Configuring user-designer relations : interdisciplinary perspectives /

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Imprint:	London : Springer, c2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 235 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Computer supported cooperative work, 1431-1496 Computer supported cooperative work.
Subject:	Human-computer interaction. User-centered system design. User interfaces (Computer systems) -- Design. User interfaces (Computer systems) -- Design -- Case studies. Human-computer interaction. User-centered system design. User interfaces (Computer systems) -- Design. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8889456

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Other authors / contributors:	Voss, Alex.
ISBN:	9781846289255 1846289254
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	User-designer relations' concerns the sorts of working relationships that arise between developers and end users of IT products - the different ways designers of IT products seek to engage with users, and the ways users seek to influence product design. It is through the shifting patterns of these relations that IT products are realised. Although it has generally been accepted that achieving better user-designer relations will improve the quality of IT products, there has been little consensus on how this might be achieved. This book aims to deepen our understanding of the relationships betwee.
Other form:	Print version: Configuring user-designer relations. London : Springer, c2009 9781846289248 1846289246

Table of Contents:

Contributors; 1. Introduction: Configuring User-Designer Relations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives; 2. Participatory Design: Issues and Approaches in Dynamic Constellations of Use, Design, and Research; 3. Design as and for Collaboration: Making Sense of and Supporting Practical Action; 4. User-Designer Relations in Technology Production: The Development and Evaluation of an 'Animator' Tool to Facilitate User Involvement in the Development of Electronic Health Records; 5. Lessons Learned in Providing Product Designers with Use-Participatory Interaction Design Tools.

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