When the implication is not to design (technology

Abstract

As HCI is applied in increasingly diverse contexts, it is im-portant to consider situations in which computational or in-formation technologies may be less appropriate. This pa-per presents a series of questions that can help researchers, designers, and practitioners articulate a technology’s appro-priateness or inappropriateness. Use of these questions is demonstrated via examples from the literature. The paper concludes with specific arguments for improving the conduct of HCI. This paper provides a means for understanding and articulating the limits of HCI technologies, an important but heretofore under-explored contribution to the field