When the implication is not to design (technology)

As HCI is applied in increasingly diverse contexts, it is important to consider situations in which computational or information technologies may be less appropriate. This paper presents a series of questions that can help researchers, designers, and practitioners articulate a technology’s appropriateness or inappropriateness. Use of these questions is demonstrated via examples from the literature. The paper concludes with specific arguments for improving the conduct of HCI. This paper provides a means for understanding and articulating the limits of HCI technologies, an important but heretofore under-explored contribution to the field. Author Keywords Design, non-design, reflective HCI, sustainability ACM Classification Keywords H.5.2 Information Interfaces and Presentation: Miscellaneous General Terms Design AN EXPLOSION “HCI is bursting at the seams” [26, p. 88], expanding to tackle evermore complex problems in evermore diverse domains, including healthcare [8], education...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Eric P. S. Baumer, M. Six Silberman
• Keywords: CHI 2011, Environmental Sustainability, HCI Community, Human Computer Interaction, Technological Interventions