Fast and Slow: Methods for Timely HCI and Interaction Design Research [Hardcover]

1. Fast & Slow Design Research. 2. Going Fast  Being Timely & Relevant. 3. Going Slow  and Making Long-Lasting Impact.?4. Paces of Design Research  Methods & Perspectives.?5. Aiming & Approaching  on Goals & Methods.?6. Focus & Framing  Object of Study & Lens.?7. Critiques - Fast Enough? & Slow enough?. 8. Making Time, Breaking Grounds. 9. Moving Forward  Toward the Future.

Drawing inspiration from fast and slow thinking, design thinking and our everchanging world, this book contrasts fast approachessuch as quick-and-dirty ethnography, prototyping, and AI-driven automationwith slow methodologies that emphasize ethnographic studies, longitudinal research, and participatory design.

Mikael Wiberg is a full professor in Informatics at Ume? university, Sweden. He has held positions as full professor in Interaction Design at Chalmers university of technology, and Chaired Professor in HCI at Uppsala university. Wibergs research is within the area of HCI/interaction design research, and he has published his research in top journals including Design Issues, Design Studies, International journal of design, ToCHI - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, the Human-Computer Interaction journal, Interacting with computers, and ACM Interactions.

Fast and Slow: Methods for Timely HCI and Interaction Design Research explores the dynamic interplay between rapid and reflective, or long-term vs. short-term research in humancomputer interaction (HCI) and interaction design research. In an era where fast approaches to technical research are foregrounded, this book provides a critical examination of the temporalities at play in various research approaches  from long-term empirical studies to rapid prototyping. Ultimately, it asks the fundamental question of how to make timely research contributions and how to plan researl£;