TY - JOUR
T1 - A Historiography of Human-Computer Interaction
AU - Petrick, Elizabeth R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author would like to thank Lan Li, Rodrigo Ferreira, and her other colleagues at Rice University who let her bounce ideas, for this project, off of them. The author would also like to thank the guest editors of this special issue, Shreeharsh Kelkar and Elisabetta Mori, for making this happen. This work was supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 1928627.
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PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - This essay examines the state of the history of human-computer interaction (HCI) from multiple fields of study. In many ways, there is a lack of consensus about what we mean by not only HCI but also computer interfaces. I find that the different definitions and approaches found primarily in history and media studies offer many different avenues for scholars to continue exploring how humans and computers relate to each other. A theoretical background on the topic is provided and then historical case studies concerning both computer interfaces and the embodied use of computers are discussed to understand what conversations are held in common and what areas are still left to be explored.
AB - This essay examines the state of the history of human-computer interaction (HCI) from multiple fields of study. In many ways, there is a lack of consensus about what we mean by not only HCI but also computer interfaces. I find that the different definitions and approaches found primarily in history and media studies offer many different avenues for scholars to continue exploring how humans and computers relate to each other. A theoretical background on the topic is provided and then historical case studies concerning both computer interfaces and the embodied use of computers are discussed to understand what conversations are held in common and what areas are still left to be explored.
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U2 - 10.1109/MAHC.2020.3009080
DO - 10.1109/MAHC.2020.3009080
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089297456
SN - 1058-6180
VL - 42
SP - 8
EP - 23
JO - IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
JF - IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
IS - 4
M1 - 9140327
ER -