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Critical dialogue: interaction, experience and cultural theory

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Shaowen Bardzell,

Jeffrey Bardzell,

Alan BlackwellAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 4521 - 4524

https://doi.org/10.1145/1753846.1754189

Published: 10 April 2010 Publication History

Abstract

Although topics such as fun, enjoyment, aesthetics, and experience are relatively new in HCI, long traditions of scholarship in the humanities and social sciences have examined them. Some have already been expressed in the appropriation of conceptualizations of experience in HCI research and practice. There is also a small but fast growing body of work in HCI seeking to approach these topics from the perspective of cultural and critical theory. In the history of ideas, experience and critical theory have not always made good bedfellows, sometimes complementing each other, sometimes resisting each other. This workshop will explore the ways in which HCI can benefit from a constructive dialogue between critical theory and experience in questions of design and evaluation.

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Critical dialogue: interaction, experience and cultural theory
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI theory, concepts and models
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms

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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2010

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ISBN:9781605589305

DOI:10.1145/1753846

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Elizabeth Mynatt
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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Vienna University of Technology
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Scott Hudson
Carnegie Mellon University
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Keith Edwards
Georgia Tech
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Tom Rodden
University of Nottingham

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