Taking [a]part: The Politics and Aesthetics of Participation in Experience-Centered Design

by Peter Wright, John J. McCarthy, John McCarthy

A critical inquiry into the value and experience of participation in design research.

In Taking A]part, John McCarthy and Peter Wright consider a series of boundary-pushing research projects in human-computer interaction (HCI) in which the design of digital technology is used to inquire into participative experience. McCarthy and Wright view all of these projects--which range from the public and performative to the private...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262028557
• ISBN13: 9780262028554
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher