Appropriating Technology
How We Make Digital Tools Our Own
$112.86
- Paperback
246 pages
- Release Date
18 November 2025
Summary
Appropriating Technology
Appropriation is the process by which we turn digital technologies into instruments for our own use. Since we do not use technologies but rather our appropriations of them, understanding why and how these appropriations develop is important and useful for both users and for designers. However, appropriation is an underexplored aspect of human-computer interaction.
In Appropriating Technology, Pierre Tchounikine explains that appropriation is…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553872 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262553872 |
| Author: | Pierre Tchounikine |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 246 |
| Release Date: | 18 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Acting with Technology |
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About The Author
Pierre Tchounikine
Pierre Tchounikine is Professor of Computer Science at the University Grenoble Alpes, France. He has conducted research and teaching at the intersection of computer science and social sciences for over 30 years.
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