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Human Work Interaction Design

A Platform for Theory and Action

  • Explains novel notions of socio-technical ideation sketching and socio-technical prototyping
  • Shares tips and insights on regulating socio-technical HCI phenomena and issues
  • Includes case studies of designing smart ways of working collaboratively with industrial robots

Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Relation Artefacts Type I

    • Torkil Clemmensen
    Pages 51-64
  3. Relation Artefacts Type II

    • Torkil Clemmensen
    Pages 65-79
  4. Relation Artefacts Type III

    • Torkil Clemmensen
    Pages 81-105
  5. Relation Artefacts Type IV

    • Torkil Clemmensen
    Pages 107-132
  6. HWID Research

    • Torkil Clemmensen
    Pages 133-172
  7. HWID Consultancy

    • Torkil Clemmensen
    Pages 173-236
  8. HWID Policymaking

    • Torkil Clemmensen
    Pages 237-266
  9. Socio-Technical HCI Design in a Wider Context

    • Torkil Clemmensen
    Pages 267-280
  10. Sketching for Digital Human Work

    • Torkil Clemmensen
    Pages 281-292

About this book

An approach to socio-technical HCI called Human Work Interaction Design (HWID) emerged around 2005. It has grown steadily, and now is the time for sharing this research with a wider audience. In this book, the HWID approach is used to discuss socio-technical HCI theory, cases, methods, and impact. The book introduces HWID as a multi-sided platform for theorizing about socio-technical HCI work design in the digital age. It presents design cases that illustrate the design of socio-technical relations, provides specific advice for researchers, consultants, and policy makers, and reflects on the open issues related to theorizing about sociotechnical HCI.

The benefits of HWID include that it meets the requirement of taking both the social and the technical into account, while focusing strongly on the relationship between the social and the technical. In addition, it is truly international and explicitly considers local cultural, organizational, and technological contexts.     



Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark

    Torkil Clemmensen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Work Interaction Design

  • Book Subtitle: A Platform for Theory and Action

  • Authors: Torkil Clemmensen

  • Series Title: Human–Computer Interaction Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71796-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71795-7Published: 24 September 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71798-8Published: 25 September 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-71796-4Published: 23 September 2021

  • Series ISSN: 1571-5035

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-4477

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 292

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Computers and Society, Interaction Design

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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