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Thoughtful Interaction Design

A Design Perspective on Information Technology

By: Jonas Lowgren,Erik Stolterman

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Thoughtful Interaction Design

A Design Perspective on Information Technology

By: Jonas Lowgren,Erik Stolterman

The authors of Thoughtful Interaction Design go beyond the usual technical concerns of usability and usefulness to consider interaction design from a design perspective. The shaping of digital artifacts is a design process that influences the form and functions of workplaces, schools, communication, and culture; the successful interaction designer must use both ethical and aesthetic judgment to create designs that are appropriate to a given environment. This book is not a how-to manual, but a collection of tools for thought about interaction design. Working with information technology—called by the authors "the material without qualities"—interaction designers create not a static object but a dynamic pattern of interactivity. The design vision is closely linked to context and not simply focused on the technology. The authors' action-oriented and context-dependent design theory, drawing on design theorist Donald Schön's concept of the reflective practitioner, helps designers deal with complex design challenges created by new technology and new knowledge. Their approach, based on a foundation of thoughtfulness that acknowledges the designer's responsibility not only for the functional qualities of the design product but for the ethical and aesthetic qualities as well, fills the need for a theory of interaction design that can increase and nurture design knowledge. From this perspective they address the fundamental question of what kind of knowledge an aspiring designer needs, discussing the process of design, the designer, design methods and techniques, the design product and its qualities, and conditions for interaction design.

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0262622092

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Collaborative Media

Production, Consumption, and Design Interventions

By: Jonas Lowgren,Bo Reimer

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Collaborative Media

Production, Consumption, and Design Interventions

By: Jonas Lowgren,Bo Reimer

A thorough analysis of contemporary digital media practices, showing how people increasingly not only consume but also produce and even design media. With many new forms of digital media–including such popular social media as Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr—the people formerly known as the audience no longer only consume but also produce and even design media. Jonas Löwgren and Bo Reimer term this phenomenon collaborative media, and in this book they investigate the qualities and characteristics of these forms of media in terms of what they enable people to do. They do so through an interdisciplinary research approach that combines the social sciences and humanities traditions of empirical and theoretical work with practice-based, design-oriented interventions. Löwgren and Reimer offer analysis and a series of illuminating case studies—examples of projects in collaborative media that range from small multidisciplinary research experiments to commercial projects used by millions of people. Löwgren and Reimer discuss the case studies at three levels of analysis: society and the role of collaborative media in societal change; institutions and the relationship of collaborative media with established media structures; and tribes, the nurturing of small communities within a large technical infrastructure. They conclude by advocating an interventionist turn within social analysis and media design.

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0262019760

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Education for Sustainable Development in an Unequal World

Biopolitics, Differentiation and Affirmative Alternatives

By: Beniamin Knutsson,Linus Bylund,Sofie Hellberg,Jonas Lindberg

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Education for Sustainable Development in an Unequal World

Biopolitics, Differentiation and Affirmative Alternatives

By: Beniamin Knutsson,Linus Bylund,Sofie Hellberg,Jonas Lindberg

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is recurrently depicted as an enterprise that unites humanity in a common pursuit of a more just and sustainable world. But how is this enterprise pursued on a planet that is enormously unequal? Drawing on biopolitical theory and rich empirical data from different contexts around the world, this book explores how ESD is unpacked depending on whether people are rich or poor. The book demonstrates how ESD is adapted to the lifestyles and living conditions of different populations. The implication of this depoliticized sensitivity to local ‘realities’, the book argues, is that inequality becomes accommodated and that different responsibilities are assigned to rich and poor. Ultimately, the book considers alternatives to this biopolitical divide.

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Policy Press

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1529234077

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Thoughtful Interaction Design

A Design Perspective on Information Technology

By: Jonas Lowgren,Erik Stolterman

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A Design Perspective on Information Technology

By: Jonas Lowgren,Erik Stolterman

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Human-computer Interaction

What Every System Developer Should Know

By: Jonas Löwgren

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Human-computer Interaction

What Every System Developer Should Know

By: Jonas Löwgren

Considering the users and the situations of use is becoming increasingly important in industrial software development. It is no longer enough to merely provide a system; it must also suit the users' needs and abilities. Developers concerned with the user interface and user services of a system have to know the basics of how people interact with computers. They need to recognise the importance of studying prospective users and their work. An understanding of the concept of usability and how usability can be specified and tested is also essential. Finally, it is necessary to be aware of the basic building blocks for design and how designs can be realised in prototypes and implemented systems. This book covers all these issues. The book should be of interest to professional system developers and project managers interested in usable systems. It is also intended for introductory human-computer interaction courses at universities as it contains well-proven exercises, suggested reading material, advice to the teacher and to the student.

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Thoughtful Interaction Design

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Education for Sustainable Development in an Unequal World

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