Overview
- Introduces Anthropology-Based Computing (ABC), a new model for natural human interaction with our tools, computers and our increasingly computerized environment
- Provides straightforward, illustrated advice on how to apply human physiology and psychology to designing or modifying an interface or tool so that it can be truly human-centred
- Contains practical tutorials aimed at making our computer devices less disruptive to our daily lives; like how to stop instant messages from distracting you while driving
Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Evolution of Computerized Technology, But Were Afraid to Ask
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Anthropology-Based Computing: Bringing It All Together, for the First Time
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Citizen Science: Simple Solutions to Improve the Way Your Technology Treats You
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About this book
This three-part guide argues that human interest and calm technology need to be at the heart of HCI. It begins by exposing the inherent dangers in past and present HCI. Using his past experiences within Anthropology, Linguistics, Education, Ergonomics, Human Factors, and Computer Science the author introduces and explores the theory of ‘Anthropology-Based Computing’ (ABC) as well as a new ideas like Dynamic Environmental Focus (DEF), a new model ofGeneral Human Interaction (GHI), and a new triune model of the brain: Brown’s Representation of Anthropogenic Interaction in Natural Settings (BRAINS). Detailed illustrations show how HCI can be improved by considering how human bodies and brains actually work. The final part is a series of simple illustrated experiments, each applying an aspect of ABC to improve the way our computers and computerized devices treat us.
Anthropology-Based Computing is written for those who work with computers, not just those who work on them. Students and researchers in Design and Psychology, and Computer Scientists as well, will benefit from seeing what is missing from the devices that are already in place, why that is, and how to make the practical changes that will immediately improve the physiological and psychological experience of using phones, on-board navigation systems, and the countless other computers we use at work and at home today and will continue to use in the future.
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About the author
John N. A. Brown is an inventor and researcher who has lived and lectured on four continents as a specialist in Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction. Dr Brown is trying to advance Weiser and Brown's concept of Calm Technology and hoping to bring a few new practices and a few new tools into common use, based on the concepts that a) the real world is much more complex than any computer or software ever invented, and b) it has taken us a very long time to evolve and adapt to the world in a way that allows us to be both effective and comfortable. In short, Mr. Brown proposes that it is time to start designing our most ubiquitous tools to better suit our natural human abilities and limitations and calls this approach Anthropology-Based Computing.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Anthropology-Based Computing
Book Subtitle: Putting the Human in Human-Computer Interaction
Authors: John N.A. Brown
Series Title: Human–Computer Interaction Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24421-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24419-8Published: 25 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79624-6Published: 19 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24421-1Published: 16 March 2016
Series ISSN: 1571-5035
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4477
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 243
Number of Illustrations: 59 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Anthropology, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences