CHI Study Group 1990s

https://twitter.com/blu3mo/status/1692179971106828770

“I want to hold a reading group for the 1990 UIST/CHI papers.”

Conversation with a middle-aged man (blu3mo):

Proposal (2023-10-14) §

• Name
  • CHI Study Group 1990s
• Activities
  • Each presenter will introduce a paper from the 1980s to 90s in about 5 minutes.
  • Proposed structure for each paper introduction: Introduction of the paper itself (2 minutes), followed by a genealogy map (2 minutes), and introduction of the latest papers or products in that genealogy (1 minute).
    • It would be interesting to trace the genealogy, focusing on research or products that may not have existed without this paper.
  • Maybe 2-3 papers per person would be just right.
• Scale
  • Conduct a test run first.
    • About 5 presenters?
    • Experiment with various formats flexibly to find the best approach.
  • If successful, promote it and gather more people for repeated sessions.
• Archive
  • Initially, make the videos and materials public.
  • If possible, also publish a transcript version on Scrapbox or note.
• Which conferences/journals?
  • UIST, CHI, etc.?
    • From the 1980s to 90s.
  • Are there older ones like FJCC?
    • Such as Sutherland’s VR paper.
• Significance
  • Understanding how papers from 30 years ago have influenced or not influenced the present may provide insights into what research today could have an impact in 30 years.
    • It seems possible to verify criticisms of HCI as a research field, such as Shunjiro Miyai’s statement that interface systems presented as papers do not become popular.
    • The best paper at that time may not necessarily be implemented in society or cited later.
  • The 80s to 90s seem like a good period to grasp the overall history of HCI from the 60s to the present.
    • They are likely to have been cited by papers from the 60s to 70s and be cited by papers from the 00s to 20s.