Erotic life as a new frontier in HCI

Authors:
Olav W. Bertelsen;Marianne Graves Petersen
Affiliations:
University of Aarhus, Aarhus N, Denmark;University of Aarhus, Aarhus N, Denmark
Venue:
BCS-HCI '07 Proceedings of the 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: HCI...but not as we know it - Volume 2
Year:
2007

Citing 10
Cited 6

Pattern-based support for interactive design in domestic settings

DIS '02 Proceedings of the 4th conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques
Windows and Mirrors: Interaction Design, Digital Art, and the Myth of Transparency

Windows and Mirrors: Interaction Design, Digital Art, and the Myth of Transparency
Remarkable computing: the challenge of designing for the home

CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Aesthetic interaction: a pragmatist's aesthetics of interactive systems

DIS '04 Proceedings of the 5th conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques
Criticism as an approach to interface aesthetics

Proceedings of the third Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction
Predictors of availability in home life context-mediated communication

CSCW '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Technology as Experience

Technology as Experience
Palpable time for heterogeneous care communities

Proceedings of the 4th decennial conference on Critical computing: between sense and sensibility
Sexual interactions: why we should talk about sex in HCI

CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Squeeze: designing for playful experiences among co-located people in homes

CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Don't Get Emotional

Affect and Emotion in Human-Computer Interaction
New Challenges for Participation in Participatory Design in Family, Clinical and Other Asymmetrical, Non-work Settings

INTERACT '09 Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Part II
Pleasure is your birthright: digitally enabled designer sex toys as a case of third-wave HCI

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
How HCI talks about sexuality: discursive strategies, blind spots, and opportunities for future research

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Design for X?: distribution choices and ethical design

CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Designing (for) desire: a critical study of technosexuality in HCI

Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

In this paper we discuss how information technology impacts erotic life. This has been a neglected issue in most of the literature, even the literature on IT in the home. We argue that current IT, in particular in the home, tends to marginalize erotic aspects of life, through developing domestic technology, without considering how it impacts conditions for erotic life in the home. We suggest the need for a counter discourse in HCI, and we outline a number of theoretical and empirical perspectives, which can contribute to establish erotic life as a new frontier in HCI.