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Pragmatic design of information and communication technologies (ICTs)  |  |  |  | This presentation explores two senses of pragmatic ICT design. One is the common language notion of how to create ICTs that work to meet real human needs, accommodate to users, and situation. The second is a conception of ICT design from pragmatist theory, which sees technologies as developed within a community of inquiry and embodying both means of action and forms of understanding. The talk provides an introduction to the theory and practice of the American Pragmatism movement, notably the work of John Dewey (1859-1952) and Jane Addams (1860-1935), whose influence has pervaded realms of philosophy, education, psychology, aesthetics, ethics, and social and political action. It also examines recent, related research on the social uses and implications of ICTs.
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