A Study of Familiarity

نویسندگان

  • Guy Van de Walle
  • Elisabeth Davenport
چکیده

HCI has long sought to account for peopleÕs experiences with technology and to ground good design practice in this knowledge. In an effort to understand human action and cognition, HCI has drawn on a wide variety of disciplines. While the social sciences are regular ports of call, philosophy per se is rarely consulted. This paper is an exception: we present an empirical investigation of computer use by fifty individuals, the results of which have been interpreted using HeideggerÕs philosophical writings on familiarity.

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تاریخ انتشار 2003