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Canonical affordances in context [PDF]
Avant, 2012 James Gibson’s concept of affordances was an attempt to undermine the traditional dualism of the objective and subjective. Gibson himself insisted on the continuity of “affordances in general” and those attached to human artifacts.
Alan Costall
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The Affordances of Broken Affordances [PDF]
, 2015 We consider the use of physical and virtual objects having one or more affordances associated to simple interactions with them. Based on Kaptelinin and Nardi’s notion of instrumental affordance, we investigate what it means to break an affordance, and the two ensuing questions we deem most important: how users may (i) achieve their goals in the ...
Grünbaum, Martin Gielsgaard +1 more
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Affordances theory in multilingualism studies [PDF]
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012 The concept of affordances originating in Gibson’s work (Gibson, 1977) is gaining ground in multilingualism studies (cf. Aronin and Singleton, 2010; Singleton and Aronin, 2007; Dewaele, 2010). Nevertheless, studies investigating affordances in respect of
Larissa Aronin, David Singleton
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What are the affordances of information and communication technologies? [PDF]
Research in Learning Technology, 2004 The paper examines the notion that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have affordances that epitomize the features of our late modern age (Giddens, 1991) and explores whether these affordances (Salomon, 1993, p.
Grainne Conole, Martin Dyke
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LateralActivist Affordances: How Disabled People Improvise More Habitable Worlds by Arseli Dokumacı builds upon theories of affordances through the concept of “activist affordances,” which describes the “performative microacts/-arts through which disabled ...
Emalee Crews
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Exploring Common and Novel Actualized Affordances of Fitbit: Mixed Methods Study [PDF]
JMIR Human FactorsBackgroundAlthough fitness apps could promote healthier lifestyles, evidence on the effectiveness of app-based interventions remains inconsistent.
Moayad Alshawmar +5 more
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Affordance Feature Reasoning in Some Home Appliances Products [PDF]
, 2009 Organised by: Cranfield UniversityInteractions between human and objects are made through specific features of the object, which are adequate to the task context. During interactions, the perceived features vary according to the context.
Lim, J. S., Kim, Y. S.
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Knowledge collaboration is the result of knowledge transfer and social interaction among users on knowledge platforms, and its formation mechanism has attracted much attention.
Zeyu Jiao, Chang Li, Jianbin Chen
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Addressing gendered affordances of the platform economy: the case of UpWork
Internet Policy Review, 2022 This study investigates UpWork affordances and their implications for female freelancers experiencing different forms of cyberviolence. Building up on a theoretical framework to situate the concept of affordances, gendered affordances and cyberviolence ...
Elisabetta Stringhi
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Affordance in interaction [PDF]
Proceedings of the 13th Eurpoean conference on Cognitive ergonomics: trust and control in complex socio-technical systems, 2006 The concept of affordance has different interpretations in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). However, its treatment has been merely as a one-to-one relationship between a user and a technology. We believe that a broader view of affordances is needed which encompasses social and cultural aspects of our everyday life.
Dhaval Vyas +2 more
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