Rethinking culture in design

In this piece we take a fresh look at how culture shapes technology design. Using Basile Zimmermann’s waves and forms framework, we highlight how culture is fluid, dynamic, and deeply tied to the tools and materials people use.

By understanding culture as something that emerges through interaction, yet something we can capture through concrete observation, we show how digital design can better resonate with communities.

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Waves and forms: constructing the cultural in design - AI & SOCIETY

While research in HCI on dealing with cultural issues when designing ICTs tended to adopt fixed and taxonomic views, recent theoretical perspectives closer to the social sciences have called for attending to the contingent, fluid, and dynamic aspects of the notion of culture. In this article, we con…

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