HCI 2005 Feature: Making a Drama out of User Requirements

Using art and drama to assist in the design process ...

"Catriona Macaulay of the University of Dundee led the "Design and Performance" workshop at HCI 2005. It promised to bring together a diverse range of participants to exchange experiences of performance in design activity, and to develop an agenda for future research in this emerging field.

And it certainly achieved the former of these goals. After a few words from Catriona, the day was opened by a presentation from Carlo Jacucci (see the picture on the left which gives an idea of his costume), Further presentations followed on how drama, and performance more generally, had been used in specific settings. Then the afternoon was turned over to Maggie Morgan of Foxtrot Theatre to lead a participative session where simple dramatic techniques were tried out. The workshop closed with a brief review of uses of performance but fell short of setting the agenda it had hoped for. There was just too little time left to begin the process of considering how research might continue."   continued ...   (Via Usability News)

Carlo Jacucci in Costume.