This paper argues that a new paradigm for HCI research, which we label the'practice'
perspective, has been emerging in recent years. This stands in contrast to the prevailing …

The field of human-computer interaction is rapidly expanding. Alongside the extensive
technological developments that are currently taking place, is the emergence of a 'cottage …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design Participatory
Design is about the direct involvement of people in the co-design of the technologies they use …

In providing a theoretical framework for understanding human-computer interaction as well
as design of user interfaces, this book combines elements of anthropology, psychology …

In recent years the mainstream framework for human-computer interaction
researchinformation processing cognitive psychology has come under increasing criticism …

Theory is the bedrock of many sciences, providing a rigorous method to advance
knowledge, through testing and falsifying hypotheses about observable phenomena. To …

This book describes, for the first time in pedagogical form, an approach to computer-based
work in complex sociotechnical systems developed over the last 30 years by Jens …

User experience is now becoming central to our understanding of the usability of
technology. Today many interactive technology companies describe on their Web sites their …

By the author of THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAY THINGS. Insightful and whimsical, profoundly
intelligent and easily accessible, Don Norman has been exploring the design of our world …

The authors describe an evolving theoretical framework that has been called one of the best
kept secrets of academia: cultural-historical activity theory, the result of proposals Lev …