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Clarification on Ecological Psychology
and EmbodimentFebruary 25, 2004
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Interface semantics
• Structuralism (semiotics)• “Affordances” (gestalt)
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Sign = Sr + Sd(Structuralism)
• Linguistics• Saussure
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Structuralism
• Admits values and history• All meaning is relative• Used in designing control, display and attention management
• Foundation for:– Post-Modernism– Critical Theory– Post-Structuralism
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Gestalt / “Affordances”
• Gestalt psychology– Kurt Lewin– The whole is more than the sum of the parts
• Ecological psychology: a psychology of affordance– JJ Gibson– Door handle “wants” to be grasped
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“Affordances”
• Does not admit values or history
• “Universals”• Mostly used for control aspects
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Hold me
Pour me
Yank me
“Affordance”
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Hold me
Pour me
Yank me
“Affordance”
2-stroke chainsaw engine says “Macho”
BlenderGreen plastic says outdoor power tool
Name says hard-drinkin’ at sporting events
Structuralism
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“We care”
“Official”
Structuralism
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EmbodimentCreating interfaces that allow “FLOW”: loss of self-consciousness in the activity
Example: Soccer, skiing, writing
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EmbodimentCreating interfaces that allow “FLOW”: loss of self-consciousness in the activity
Example: Soccer, skiing, writing
“EXPERTESE” may involve embodiment but is not embodiment.
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EmbodimentCreating interfaces that allow “FLOW”: loss of self-consciousness in the activity
Example: Soccer, skiing, writing
“EXPERTESE” may involve embodiment but is not embodiment.
CSCW question: WHEN does the object say what and to WHOM? (Tony and the electric kettle)
Put on stove (oops)
Plug in
Pour Me
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