Contributors
Nihan Aksoy
Beren Ay
İsmail Umut Yüzer
Melis Akti
Şükrü Hakan Oral
This ethnographic study discusses the role of digital and analog planners in organizing everyday life and an examination of these objects in the context of material culture. How analog and digital planners affect time management, the flow of everyday life and spatial arrangements; the importance of planners as everyday objects in the context of routines; the effect of these objects on shaping people's identities and the reflections of social norms on objects are the focus of the research. In this context, the theoretical framework is formed by Daniel Miller's theory of material culture and Henry Lefebvre's critique of everyday life. Planners are considered cultural objects and are evaluated as tools to express individuals' identities through the study. Thus, planners are assessed as a micro-history source where the personal history of users is recorded. The role of planners in forming routines (such as planning the day with morning coffee) is examined in this theoretical context. User interviews were conducted to examine in depth how both types of planners are given meaning. As a result of the in-depth examination of individual experiences, a comparative user experience study of digital and analog planners has been conducted. For example; the contrast between tactile (analog) and digital experience, the personalization possibilities of analog planners and the application-based practicality of digitals, the ritualistic character of analog planners and the efficiency-oriented work of digitals, etc. have been examined. The research results are aimed to contribute to the studies of material culture and everyday life, focusing on routines, time, and individuals' interpretation of these.