Name
Abstract | ||
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The last decade of work in HCI has seen an increasing emphasis on the role of technology in the home, and a corresponding need for novel approaches for studying the needs, activities and rela- tionships that constitute home life, so as to inform technology design. In this vein, we report on a particular aspect of home life in Britain: pottering. We investigate the ways in which potter- ing—unplanned and serendipitous tidying, cleaning, gardening and minor home improvement—can be used as a lens to under- stand the non-task-focused roles that technology may play in the home. We also describe the strategies we used to study this curi- ous class of activities and hopefully illustrate how open, and sometimes opportunistic, approaches to research can have value. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2008 | 10.1145/1463160.1463200 | Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
minor home improvement,novel approach,technology design,domestic it,design.,pottering,non-task-focused role,home life,increasing emphasis,critical design,curious class,corresponding need,last decade,particular aspect,information technology,design | Engineering ethics,Computer science,Design technology,Human–computer interaction,Critical design,Management science | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
9 | 0.77 | 20 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex S. Taylor | 1 | 64 | 4.72 |
| Susan P. Wyche | 2 | 389 | 27.40 |
| Joseph ʻ Jofish ʼ Kaye | 3 | 9 | 0.77 |