Literature Overview

In order to make a contribution of this research, it was important for me to gain a strong understanding of the research background and significance. Throughout the internship, I read several works that expanded my knowledge on the research topic:

DeNora, Tia. Music in Everyday Life. (2000). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Gaver, B., Dunne, T., and Pacenti, E. Cultural Probes, Interactions, v6, No. 1, pp. 21-29, Jan./Feb. 1999

Goffman, Erving. Interaction Ritual. (1967). Pantheon Books, NY

Mackay, W.E. et al. (2003) Technology Probes: Inspiring Design for and with Families. Computer and Human Interaction 2003, April 5-10, 2003. Ft. Lauderdale, Floriday, UsA.

Mackay, W.E. and Fayard, A-L. (1997). HCI, Natural Science, and Design: A Framework for Triangulation Across Disciplines. Proceedings of ACM DIS’97, Designing Interactive Systems. Amsterdam, pp. 223-234.

Mackay, W.E. And Fayard, A-L. (1999). Video Brainstorming and Prototyping: Techniques for Participatory Design. Computer and Human Interaction, 15-20 May 1999.

Mackay, W.E. (2000). Is Paper Safer? The Role of Paper Flight Strips in Air Traffic Control. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol. 6,

No. 4, December 1999, pp 311-340.

Mackay, W. E., The Interactive Thread: Exploring Methods for Multi-Disciplinary Design, Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, August 1-4, 2004, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Mackay, W.D., Ratzer, A.V., and Janecek, P. (2000). Video Artifacts for Design: Bridging the Gap Between Abstraction and Detail. University of Aarhus, Department of Computer Sicnece. 2000 ACM, Brookyln, NY.

Pirhonen, A., S.A. Brewster, and C. Holguin. Gestural and Audio Metaphors as a Means of Control for Mobile Devices, in ACM-CHI’2002, Minneapolis, MN: ACM Press Addison-Wesley, (2002), p. 291-298.

Voida , A., R. E. Grinter, N. Ducheneaut, W. K. Edwards, and M. W. Newman (2005): Listening In: Practices Surrounding iTunes Music Sharing. In Proceedings of the ACm Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI ’05), Portland, Oregon, Apri 2-7. ACM Press, pp. 191-200.