A World Following Farmer Almanac: Speculation on Lifestyle Interweaving Folk Religion and Smart Home

Interaction design for domestic settings is popular recently, and there is a great deal of general literature on it. There is little specific guidance, however, on how local culture interacts with interactive technologies. Using Taiwanese Farmer Almanac as an example, through cultural probes and speculative design, we hope to deepen the discussion of the possibility of the home life that interweaves local folk religion and IoT smart home technology in the future.