Dieter, Michael (2022) Interface critique at large. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies . doi:10.1177/13548565221135833 ISSN 1354-8565. (In Press)

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Abstract

This article considers how the pursuit of problematization advocated by Agre’s concept of critical technical practice has been articulated in relation to the increasing proliferation of interfaces across everyday life. While the ethos of Agre’s work to bridge the split identity of critique and craft can readily be found in reflexive design or software art, these cases are not always situated within broader ecologies of practice that also grapple with the asymmetries and exploitative aspects of interface design. Drawing from software studies and media theoretical accounts of the interface as a fluid milieu, I provide a navigational matrix to contextualize modes of interface critique at large, namely specifying traps and enclosures, surfacing asymmetries and augmenting alternatives. I argue, finally, that these modes provide an invitation to develop new metacritical theories and common capacities, particularly through the possibilities of grappling with systems of domination otherwise built to prefigure our experiences of them.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies
SWORD Depositor:	Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Human-computer interaction -- Social aspects, User interfaces (Computer systems), Technology -- Social aspects, Integrated services digital networks -- Social aspects, Computer software
Journal or Publication Title:	Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	1354-8565
Official Date:	30 November 2022
Dates:	Date Event 30 November 2022 Available
DOI:	10.1177/13548565221135833
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	In Press
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	10 January 2023
Date of first compliant Open Access:	10 January 2023

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