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7. Practice-Based Computing: Empirically Grounded Conceptualizations Derived from Design Case Studies

Authors : Volker Wulf, Claudia Müller, Volkmar Pipek, David Randall, Markus Rohde, Gunnar Stevens

Published in: Designing Socially Embedded Technologies in the Real-World

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Abstract

The introduction of IT has changed the way we live in many ways. Historically, it can even be argued that socially embedded applications of information technology challenge and change practices to an extent rarely seen before with any other type of technological artifacts. If these IT artifacts have strong and recurrent impacts on people’s lives, we need to reconsider design practice artifacts which allow for anticipating use practices and bring together inspirational creativity with evaluative methods.

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Metadata
Title
Practice-Based Computing: Empirically Grounded Conceptualizations Derived from Design Case Studies
Authors
Volker Wulf
Claudia Müller
Volkmar Pipek
David Randall
Markus Rohde
Gunnar Stevens
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Springer London
Book
Designing Socially Embedded Technologies in the Real-World

Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-6719-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4471-6720-4

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6720-4_7

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