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DIAM: towards a model for describing appropriation processes through the evolution of digital artifacts
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Appropriation of technology is a process by which users complete the work of designers by making interactive systems functional within the frame of their situated activities. While existing theories and studies about appropriation are oriented toward the psychological or organizational dimension of this process, we propose a model to describe it through evolutions of digital artifacts and information structures. We also present a case study demonstrating how this model helps to identify particular user operations, and related digital transformations, as a part of the appropriation process. These findings open perspectives to bridge scattered theoretical approaches of appropriation around a low-level, artifact-oriented, and objective way of describing appropriation. Our model could also improve the way appropriation is taken into account in design, by bringing more focus on technical aspects of interactive systems.
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“This dynamic interplay opens up possibilities for localized adaptation and re-imagination by users, even in the face of seemingly powerful global technologies [10, 56, 105].”
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- Authors
- Belin, A., & Prié, Y.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- ORCID
- Prié, Yannick
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2012-06-11
- Pages
- 645-654
- OpenAlex
- W2095380896
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.02
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Designing Interactive Systems Conference (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Usability and User Interface Design
- Keywords
- technology appropriation, interactive systems, digital artifacts, information structure, user operation, digital transformation, situated action
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