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This is the final published version of a working paper published in its final definitive form in 2021. For re-use rights please refer to the publishers terms and conditions.
As a constructive critique of Human-Data Interaction, I outline an important distinction that HDI research and development must make as the field progresses. HDI has two different purposes. The first is Personal Data Control, needed to gain visibility over your data and agency within your digital world. The second is Life Information Exploration, which allows Personal Informatics-style reflection over a representation of one’s life for self-improvement and personal benefit. These two purposes serve different human needs, bring different benefits, and lead to different designs and different applications of the HDI concepts of agency, negotiability and legibility
Author(s): Bowyer AJB
Publication type: Working Paper
Publication status: Published
Journal: CHI '21
Type of Article: Workshop Paper
Year: 2021
URL: http://designresearch.works/chi2021-hdi-workshop/assets/papers/CHI2021-HDI%20Workshop-P13-HDI%20has%20two%20purposes%20personal%20data%20control%20and%20life%20information%20exploration.pdf
