@inproceedings{a64d750cb4d143d6a1e77796a628c6f2,
title = "Designing for appropriation",
abstract = "Ethnographies often show that users appropriate and adapt technology in ways never envisaged by the designers, or even deliberately subverting the designers' intentions. As design can never be complete, such appropriation is regarded as an important and positive phenomenon. However designing for appropriation is often seen as an oxymoron; it appears impossible to design for the unexpected. In this paper we present some guidelines for appropriation based on our own experience and published literature and demonstrate their use in two case studies. You may not be able to design for the unexpected, but you can design to allow the unexpected.",
keywords = "Appropriation, Guidelines, Hackability, Tailorability",
author = "Alan Dix",
year = "2007",
month = sep,
doi = "10.14236/ewic/hci2007.53",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781902505954",
series = "People and Computers XXI HCI.But Not as We Know It - Proceedings of HCI 2007: The 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference",
publisher = "British Computer Society",
booktitle = "People and Computers XXI HCI.But Not as We Know It - Proceedings of HCI 2007",
note = "21st British HCI Group Annual Conference: People and Computers XXI HCI.But Not as We Know It, HCI 2007 ; Conference date: 03-09-2007 Through 07-09-2007",
}