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This paper argues for the importance of home-related research on technology. Several important differences between researching homes and researching workplaces are described, and several issues in conducting home-related research are discussed in the context of specific research efforts. Ways to advance home-related research as a discipline are presented, including an existing course on technology design with a home focus.
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Hindus, D. (1999). The Importance of Homes in Technology Research. In: Streitz, N.A., Siegel, J., Hartkopf, V., Konomi, S. (eds) Cooperative Buildings. Integrating Information, Organizations, and Architecture. CoBuild 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1670. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10705432_18
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