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Interaction design and the critics: what to make of the "weegie"

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ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 358 archive
Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges table of contents

Lund, Sweden

SESSION: Full papers table of contents

Pages 53-62

Year of Publication: 2008

ISBN:978-1-59593-704-9

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Mark Blythe	University of York, York, UK
John Robinson	University of York, York, UK
David Frohlich	University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

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: Mangold International
: Microsoft Dynamics

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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This paper describes the development and evaluation of "weegie" an audio-photography desk featuring sounds and images inspired by the Govan area of Glasgow. It was intended to be an interactive artwork that would challenge negative preconceptions about the area. The paper describes two techniques used to consider the extent to which the piece achieved these aims. The first technique is the "personal meaning map" and taken from museum studies. The second is cultural critique drawn from the arts. Building on Gaver's [24] strategy of using cultural commentators for 'polyphonic' assessment it considers the extent to which perspectives drawn from the humanities and the arts can be useful in evaluating design. It argues that a more rigorous understanding of critical theory is necessary to the development of interaction design criticism.

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