    Processes of purification and mediation occur in every YUTPA because all YUTPA's also function in the context of one another. In his ...

  • concept, conclusion, theory

    8 spaces to act or not

    Caroline Nevejan –

    You/Now/Here Meeting in Real Life, in natural presence You/Now/not-Here Telephone, chat, videoconference Synchronous mediated ...

  • concept, argument

    To communicate with not-You

    Caroline Nevejan –

    The four communication spaces that are defined by not-You are much more problematic for the building or diminishing of trust since they ...

  • Example 1: Voting

    Caroline Nevejan –

    In the Netherlands in 2006 during the national elections, all voters were supposed to cast their vote by computer. Hackers, among them ...

  • Example 3: The Grameen Bank

    Caroline Nevejan –

    The last example I want to elaborate upon concerns the Grameen Bank, the first bank that introduced micro-credits. Professor Muhammad ...