March 2006
Beginner
272 pages
5h 48m
English
Thesis 19Everyware is always situated in a particular context.
Nothing takes place in a vacuum. As former PARC researcher Paul Dourish observes, in his 2001 study Where the Action Is, "interaction is intimately connected with the settings in which it occurs." His theory of "embodied interaction" insists that interactions derive their meaning by occurring in real time and real space and, above all, among and between real people.
In Dourish's view, the character and quality of interactions between people and the technical systems they use depend vitally on the fact that both are embedded in the world in specific ways. A video chat is shaped by ...
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