TY - GEN
T1 - "We've conquered dark"
T2 - 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2014
AU - Grimme, Shannon
AU - Bardzell, Jeffrey
AU - Bardzell, Shaowen
PY - 2014/10/26
Y1 - 2014/10/26
N2 - We present a qualitative study based on interviews with makers engaging in a variety of critical making activities. As part of our attempt to understand what critical making is and can be, we are investigating what motivates makers, that is, seeking to understand the sorts of qualities that make making sufficiently attractive or valuable to warrant their participation. Whether making for themselves or to share with others, for fun or functionality, we found that empowerment, often defined in opposition to passive consumerism, was a recurrent theme in our interviews. We discuss the seemingly cyclical motivational and reward functions of maker empowerment in guiding and encouraging making activities, and consider the impact of a refined understanding of "critical making" as it can be leveraged and supported for future HCI research and design practice.
AB - We present a qualitative study based on interviews with makers engaging in a variety of critical making activities. As part of our attempt to understand what critical making is and can be, we are investigating what motivates makers, that is, seeking to understand the sorts of qualities that make making sufficiently attractive or valuable to warrant their participation. Whether making for themselves or to share with others, for fun or functionality, we found that empowerment, often defined in opposition to passive consumerism, was a recurrent theme in our interviews. We discuss the seemingly cyclical motivational and reward functions of maker empowerment in guiding and encouraging making activities, and consider the impact of a refined understanding of "critical making" as it can be leveraged and supported for future HCI research and design practice.
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U2 - 10.1145/2639189.2641204
DO - 10.1145/2639189.2641204
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84911429484
T3 - Proceedings of the NordiCHI 2014: The 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational
SP - 431
EP - 440
BT - Proceedings of the NordiCHI 2014
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 26 October 2014 through 30 October 2014
ER -