Expanding and refining design and criticality in HCI

James Pierce; Phoebe Sengers; Tad Hirsch; Tom  Jenkins; William Gaver; Carl  DiSalvo

doi:10.1145/2702123.2702438

Expanding and refining design and criticality in HCI

James Pierce
, Phoebe Sengers
, Tad Hirsch
, Tom Jenkins
, William Gaver
, Carl DiSalvo

University of Washington
California College of the Arts
Cornell University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Goldsmiths, University of London

Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

Abstract

The term 'critical design' is on the upswing in HCI. We analyze how discourses around 'critical design' are diverging in Design and HCI. We argue that this divergence undermines HCI's ability to learn from and appropriate the design approaches signaled by this term. Instead, we articulate two ways to broaden and deepen connections between Design and HCI: (1) develop a broader collective understanding of what these design approaches can be, without forcing them to be about 'criticality' or 'critical design,' narrowly construed; and (2) shape a variation of design criticism to better meet Design practices, terms, and ways of knowing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	18 Apr 2015
Pages	2083-2092
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450331456
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702438
Publication status	Published - 18 Apr 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Crossings - Korea, Republic of, Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 18 Apr 2015 → 23 Apr 2015 Conference number: 33 http://chi2015.acm.org/

Conference

Conference	The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Number	33
Location	Korea, Republic of
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	18/04/2015 → 23/04/2015
Internet address	http://chi2015.acm.org/

Keywords

critical design
speculative design
design thinking
design criticism
expanded design practice
critical theory

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Pierce, J, Sengers, P, Hirsch, T, Jenkins, T, Gaver, W & DiSalvo, C 2015, Expanding and refining design and criticality in HCI. in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, USA , pp. 2083-2092, The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 18/04/2015. https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702438

Expanding and refining design and criticality in HCI. / Pierce, James; Sengers, Phoebe; Hirsch, Tad et al.
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, USA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. p. 2083-2092.

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