@article{Bardzell_Bardzell_2015, title={The User Reconfigured: On Subjectivities of Information}, volume={1}, url={https://tidsskrift.dk/ashcc/article/view/21298}, DOI={10.7146/aahcc.v1i1.21298}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Foundational to HCI is the notion of “the user.” Whether a cognitive processor, social actor, consumer, or even a non- user, the user in HCI has always been as much a technical construct as actual people using systems. We explore an emerging formulation of the user—the </span><span>subjectivity of in- formation</span><span>—by laying out what it means and why research- ers are being drawn to it. We then use it to guide a case study of a relatively marginal use of computing—digitally mediated sexuality—to holistically explore design in rela- tion to embodiment, tactual experience, sociability, power, ideology, selfhood, and activism. We argue that subjectivi- ties of information clarifies the relationships between de- sign choices and embodied experiences, ways that designers design users and not just products, and ways to cultivate and transform, rather than merely support, human agency.</span></p></div></div></div>}, number={1}, journal={Aarhus Series on Human Centered Computing}, author={Bardzell, Jeffrey and Bardzell, Shaowen}, year={2015}, month={Oct.}, pages={12} }