Understanding why we preserve some things and discard others in the context of interaction design

This paper takes up the problem of understanding why we preserve some things passionately and discard others without thought. We briefly report on the theoretical literature relating to this question, both in terms of existing literature in HCI, as well as in terms of related literatures that can advance the understanding for the HCI community. We use this reading to refine our frameworks for understanding durability in digital artifice as an issue of sustainable interaction design in HCI. Next, we report in detail on our ongoing work in collecting personal inventories of digital artifice in the home context. We relate our prior and most current personal inventories collections to the framework that owes to our reading of the theoretical literature. Finally, we summarize the theoretical implications and findings of our personal inventories work in terms of implications for the design of digital artifice in a manner that is more durable. Author Keywords Sustainability, Sustainable Inte...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: CHI
• Authors: William Odom, James Pierce, Erik Stolterman, Eli Blevis
• Keywords: CHI 2009, Digital Artifice, Human Computer Interaction, Personal Inventories, Sustainable Interaction Design