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Some members of EUSSET (European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies), the European professional association dedicated to the development of technological tools and infrastructures that incorporate a human-centred design perspective, presented at one of the workshops accompanying the development of the new R&D programme of the European Union, Horizon, a position paper (Bannon L, Bjørn P, De Michelis G, Paternó F, Randall D, Schmidt K, Wagner I, Wulf V. Building a socially embedded future Internet. Paper presented at 2nd FIA research roadmap workshop – looking to the horizon, future Internet assembly research roadmap for horizon 2020, 2012) where situated computing is proposed as a new paradigm engaged with design and development of technologies from a perspective of evolving social practices.
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As recalled in Introduction, this paper is an extension of my contribution to the position paper Liam Bannon, Pernille Bjørn, Fabio Paternó, Dave Randall, Kjeld Schmidt, Ina Wagner, and Volker Wulf and myself presented to the 2nd FIA Research Roadmap Workshop ‘Looking to the Horizon – Future Internet Assembly Research Roadmap for Horizon 2020’ (Bannon et al. 2012). Before that occasion I had several occasions to discuss situated computing in Italy and abroad. It has been quite relevant for me the panel on this theme at CTS2011, with Steve Benford, John Carroll, Elizabeth Churchill, and Prasun Dewan, where my first formulation of a situated computing manifesto has been deeply and constructively critiqued.
Federico Cabitza and Carla Simone are currently engaged with me in a book project on situated computing where my views are enlarging under the inspiration of their viewpoints, theorizations, and experiences. I thank also the reviewers and the editors of this book for the valuable comments on its first version that helped me to try to improve its readability and effectiveness.
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De Michelis, G. (2015). Situated Computing. In: Wulf, V., Schmidt, K., Randall, D. (eds) Designing Socially Embedded Technologies in the Real-World. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6720-4_5
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