Appropriating Technology
How We Make Digital Tools Our Own
Published on 28. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
246 pages
978-0-262-55387-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Details the complex interplay of psychological, social, and technological forces and influences that shape how and why we appropriate technologies for specific uses"-- Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
2 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
369 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-55387-2 (9780262553872)
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10/2025
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Person
Pierre Tchounikine
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Phenomena at Play
3 An Activity-Centric Theoretical Account
4 Users as Humans Who Develop
5 Users as Human Beings
6 Appropriation and Adaptation Techniques
7 Designing for and from Appropriation
8 Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Phenomena at Play
3 An Activity-Centric Theoretical Account
4 Users as Humans Who Develop
5 Users as Human Beings
6 Appropriation and Adaptation Techniques
7 Designing for and from Appropriation
8 Conclusion
Notes
References
Index