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Acting with Technology : Activity Theory and Interaction Design.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Acting with Technology SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (346 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262256476
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Acting with TechnologyDDC classification:
  • 004.01/9
LOC classification:
  • QA76.9.H85K45 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- I Activity Theory in Interaction Design -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Do We Need Theory in Interaction Design? -- 3 Activity Theory in a Nutshell -- 4 Interaction Design Informed by Activity Theory -- 5 A Design Application of Activity Theory: The UMEA System -- II Advanced Issues in Activity Theory -- 6 Objectively Speaking -- 7 Objects of Desire -- 8 Historical Currents in the Development of Activity Theory -- III Theory in Interaction Design -- 9 Postcognitivist Theories in Interaction Design -- 10 Artifacts, Agency, and (A)symmetry -- 11 Looking Forward -- Appendix A: The Activity Checklist -- Appendix B: Online Resources on Activity Theory -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: A systematic presentation of activity theory, its application to interaction design, and an argument for the development of activity theory as a basis for understanding how people interact with technology.
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Intro -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- I Activity Theory in Interaction Design -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Do We Need Theory in Interaction Design? -- 3 Activity Theory in a Nutshell -- 4 Interaction Design Informed by Activity Theory -- 5 A Design Application of Activity Theory: The UMEA System -- II Advanced Issues in Activity Theory -- 6 Objectively Speaking -- 7 Objects of Desire -- 8 Historical Currents in the Development of Activity Theory -- III Theory in Interaction Design -- 9 Postcognitivist Theories in Interaction Design -- 10 Artifacts, Agency, and (A)symmetry -- 11 Looking Forward -- Appendix A: The Activity Checklist -- Appendix B: Online Resources on Activity Theory -- Notes -- References -- Index.

A systematic presentation of activity theory, its application to interaction design, and an argument for the development of activity theory as a basis for understanding how people interact with technology.

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