This final blog post will synthesise several of the key themes and ideas that have emerged throughout this module by situating them within my own research interests. As such, it will explore the role of technology in both perpetuating and tackling the exclusion of marginalised women from civic issues, with …
Introduction In this blog post I look forward to share and discuss some of my understandings of HCI and Music Interaction. First, I will start with a brief background information about the history of HCI, and what are my research interests in Music and Technology, how can the two fields …
A billboard above a shop along Zaatari’s market area, which references various social media platforms and messaging apps that are popular among …
Environmental sustainability is one, if not the key challenge of today’s world. Unsurprisingly, HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) research has been engaged with this …
Human Computer Interaction (HCI) emphasises the role of the human in computing research. In studying these interactions, HCI precludes the existence of …
What is the Context? When I think of the Arab Spring uprisings since 2010, I cannot not ponder on the idea that …
1.0 Introduction “As the historian Robert Darnton has written “The marvels of communication technology in the present have produced a false consciousness about …
Introduction Throughout the course of the module I have considered how my readings in the wider area of HCI and digital civics …
Configuring Collaboration: A Fledgling Digital Civics Research Manifesto Having recently read Le Dantec’s Strangers at the Gate [9], the importance of researchers …
Introduction The smartphone revolution promised us that whatever you want to do, “there’s an app for that”[39]. We do carry a vastly …