Week 1
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Edison's Eve — Gaby Wood
Selections on automata and mechanical beings
Week 2
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Foreground and Background Interaction — Bill Buxton
billbuxton.com/BG_FG.html
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Design and the Construction of Imaginaries — Tobias Revell
blog.tobiasrevell.com
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Enchanted Objects — David Rose
Choose one: Terminal World (p40), Prosthetics (p47), Animism (p64), or Enchanted Objects (p86)
PDF
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Conversational Design — Erika Hall
Chapters: Introduction, Orientation, Action, Guidance
PDF
Week 3
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Conversational Design — Erika Hall
Complete the book
PDF
Week 8
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Person, Thing, Robot — David J. Gunkel
Selections on ethics and consent in sensing environments
Course Texts
- Edison's Eve — Gaby Wood (Required)
- Conversational Design — Erika Hall (Required)
- Enchanted Objects — David Rose
- Calm Technology — Amber Case
- Person, Thing, Robot — David J. Gunkel
- The Design of Everyday Things — Don Norman