Advances in Human–Computer Interaction (HCI): The Relational Turn
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 2538
Special Issue Editor
Interests: culture; cities; communities; HCI; digital media
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Dear Colleagues,
Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) is everywhere, embedded in the ways we interact with each other and the world through countless apps, devices, services, and environments. It has transformed 21st-century living and significantly contributes to the normalization of interactions expressed simultaneously in physical and digital spheres, both in real-time and asynchronously.
At the same time, HCI has now transcended traditional interfaces and seamlessly blended with society itself, permeating through a deeper layer of autonomous infrastructure and intelligent algorithms, which carry on regardless of direct interaction with humans. In this sense, it could be argued that much of the current “interaction” between humans and computers unfolds indirectly via stealth backend data processing whose impact potentially surfaces at different times and places from the data collection point. The ramifications and complexity of those interactions are often nebulous, as are their consequent ethical implications.
Simultaneously, growing concerns about the relational nature of digital technologies with the world at large have led to the call for greater attention to be paid to the role of HCI in sustainable development practices and innovation, through the lense of more-than-human and planetary design.
This Special Issue calls for high-quality, original research articles articulating this relational turn in HCI, investigating recent developments and emerging theory, trends, methods, approaches, challenges, opportunities, and concerns in this field. Areas of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited, to the following:
- Autonomous systems;
- Artificial intelligence;
- Cities and communities;
- Health;
- Media cultures;
- Mixed reality;
- Robotics;
- Wellbeing.
Dr. Luke Hespanhol
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- more-than-human
- relational
- system thinking
- sustainability
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