Personal inventories: toward durable human-product relationships

  • Authors:
  • William Odom

  • Affiliations:
  • Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In this paper, I build on perspectives in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and design literature to develop a theoretical lens to conduct personal inventories of human-product relationships within the home. I describe an ongoing empirical study examining participants' attitudes toward and relationships with interactive technology, and frame this research within the nascent and growing literature in HCI on environmental sustainability. I will present early findings from this study and discuss how these implications can inform potential future design practice within the HCI community.