[Air-L] "Construction" of Users

[Alex Gekker]

Hi Alex,

Steve Woolgar's classic "Configuring the user" might be a good read,
although it's more on the STS than HCI/ Design side (they are often
complimentary though)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-954X.1990.tb03349.x/abstract

Regards,
Alex.


On 20 April 2015 at 21:12, Alex Leavitt <alexleavitt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi AoIR!
>
> I'm looking for resources on constructions of the user. I know there's some
> cultural studies work in this area (e.g., Oudshoorn & Pinch, "How Users
> Matter"), but I'm looking for a little more from the technical/design/HCI
> side: namely, how users are constructed technically within computational
> systems.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations?
>
> Alex
>
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> Alexander Leavitt
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> USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
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