When is it not Craft? Materiality and Mediation when Craft and Computing Meet

March 17, 2019 | Public Programs

Craft has emerged as an important reference point for human-computer interaction (HCI). To avoid a misrepresenting, all-encompassing application of craft to interaction design, this position paper first discerns craft from HCI. It develops material engagement and mediation as differentiating factors to reposition craft in relation to tangible interaction design. The aim is to clarify craft’s relation to interaction design and to open up new opportunities and questions that follow from this repositioning.

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Michael Nitsche

Author

Georgia Institute of Technology

Anna Weisling

Author

Georgia Institute of Technology

Citation

Publication Name: TEI'19, March 17--20, 2019, Tempe, AZ, USA

Funders

NSF

Funding Program: AISL

Award Number: 1612686

Resource Type: Reference Materials

Discipline: Computing and information science

Audience: Middle School Children (11-13) | Families | Museum/ISE Professionals

Environment Type: Public Programs | Afterschool Programs | Theater Programs

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