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"Paws and Hearts: A Static Website Showcasing the Mental Health and Wellness Benefits of Pet Ownership"

Abstract

Paws and Hearts is a community-driven minimal computing project that presents a collection of stories and photographs highlighting the mental health and wellness benefits of pet ownership. With stories sent in by real individuals, each contribution is raw and authentic, helping to create a wholesome online space where vulnerability is encouraged. Enhanced by original illustrations and guided by web design and user experience principles, it stands as an online space that seamlessly blends scholarly research and creativity, presenting a potentially sensitive subject matter into a visually immersive digital format.

Author(s)

Melissa Tuniewicz

Issue

Issue 3
Published: Wed 30 July 2025

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Works Cited

Clement, Tanya E. “Where Is Methodology in Digital Humanities?” In Debates in the Digital Humanities 2016, edited by Matthew K. Gold and Lauren F. Klein. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5749/9781452963761.

Grant, Will. 101 UX Principles: A Definitive Design Guide. 1st ed. Birmingham: Packt Publishing, 2018.

Hawkins, Robert D., Emily L. Hawkins, and Laura Tip. “‘I Can’t Give Up When I Have Them to Care For’: People’s Experiences of Pets and Their Mental Health.” Anthrozoös 34, no. 4 (2021): 543–562. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2021.1914434.

Karmokar, Sashi, Harjit Singh, and Felix B. Tan. “Using Multidisciplinary Design Principles to Improve the Website Design Process.” Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems 8, no. 3 (2016): 17–44. https://doi.org/10.17705/1pais.08302.

Keating, Michelle, Nic Rubenis, Sarah Carson, and Anne Terhell. The Pet Project: People, Pets & Art. Hobart: University of Tasmania, 2024. https://www.the-petproject.com/about-1.

Pandey, Meghna. “The Power of Pastel Colors in Designing.” Artwork Flow, 2023. https://www.artworkflowhq.com/resources/the-power-of-pastel-colors-in-designing.

Pilsch, Andrew. “Locating the Minimal in Minimal Computing Pedagogy: Minimal Computing Tools and the Classroom Management of Student Composing Workflows.” Journal of Educational Media 49, no. 5 (2024): 769–779. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2024.240182.

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