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Human-computer interaction as science

Reeves, Stuart

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Human-computer interaction (HCI) has had a long and troublesome relationship to the role of 'science'. HCI's status as an academic object in terms of coherence and adequacy is often in question---leading to desires for establishing a true scientific discipline. In this paper I explore formative cognitive science influences on HCI, through the impact of early work on the design of input devices. The paper discusses a core idea that I argue has animated much HCI research since: the notion of scientific design spaces. In evaluating this concept, I disassemble the broader 'picture of science' in HCI and its role in constructing a disciplinary order for the increasingly diverse and overlapping research communities that contribute in some way to what we call 'HCI'. In concluding I explore notions of rigour and debates around how we might reassess HCI's disciplinarity.

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Reeves, S. (2015). Human-computer interaction as science.

Conference Name Critical Alternatives 2015, 5th Decennial Aarhus Conference
End Date Aug 21, 2015
Publication Date Aug 1, 2015
Deposit Date Jul 9, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Keywords Science, Disciplinarity, Cognitive Science
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/982890
Related Public URLs http://aarhus2015.org/

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