{"id":576168,"date":"2019-03-28T04:35:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T11:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&p=576168"},"modified":"2019-04-01T05:58:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T12:58:55","slug":"being-human","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/being-human\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Human"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020<\/h3>

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The field of Human-Computer Interaction has moved on and matured in many significant ways over the past three decades. From Card, Moran and Newell\u2019s early work in defining the field through to Weiser\u2019s vision of ubiquitous computing, one can point to a handful of books and thought-pieces that have defined new and compelling research agendas.\u00a0 As we move further the 21st century, a new change is afoot: a change that puts more emphasis on placing users \u2013people\u2014front and centre in that agenda; a change that is less about pervasive, \u201csmart\u201d computing and more about technology that enables and recognizes human values.<\/p>

This new agenda raises all kinds of key questions: What is the role of technology in the 21st century, or what would we like it to be?\u00a0 How as researchers, designers and practitioners should we orient to this role?\u00a0 What are the key questions for Human-Computer Interaction as we move forward? What are the new paradigms and research goals that emerge as a result?\u00a0 What are the human values we are designing for, and what does this mean for the evaluation of technology?<\/p>

Computer technologies are not neutral \u2013 they are laden with human, cultural and social values.\u00a0 We need to define a new agenda for human-computer interaction in the 21st century \u2013 one that anticipates and shapes the impact of technology rather than simply reacts to it.<\/h3>

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In March, 2007, a forum entitled HCI 2020: Human Values in a Digital Age, was held in Sanl\u00facar la Mayor, Spain, just outside Seville. Its purpose was to gather luminaries in computing, design, social sciences, and scientific philosophy to discuss, debate and help formulate an agenda for human-computer interaction (HCI) over the next decade and beyond.<\/p>

The event\u2014facilitated by Microsoft and convened by\u00a0Richard Harper\u00a0and\u00a0Abigail Sellen<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Microsoft Research Cambridge<\/a>,\u00a0Tom Rodden (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of Nottingham University, and\u00a0Yvonne Rogers (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of the Open University\u2014resulted in a detailed report, released April 2 2008, called Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020.<\/p>

This report is for anyone interested in the ramifications of our digital future and in ways society must adjust to the technological changes to come.\u00a0 It is also for those of us who work in the field of Human-Computer Interaction and who are concerned that our research agenda stays relevant in the years to come.<\/p>

DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL VERSION OF THE REPORT<\/strong>available as a PDF<\/a>\u00a0(3MB).<\/p>

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