Post-cognitivist HCI: second-wave theories

Historically, the dominant paradigm in HCI, when it appeared as a field in early 80s, was information processing ("cognitivist") psychology. In recent decades, as the focus of research moved beyond information processing to include how the use of technology emerges in social, cultural and organizational contexts, a variety of conceptual frameworks have been proposed as candidate theoretical foundations for "second-wave" HCI and CSCW. The purpose of this panel is to articulate similarities and differences between some of the leading "post-cognitivist" theoretical perspectives: language/ action, activity theory, and distributed cognition. Keywords HCI theories, language/action, activity theory, cognitive approach, distributed cognition OVERVIEW OF THE PANEL TOPIC Information processing psychology was the theoretical foundation of the "first-wave" Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The limitations of this paradigm were demonstrated in seminal books ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Bonnie A. Nardi, Edwin Hutchins, James D. Hollan, John Carroll, Susanne Bødker, Terry Winograd, Victor Kaptelinin
• Keywords: Candidate Theoretical Foundations, CHI 2003, Human Computer Interaction, Keywords HCI Theories, Mainstream Hci Community