Open AccessEvolving the Role and Agenda of HCI for Sustainable Development
Author(s) -
Lucia Terrenghi,
Sriram Subramanian
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
electronic workshops in computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 1477-9358
DOI - 10.14236/ewic/eise2009.5
Subject(s) - sustainability , computer science , knowledge management , sustainable development , human–computer interaction , balance (ability) , development (topology) , engineering ethics , management science , process management , engineering , political science , psychology , neuroscience , ecology , biology , law , mathematics , mathematical analysis
The paper examines the evolving role of HCI for sustainable development. We claim that HCI is central to the idea of designing for development and sustainability. We therefore propose the idea that researchers in HCI have to strive for a greater balance between attempting to produce global and local knowledge. HCI designs for local knowledge can create case-studies that can be drive and be driven by theories and models that could lead to global knowledge.
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