Take a line for a walk! A hands-on introductory course on sketching in HCI

Makayla Lewis; Miriam Sturdee

doi:10.1145/3491101.3503747

Take a line for a walk! A hands-on introductory course on sketching in HCI

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Abstract

Sketching is a universal activity that first appears when we play as children, but later, it is often overlooked as a useful skill in adult work - yet it can bring multiple benefits to research and practice. Specifically, our field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) embraces interdisciplinary practices, and amongst those, sketching has proven to be a valuable addition to the skill set of researchers, practitioners, and educators in both academia and industry. Many individuals lack the confidence to take up pen and paper after years of non-practice, but it is possible to re-learn these lost skills, improve on them, and apply them in practical ways to all areas of work and research. This course offers a journey in sketching, from scribbles and playful interpretations to hands-on and theoretical information inherent in sketching practice. Attending individuals will learn techniques and applied methods for utilizing sketching within the context of HCI, guided by experienced instructors.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3503747
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2022
Event	CHI 2022: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - New Orleans, U.S. Duration: 30 Apr 2022 → 5 May 2022

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Conference	CHI 2022: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Period	30/04/22 → 5/05/22

Bibliographical note

Note: Extended abstract published in Kitamura, Yoshifumi, Quigley, Aaron, Isbister, Katherine and Igarashi, Takeo (eds.) (2021) CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York : Association for Computing Machinery. Article No. 129, ISBN: 9781450380959.

Organising Body: Association for Computer Machinery

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Computer science and informatics

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Take a line for a walk! A hands-on introductory course on sketching in HCI

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