[Air-l] Cultural issues in Interface design

[Charles Ess]

Ewa:

If you have not already done so, you should contact

> Dr. Vanessa Evers
> Assistant Professor
>
> Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
> Dept. of Social Science Informatics (SWI)
> University of Amsterdam
> Roeterstraat 15
> 1018 WB Amsterdam
> the Netherlands
>
> Tel: +31 20 5256795
> Fax: +31 20 5256896
> Email: evers at swi.psy.uva.nl

Dr. Evers presented some excellent work on issues of cultural differences
and interface design at CATaC'98, and continues to research this area.

If you haven't already reviewed the CATaC-related literature on this topic,
please let me know and I'll send you a bibliography and list of researchers
working in this area.

Good luck!  And please think about presenting your findings at CATaC'04!

Cheers,

Charles Ess
Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies
Drury University
900 N. Benton Ave.                          Voice: 417-873-7230
Springfield, MO  65802  USA            FAX: 417-873-7435
Home page:  http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html
Co-chair, CATaC: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/

Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

> From: Ewa Callahan <ecallaha at indiana.edu>
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:18:02 -0500
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-l] Cultural issues in Interface design
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am working on a project on the role of culture in interface design.
> I gathered extensive literature on the subject, but I am also looking
> for real life examples. Has anyone experienced some
> problems/misunderstandings working with computers due to the fact that
> the interface was desinged in different culture, and would like to
> share it with me? I am practically looking at everything: idioms,
> linguistic or graphical metaphores, problems with navigation or
> organization of information, technical problems with entering data,
> problems the designers/programers can encounter.  I am not gathering
> data for any specific publication, I would just like to know what are
> the real problem areas, and what other computer/internet users have
> experienced.
> 
> Thank you,
> Ewa Callahan  
> 
> P.S. Please indicate in responce where are you from or what culture
> you identify yourself with.
> 
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