The Human–Artifact Model: An Activity Theoretical Approach to Artifact Ecologies

  • Authors:
  • Susanne B⊘dker;ClemensNylandsted Klokmose

  • Affiliations:
  • Aarhus University, Denmark;Aarhus University, Denmark

  • Venue:
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Artifacts and their use are constantly developing, and we address development in, and of, use. The framework needs to support such development through concepts and methods. This leads to a methodological approach that focuses on new artifacts to supplement and substitute existing artifacts. Through a design case, we develop the methodological approach and illustrate how the human–artifact model can be applied to analyze present artifacts and to design future ones. The model is used to structure such analysis and to reason about findings while providing leverage from activity theoretical insights on mediation, dialectics, and levels of activity.