Trip Report Rethinking Theoretical Frameworks for HCl Report on an INTERCHI '93 Workshop, Amsterdam, 24-25th April, 1993 Yvonne Rogers, Liam Bannon and Graham Button Introduction This one-and-a-half day workshop was intended to bring together researchers concerned about the state of theory in HCI, to discuss the adequacy of current theoretical frameworks and to examine more closely a number of alternative or extended frameworks that have been proposed for HCI. A further aim was to examine the recent 'turn to the social' and its implications for design practice in HCI. A wide variety of position papers (to put it mildly) were received, from which 15 were selected for presentation and discussion at the workshop. These ranged from critiques of the role of theory in HCI, expositions of various theoretical frameworks and the importance of considering methodology in relation to theory. Several authors also described how their alternative frameworks had enabled them to 'open their eyes' to alternative design solutions when analysing particular problems in a work context, The workshop was organized around three inter-related themes with the intention of engaging in both reflective and projected thinking. These were: i) What is the problem in HCI? (ii) What does my
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