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OpenHCI 2013 Closing Address

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This document summarizes Hao-Chuan Wang's reflections on the positioning of human-computer interaction (HCI) as a field. Wang discusses how HCI has evolved from multiple disciplines through creativity, diversity, and collaboration. While HCI draws from areas like design, computer science, and social sciences, it has emerged as its own interdisciplinary field. Wang suggests HCI does not need to belong solely to one domain, and that its pluralistic nature allows it to grow within various colleges and disciplines while maintaining its distinct, emergent properties not defined by any single contributing part.

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On (Re-)Positioning HCI - My Ongoing Reflection - Hao-Chuan Wang . ȫ Department of Computer Science Institute of Information Systems and Applications National Tsing Hua University at OpenHCI Workshop 2013, July 5, 2013
Wang A Poster from CHI 2012 - CHI C 30 years of Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design 2
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Wang Creation, Evolution and Intelligent Design Creation ? OpenHCI as a successful case ? Great creativity from student designers! Evolution ? Diversity ? Sophistication Intelligent Design ? Collaboration ? Bridging what need to be done socially and what can be done technically. 4
Wang HCI Isnt New, Neither Homogeneous (Grudin, 2011) 5
Wang Where Should We Place HCI? Art? Business? Design? Engineering? Humanities? Sciences? Social Sciences? 6
Wang Ontological Classification as Persistent Human Habit 7
Wang However, Classification Can Be Arbitrary 8
Wang Possible Ways Out ? Pluralism- Multiple labeling ? HCI isnt belonging to just one discipline. ? Interdisciplinarity- HCI is the combination of all (design, CS, engineering, social sciences, etc.). ? HCI can and should grow in a variety of colleges, and maybe with different emphases and styles. This is what we are doing. ? Emergentism- Emergent area ? HCI evolves from multiple disciplines but isnt belonging to any of them. ? Emergent properties- the whole is not the sum of the parts. ? HCI is itself a discipline. This is what we should probably pursue next. 9
Wang 10 It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change - Charles Darwin, 1809 - 1882
Wang Thank You! See You Next Year! 11

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OpenHCI 2013 Closing Address

  • 1. On (Re-)Positioning HCI - My Ongoing Reflection - Hao-Chuan Wang . ȫ Department of Computer Science Institute of Information Systems and Applications National Tsing Hua University at OpenHCI Workshop 2013, July 5, 2013
  • 2. Wang A Poster from CHI 2012 - CHI C 30 years of Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design 2
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  • 4. Wang Creation, Evolution and Intelligent Design Creation ? OpenHCI as a successful case ? Great creativity from student designers! Evolution ? Diversity ? Sophistication Intelligent Design ? Collaboration ? Bridging what need to be done socially and what can be done technically. 4
  • 5. Wang HCI Isnt New, Neither Homogeneous (Grudin, 2011) 5
  • 6. Wang Where Should We Place HCI? Art? Business? Design? Engineering? Humanities? Sciences? Social Sciences? 6
  • 7. Wang Ontological Classification as Persistent Human Habit 7
  • 9. Wang Possible Ways Out ? Pluralism- Multiple labeling ? HCI isnt belonging to just one discipline. ? Interdisciplinarity- HCI is the combination of all (design, CS, engineering, social sciences, etc.). ? HCI can and should grow in a variety of colleges, and maybe with different emphases and styles. This is what we are doing. ? Emergentism- Emergent area ? HCI evolves from multiple disciplines but isnt belonging to any of them. ? Emergent properties- the whole is not the sum of the parts. ? HCI is itself a discipline. This is what we should probably pursue next. 9
  • 10. Wang 10 It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change - Charles Darwin, 1809 - 1882
  • 11. Wang Thank You! See You Next Year! 11