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Theoretical HCI

Theoretical HCI. New and old perspectives on the use situation. As IT invades the private sphere our intimate lives are affected. How should we reflect this new situation in our theories of the use situation?

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Theoretical HCI

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  1. Theoretical HCI U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  2. New and old perspectives on the use situation • As IT invades the private sphere our intimate lives are affected. How should we reflect this new situation in our theories of the use situation? • Which new theoretical perspectives are needed when IT is used to support creative non-routine work rather than to automate routine tasks? U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  3. Erotic life as a new frontier in HCI Olav W. Bertelsen & Marianne G. Petersen Erotic Life as a New Frontier in HCI, In D. Ramduny-Ellis & D. Rachovides (eds.), Volume 2 Proceedings of the 21st BCS HCI Group Conference - HCI 2007, 3-7 September 2007, Lancaster University, UK U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  4. Why erotic life in HCI? • IT comes from the workplace and brings workplace values (efficiency) • Domestic computing does not question these values • Domestic computing does not reflect on the effects of technologies on erotic life • But technology has an effect • As old workplace values are not sufficient we will go back to Quality of Life as a basic quality. • Erotic life is widely recognized as an important aspect of life quality U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  5. Technology as disabler or enabler • The TV in the bedroom • Couples that have it have sex less often • Many couples use pornographic video as fruitful inspiration in their erotic life. • Text messaging • The partners are at risk of being absent by texting with others. • Texting when apart can extend the feeling of intimacy • .....etc... U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  6. Aesthetic in/of/and erotic life • The erotic moment in modernity • The erotic versus the hermeneutic • Erotic life as a laboratory for pragmatist everyday aesthetics A lightning flash... then night! Fleeting beauty By whose glance I was suddenly reborn, Will I see you no more before eternity? (Baudelaire) U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  7. Technology and family intimacy • Family was a specialized sanctuary for intimacy • Family has become a venue for negotiating how much time each partner is allowed to be away to do work • We need more power outages U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  8. Communication in erotic life • Inability to communicate is the main reason for divorce and marital problems. • (a course helps) • Communication does not correlate with erotic attraction U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  9. Visibility and invisibility • A great challenge in ambient computing • The erotic perspective helps us understand how things can be visible and invisible at the same time. • Exclusivity - meaning construction U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  10. Strategy for the future • A lab for transcending technical rationality • Working with sexologists, etc • Integrating therapeutic praxes • Interesting methodical challenges • We have looked at the problems but we should also consider the fun (that is what it is about after all). • Not designing for erotic life, but designing with erotic life in mind. U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  11. The new HCI history • From Efficient automation of routine tasks, and computer support for skilled workers - THE WORKPLACECENTRIC. • ToSupport for creative intellectual work, and new cultural praxes - THE THIRD WAVE U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  12. Studies of computer mediated creativity • TechnoMusic composers • How current tools further creativity • New theoretical concepts - e.g. Instrumentness • Activation in evaluation and design • (ongoing work with Breinbjerg, Pold, og Klokmosse) • Studies of programming work - future possibility U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

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