<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/vapx-dv91</dc:identifier><dc:title>Oral history interview with Martin Adolfsson, 2021</dc:title><dc:creator>Adolfsson, Martin</dc:creator><dc:format>oral histories</dc:format><dc:type>mixed material</dc:type><dc:subject>Photographers</dc:subject><dc:subject>Mobile apps</dc:subject><dc:subject>Application software--Development</dc:subject><dc:subject>Photography</dc:subject><dc:subject>Art and technology</dc:subject><dc:subject>Social media and society</dc:subject><dc:subject>Adolfsson, Martin</dc:subject><dc:subject>New Museum (New York, N.Y.)</dc:subject><dc:description>Martin Adolfsson begins the interview discussing his youth in Tanumshede, his family history, Swedish education, his studies at Uddevalla, and his introduction to photography. He describes his photographer assistant position in Oslo and his approaches to photography. Adolfsson shares the philosophy of his InsaneLittleProjects collection of creative endeavors. He discusses his "Suburbia Gone Wild" project and its origins on a trip to Thailand. He discusses an aborted project on Pello, Finland and culture in border regions. He describes meeting MINUTIAE co-founder Daniel Wilson through the New Museum's NEW INC incubator, their initial brainstorming the app's concept, and an early printed iteration at Idea City. He details aspects of building the MINUTIAE app. These include building a prototype, fundraising, inspiration from the app Rando, and hiring a software developer. He discusses the concept of an "anti-social" app and contrasts it with social media. He describes the impacts of media coverage on MINUTIAE usage and app participant demographics. Adolfsson and Springer analyze their own experiences using the app and its utility for documenting personal and family history</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>