Where are the Ionians of user experience research?

  • Authors:
  • Kari Kuutti

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The paper discusses about the attempts to clarify and define the concept of User Experience, using the difference between Babylonians and Ionians to astronomy as a parable. According to paper, the effort in UX research may be too heavily directed towards immediate practical usefulness, and suggests that there is a need for a complementary conceptual-theoretical discussion.