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Conceptual Perspectives of Culture Within HCI

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This chapter presents conceptual perspectives of culture within HCI. This chapter also deals with subcultures and counter-cultures, which align with the use of the plural of the term culture and is an example of the cultural diversity of nations, groups of people, and individuals.

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Sayago, S. (2023). Conceptual Perspectives of Culture Within HCI. In: Cultures in Human-Computer Interaction. Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30243-5_4

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