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The first 25 years of human-computer interaction (HCI) have been
dominated by what has been described as rationalistic design. This has
been described this as the attempt to model people as "cognitive
machines", whose psychology and behaviour can be built or reproduced by
digital computers. This in turn was a major influence in the first great
HCI text - The Psychology of Human Computer Interaction which sought to
create a scientific HCI.
Traditional, "narrow" cognition pervades all aspects of HCI from the
simple guideline "design for recognition rather than recall", to the
basis of evaluation techniques ("cognitive walkthrough") and is central
to entire methodologies, such as, Cognitive Walk Analysis.
But times have changed - cognition is now situated, distributed,
external and even collective and the methods of rationalistic design
have been replaced with "enlightened trial and error". User experience
is also supplanting usability as the must-have attribute of interactive
applications, devices and systems. So is there still a place for
cognition except in safety critical or otherwise demanding situations?
Papers are invited to help establish the case for and against cognition
in this "post-cognitive" world. Topics might include the following (but
better ideas are encouraged):
* What is the future of cognition in design given the rise of user
experience?
* Does cognition have a continued role in evaluation in the face of the
focus on affect and aesthetics?
*Can the newer forms of cognition - situated, distributed, external -
actually contribute anything substantive to the design and evaluation of
interactive systems?
*Is it time to distinguish between interactions for "achievement"
(spreadsheets, calendars, Google, word processors...) and interactions
for "fulfilment" (mp3s, MySpace, Facebook, games...), and tailor design
and evaluation according
* Is cognition now merely a curiosity, belonging to an earlier age and
reflecting first generation HCI concepts?
* If cognition is now longer very important do we need to replace it?
Should HCI reflect techne rather than episteme?
Some dates ...
Papers due
3rd March 2008
(sent as a Word attachment to [log in to unmask] &
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Notification
23rd April 2008
Revised manuscripts due
20th June 2008
Expected publication
Autumn 2008
Human Technology is a high quality peer-reviewed journal which is
concerned with "Investigating the human role in existing and emerging
technologies". You will be expected to contribute to the reviewing
process - so in submitting a paper you are expected to contribute at
least one review.
Human Technology is a semi-annual online journal available without
charge, "underscoring the philosophy that good research must be
available to all. Through Human Technology, researchers are encouraged
to collaborate on and to explore the interdisciplinary nature of the
human-technology interaction from multiple and valid perspectives. This
distinctive journal intends to serve as the meeting place of
interdisciplinary dialogue about how humans and societies affect and are
affected by the diversity of communication and information
technologies."
Go to Human Technology ( www.humantechnology.jyu.fi ) for further
details.
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