Extraordinary computing

Susan P. Wyche, Rebecca E. Griner
2009 Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI 09  
We present results from a study examining how American Protestant Christians' faith affects their domestic life. There are two contributions of this work for the HCI community. First, we provide empirical evidence demonstrating how topics of interest to HCI researchers (e.g., material artifacts, routines, and ICT use) are used for religious purposes. Our findings show how Christians distinguish these aspects of domestic life from their secular counterparts. Second, we use our findings to
more » ... on current directions of future domestic ICT applications. Specifically, we critically evaluate the "problem solving" approaches dominating the design of future technologies, and present extraordinary computing or systems that promote and honor the special value accorded to some aspects of domestic life.
doi:10.1145/1518701.1518817 dblp:conf/chi/WycheG09 fatcat:lscjlvbubfa4lfeysqszzhofoe