Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Theoretical HCI

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE New and old perspectives on the use situation  As IT invades the private sphere our intimate lives are affected. How should we reflect this new situation in our theories of the use situation?  Which new theoretical perspectives are needed when IT is used to support creative non-routine work rather than to automate routine tasks?

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Erotic life as a new frontier in HCI Olav W. Bertelsen & Marianne G. Petersen Erotic Life as a New Frontier in HCI, In D. Ramduny-Ellis & D. Rachovides (eds.), Volume 2 Proceedings of the 21st BCS HCI Group Conference - HCI 2007, 3-7 September 2007, Lancaster University, UK

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Why erotic life in HCI?  IT comes from the workplace and brings workplace values (efficiency)  Domestic computing does not question these values  Domestic computing does not reflect on the effects of technologies on erotic life  But technology has an effect  As old workplace values are not sufficient we will go back to Quality of Life as a basic quality.  Erotic life is widely recognized as an important aspect of life quality

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Technology as disabler or enabler  The TV in the bedroom  Couples that have it have sex less often  Many couples use pornographic video as fruitful inspiration in their erotic life.  Text messaging  The partners are at risk of being absent by texting with others.  Texting when apart can extend the feeling of intimacy .....etc...

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Aesthetic in/of/and erotic life  The erotic moment in modernity  The erotic versus the hermeneutic  Erotic life as a laboratory for pragmatist everyday aesthetics A lightning flash... then night! Fleeting beauty By whose glance I was suddenly reborn, Will I see you no more before eternity? (Baudelaire)

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Technology and family intimacy  Family was a specialized sanctuary for intimacy  Family has become a venue for negotiating how much time each partner is allowed to be away to do work  We need more power outages

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Communication in erotic life  Inability to communicate is the main reason for divorce and marital problems.  (a course helps)  Communication does not correlate with erotic attraction

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Visibility and invisibility  A great challenge in ambient computing  The erotic perspective helps us understand how things can be visible and invisible at the same time.  Exclusivity - meaning construction

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Strategy for the future  A lab for transcending technical rationality  Working with sexologists, etc  Integrating therapeutic praxes  Interesting methodical challenges  We have looked at the problems but we should also consider the fun (that is what it is about after all).  Not designing for erotic life, but designing with erotic life in mind.

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE The new HCI history  From Efficient automation of routine tasks, and computer support for skilled workers - THE WORKPLACECENTRIC.  To Support for creative intellectual work, and new cultural praxes - THE THIRD WAVE

Olav W. Bertelsen U N I V E R S I T Y O F A A R H U S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Studies of computer mediated creativity  TechnoMusic composers  How current tools further creativity  New theoretical concepts - e.g. Instrumentness  Activation in evaluation and design  (ongoing work with Breinbjerg, Pold, og Klokmosse)  Studies of programming work - future possibility