A Sample of One: First-Person Research Methods in HCI
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First-person research (i.e., research that involves data collection and experiences from the researcher themselves) continues to become a viable addition and, possibly even, alternative to more traditional HCI methods. While we have seen the benefits of using methods such as autoethnography, autobiographical design, and autoethnographical research through design, we also see the need to further explore, define, and investigate the practices, techniques, tactics, and implications of first-person research in HCI. To address this, this one-day workshop aims to bring together a community of researchers, designers, and practitioners who are interested in exploring and reimagining research in HCI and interaction design, with an emphasis on first-person methods.
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First-person approaches demonstrate value in giving insights into personal experience.
“We were inspired by first-person approaches [52,66] across HCI such as collaborative pieces [62,91], autoethnographies [61,65,76,87] and vignettes [5,24], demonstrating the value of first-person approaches in giving insights into personal experience.”
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- Authors
- Lucero, A., Desjardins, A., Neustaedter, C., Höök, K., Hassenzahl, M., & Cecchinato, M. E.
- Affiliations
- Aalto University (FI)
- University of Washington (US)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE)
- University of Siegen (DE)
- Northumbria University (GB)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Companion Publication of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2019 Companion
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2019-06-18
- Pages
- 385-388
- OpenAlex
- W2943081863
- Cited by
- 96
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 6.28
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.aalto.fi
- Locations
- ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS Companion) (publishedVersion)
- Aaltodoc (Aalto University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
- Keywords
- first-person research, autoethnography, interaction design, researcher experience
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