Collapse informatics and practice: Theory, method, and design

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Tomlinson, Bill ^a   Blevis, Eli ^b   Nardi, Bonnie ^c   Patterson, Donald J ^c   Silberman, M Six ^d   Pan, Yue ^e  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Bureau of Economic Interpretation   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse; Mitigation; Practice theory; Sustainability; Sustainable HCI

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; DESIGN SPACES; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; HUMAN SOCIETY; MITIGATION; PRACTICE THEORIES; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE HCI;

DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION SCIENCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84885004181     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: 15577325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2493431     Document Type: Article

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