The Polysemy of Human–Computer Interaction

Greenhill, Anita; Fletcher, Gordon

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“…As mentioned above, weak and strong scripts evince variety in the way they are integrated and performed. Scripts are polysemous ( Greenhill and Fletcher, 2009 ). One reason for this polysemy is that several actions that lead to the same result .…”

Section: Script Theory: Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Variational Approach to Scripts

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This paper proposes a formal reconstruction of the script construct by leveraging the active inference framework, a behavioral modeling framework that casts action, perception, emotions, and attention as processes of (Bayesian or variational) inference. We propose a first principles account of the script construct that integrates its different uses in the behavioral and social sciences. We begin by reviewing the recent literature that uses the script construct. We then examine the main mathematical and computational features of active inference. Finally, we leverage the resources of active inference to offer a formal model of scripts. Our integrative model accounts for the dual nature of scripts (as internal, psychological schema used by agents to make sense of event types and as constitutive behavioral categories that make up the social order) and also for the stronger and weaker conceptions of the construct (which do and do not relate to explicit action sequences, respectively).

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A Variational Approach to Scripts

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“…As mentioned above, weak and strong scripts evince variety in the way they are integrated and performed. Scripts are polysemous (Greenhill & Fletcher, 2009). One reason for this polysemy is that several actions that lead to the same result.…”

Section: Script Variationsmentioning

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A variational approach to scripts

Albarracin¹,

Constant²,

Friston³

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This paper proposes a formal reconstruction of the script construct by leveraging the activeinference framework, a behavioural modelling framework that casts action, perception,emotions, and attention as processes of (Bayesian or variational) inference. We propose afirst principles account of the script construct that integrates its different uses in thebehavioural and social sciences. We begin by reviewing the recent literature that uses thescript construct. We then examine the main mathematical and computational features ofactive inference. Finally, we leverage the resources of active inference to offer a formalmodel of scripts. Our integrative model accounts for the dual nature of scripts (as internal,psychological schema used by agents to make sense of event types and as constitutivebehavioural categories that make up the social order) and also for the stronger and weakerconceptions of the construct (which do and do not relate to explicit action sequences,respectively).

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“…In academia, the spime concept has mostly been discussed in a purely theoretical manner and only contextualised within technological fields like ubiquitous computing, human-computer interaction, interaction design and the IoT (Thomas, 2006;Greenhill and Fletcher, 2009;Saffer, 2010). One academic project that does examine some of the sustainable implications of Sterling's concept is Bonanni et al's "Spime Builder" (2009).…”

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Spimes and speculative design: Sustainable product futures today

Stead

2017

Strategic Design Research Journal

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This paper unpacks Sterling's concept of spimes and outlines how it can be developed as a lens through which to speculate and reflect upon the future of more preferable and sustainable technological products. The term spimes denotes a class of near future, sustainable, manufactured objects, and unlike the disposable products, which permeate our society today, a spime would be designed so that it can be managed sustainably throughout its entire lifecycle. This would have the goal of making the implicit consequences of product obsolescence and unsustainable disposal explicit to potential users. With the current rhetoric associated with the so-called Internet of Things promoting existing production and consumption models, the time is right to explore Sterling's concept in greater depth. In doing so, this paper examines the meaning of the term spimes, distinguishes the concept from today's Internet-connected products and posits design criteria for potential near future spime objects. The paper concludes with an initial evaluation of a speculative design fiction created by the author -the Toaster for Life -which seeks to embody several of the spime design criteria in order to facilitate audiences in considering the unsustainable people-product relationships which define present day behaviour, and also aid the author in reflecting upon the design fiction process itself.

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The Polysemy of Human–Computer Interaction

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A Variational Approach to Scripts

A Variational Approach to Scripts

A variational approach to scripts

Spimes and speculative design: Sustainable product futures today

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