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Ritual

Working with the unusual is our speciality and this case was ironically, no different. We worked with the Everyday Design Studio to investigate ritual, and the phases of the moon. We were particularly interested in how Neo Pagan Witches use the full moon and new moon as times of ritual, and how embedded technologies might help them to observe and practice their rituals. We carried out a series of interviews and workshops, and built a simple prototype, based around the SenseCenser, a device that reacts to incense, which was developed by the Everyday Design Studio in the context of Japanese funeral or memorialization ceremonies. You can read about their project in their paper, here: https://star.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/sensecensor/