Experiential Persona: Towards Supporting Richer and Unfinalized Representations of People

Leong, TW; Su, C-S; Liang, R-H; Tsai, W-C

Experiential Persona: Towards Supporting Richer and Unfinalized Representations of People

Leong, TW Su, C-S Liang, R-H Tsai, W-C

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Citation:: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2021, pp. 1-6
Issue Date:: 2021-05-08

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Leong, TW
dc.contributor.author	Su, C-S
dc.contributor.author	Liang, R-H
dc.contributor.author	Tsai, W-C
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-19T00:41:54Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-19T00:41:54Z
dc.date.issued	2021-05-08
dc.identifier.citation	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2021, pp. 1-6
dc.identifier.isbn	9781450380959
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/151723
dc.description.abstract	The Persona, as a 2D poster, is a commonly created and used tool in user-centred design activities. Whilst popular, many in HCI have critiqued its depictions of g€the user' as reductive, shallow, and static. Yet, there are not many alternatives. In this late-breaking work, we present our efforts to imagine and create an alternative to this 2D persona - one that consists of a carefully curated, staged collection of artifacts. We call this an Experiential Persona because it allows designers to interact with and explore the artifacts, individually and as a collection, to imagine and experience the world of g€the user'. This more embodied, interactive and open-ended persona can potentially support richer sense making; encouraging a more open, emergent, and unfinalized view of people we design for. This study contributes to extending design tools, and exploring novel use of tangible artifacts to support design, as well as a way to represent design knowledge.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	ACM
dc.relation.ispartof	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
dc.relation.ispartof	CHI '21: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/3411763.3451700
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	"© ACM 2021. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2021, pp. 1-6} https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3411763.3451700"
dc.subject	1202 Building, 1503 Business and Management
dc.title	Experiential Persona: Towards Supporting Richer and Unfinalized Representations of People
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	1202 Building
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
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dc.date.updated	2021-11-19T00:41:48Z
pubs.publication-status	Published

Abstract:

The Persona, as a 2D poster, is a commonly created and used tool in user-centred design activities. Whilst popular, many in HCI have critiqued its depictions of g€the user' as reductive, shallow, and static. Yet, there are not many alternatives. In this late-breaking work, we present our efforts to imagine and create an alternative to this 2D persona - one that consists of a carefully curated, staged collection of artifacts. We call this an Experiential Persona because it allows designers to interact with and explore the artifacts, individually and as a collection, to imagine and experience the world of g€the user'. This more embodied, interactive and open-ended persona can potentially support richer sense making; encouraging a more open, emergent, and unfinalized view of people we design for. This study contributes to extending design tools, and exploring novel use of tangible artifacts to support design, as well as a way to represent design knowledge.

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