Advancing Social and Health Sciences through Digital Day Reconstruction
July 29, 2022 | 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota
“Everyday life” speaks to the ordinary activities and experiences that most people encounter on a daily basis. Although mundane and unremarkable by definition, everyday life activities and experiences are shared by most people, play essential roles in shaping human health and well-being, and constitute much of the basis of societal development and progress.
On July 29, 2022, the Daynamica team hosted a one-day, in-person symposium titled "Understanding Everyday Life: Advancing Social and Health Sciences through Digital Day Reconstruction" at the University of Minnesota campus. The symposium highlighted how researchers at the University of Minnesota and beyond have used the Daynamica app--a digital app collecting human activity and well-being data throughout the day--for understanding everyday life and making new discoveries in social & health sciences. Speakers in the symposium explored a wide range of topics, ranging from time use and health outcomes among at-risk populations and during COVID to the effects of environmental exposure on health disparities.
More than 70 people participated in the symposium, including academics from a wide range of disciplines as well as practitioners from the public and private sectors. The event also provided participants networking opportunities to explore possible synergies and future partnerships for understanding the 5Ws (Who, What, When, Why, and Where) of daily living activities and experiences.
If you were not able to attend the symposium or missed a key presentation, you can access symposium video recordings and catch up on what you may have missed via the YouTube links below.
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast & Check-In
8:30 a.m. Welcome and symposium overview
9:00 a.m. Session 1: Time Use and Health Outcomes among At-Risk Populations
10:20 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Session 2: Environmental Exposure and Health Disparities
12:10 p.m. Buffet Lunch
1:30 p.m. Session 3: The Daynamica Roadmap: Recent Updates and Priorities for Future Development
3:00 p.m. Program Wrap-Up
Out-of-town participants can stay at the Graduate Hotel, a boutique hotel on that is a 2-3 minute walk from the conference facilities at the McNamara Alumni Center. The Minneapolis St.-Paul International Airport is a 15-20 minute drive from University of Minnesota campus, and can also be accessed via light rail.
Contact Professor Yingling Fan at the University of Minnesota at yingling@umn.edu