The introduction of IT has changed the way we live in many ways. Historically, it can even be
argued that socially embedded applications of information technology challenge and …

Human-computer interaction (HCI) is undergoing a paradigm change towards interaction
that is contextually adapted to rich use situations taking place" beyond the desktop" …

Areas of research such as Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Information
Systems (IS), and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) are, by virtue of their particular …

An examination of the shift to context-based human-computer interaction design practice,
illuminated by the concepts of Activity Theory and related methods. The shift in the practice …

This paper presents a novel way of using traces---not as indicators of skillfulness, aging, or
evidence of interactions with technological tangible objects. Instead we propose traces as a …

The book is an exploration of the theoretical, conceptual and methodological foundations of
human-centred design. Specifically, it critically examines the notion of'practice'and argues …

In this paper, we propose Grounded Design-a particular design research (DR) approach
rooted in a practice-theoretical tradition. It assesses the quality of information technology (IT) …

The article provides a framework and analytical tool for discussing the political and
organizational context of design and participation and for identifying some of its central …

This paper presents the study of a volunteer community, its technologies, and the processes
in and through which it develops, sustains and makes its community artifact ecology work …

As user interactions have become more central to specific classes of information systems,
design theorizing must expand to support the processes of interaction and the evolution of …