Interfaces and Us
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Interfaces and Us

User Experience Design and the Making of the Computable Subject

Zachary Kaiser

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eBook - ePub

Interfaces and Us

User Experience Design and the Making of the Computable Subject

Zachary Kaiser

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About This Book

We're all familiar with smart TVs making suggestions on our future watching, real-world exercise data being transferred into stats and infographics on our workout apps and turning up our home heating before we start our commute – but how does this world of technological interfaces affect our actions and perceptions of self?When society relies on computer models and their interfaces to explain and predict everything from love to geopolitical conflicts, our own behaviour and choices are artificially changed. Zachary Kaiser explores the harmful social consequences of this idea - balanced against speed and ease for the user - and how design practice and education can respond positively. - Concepts of freedom vs convenience
- Smart objects and manipulation
- Real world information transformed into data
- Technology's decisions made on our behalf

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Year
2023
ISBN
9781350245266
Edition
1
Topic
Computer Science
Subtopic
Desktop Applications
Index
Computer Science

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. About the Author
  8. INTRODUCTION
  9. 1 HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ROOTS OF THE COMPUTABLE SUBJECTIVITY
  10. 2 DATA=WORLD
  11. 3 PREDICTION AND THE STABILIZATION OF IDENTITY
  12. 4 THE MORAL IMPERATIVE OF NORMALITY THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL OPTIMIZATION
  13. 5 THE QUESTIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE ROLE OF DESIGN EDUCATION
  14. CONCLUSION: TOWARD A LUDDITE DESIGN EDUCATION
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. Imprint