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Beyond the Interface: A Phenomenological View of Computer Systems Design
- Leonardo
- The MIT Press
- Volume 29, Number 3, June 1996
- pp. 215-223
- Article
- Additional Information
This article analyzes human-technology-world relations—namely, embodiment, hermeneutic and alterity relations—as a means of examining computer technology. Our understanding of computers and human-computer interaction is investigated in detail. In conclusion, the author indicates some flaws in current understanding of computer technology and of the technology’s position within the human-technology-world continuum.