Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design Perspective on Information Technology
Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design Perspective on Information Technology
Dispelling "design" as the black art of CHI
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Research through design as a method for interaction design research in HCI
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Responsibilities and implications: further thoughts on ethnography and design
Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing for User eXperiences
An analysis and critique of Research through Design: towards a formalization of a research approach
Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
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As interdisciplinary hubs, information schools have unique opportunities to coordinate research that employs multiple modes of inquiry across areas of common concern. While knowledge production practices from science and social science have found significant representation within information schools, the integration of research approaches from humanities and design perspectives has proceeded more slowly. Communication barriers between practitioners of different research paradigms can be considerable---even something as basic to a scientist or social scientist as posing a research question does not necessarily have a precise equivalent to either a humanist or designer, and the way that a humanist approaches an artifact can also be different from the way that a designer approaches one. However, there are equally significant opportunities for innovative research that combines or crosses paradigms. This paper discusses some of the challenges that make interdisciplinary understanding within information schools difficult, focusing in particular on research orientations of the humanities and of design, and how these differ from data-centric orientations of science and social science. A case study demonstrates that, despite these hurdles, the potential contributions of incorporating humanities and design research within information schools are considerable.