Olav's Works

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Publications

Bertelsen, O. W. (2004). Activity Walkthrough: an Expert Review Method Based on Activity Theory. In Proceedings of NordiCHI 2004. (short paper)

Bertelsen, O. W. & Pold, S. (2004). Criticism as an Approach to Interface Aesthetics. In Proceedings of NordiCHI 2004.

Bertelsen, O. W. & Godsk, M (2004). WAW - an activity theory based tool for early website usability assessment. In International Journal of Human Resources Development And Management, 4(1)

Bertelsen, O. W. (forthcoming). Tertiary Artefacts at the Interface. To appear in Fishwick, P. (ed.) Aesthetic computing, MIT Press.

Bertelsen, O. W. (2003). Activity Walkthrough - a cognitive walkthrough in activity theory terms. In Proceedings of Third Danish HCI Research Symposium, Roskilde University, November 27, 2003.

Bertelsen, O. W., Eskildsen, T. & Sperschneider, W. (2003). Programming in the Kitchen. In Proceedings of INTERACT 2003.

Bertelsen, O. W. Bødker, S. (2003). Activity Theory. In Carroll , J.M. (ed.). HCI Models, Theories, and Frameworks: Toward an Interdisciplinary Science. Morgan Kaufman Publishers.

Bertelsen, O. W. & Fishwick, P. (2002, eds.). Aesthetic Computing. Dagstuhl-Seminar-Report; 348; 14.07.-19.07.2002 (02291). Wadern: IBFI gem. GmbH.

Bertelsen, O. W. & Pold, S. (2002). Towards the aesthetics of Human-computer interaction. In Frøkjær, E. og Hornbæk, K. (eds.) Proceedings of the Second Danish Human-Computer Interaction Research Symposium, Departement of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, November 2002.

Bertelsen, O. W., Eskildsen, T. & Sperschneider, W. (2002). Use in the oven - product development in HCI research. In Frøkjær, E. og Hornbæk, K. (eds.) Proceedings of the Second Danish Human-Computer Interaction Research Symposium, Departement of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, November 2002.

Bertelsen, O. W., Bødker, S. & Kuutti, K. (eds.) (2002). NordiCHI 2002 - Proceedings of the Second Nordic Conference on Human Computer Interaction, 19 - 23 October 2002, Aarhus Denmark. Available through ACM Digital Library.

Bertelsen, O. W. (2002). Aesthetics as Means for Supporting Development in Use - Beyond the Designed Purposefulness. In Bertelsen, O. W. & Fishwick, P. (eds.) Aesthetic Computing. Dagstuhl-Seminar-Report; 348; 14.07.-19.07.2002 (02291). Wadern: IBFI gem. GmbH.

Bertelsen, O. W. & Bødker, S. (2002). Interaction through clusters of artefacts. In Proceedings of 11th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE-11), Catania, Italy, September 2002.

Bertelsen, O. W. & Bødker, S. (2002). Discontinuities. In Floyd, C., Y. Dittrich, R. Klischewski (eds.) Social thinking - Software Practice. MIT press, Cambridge, MA.

Bertelsen, O. W. & Bødker, S. (2001). Cooperation in massively distributed information spaces. In ECSCW 2001: Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Bonn, Germany, 16-20 September 2001. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Bertelsen, O. W. & Bødker, S. (eds.) (2000). Special issue on Activity Theory -- Information Technology in Human Activity. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, vol 12. August 2000. (online version | official online version).

Bertelsen, O. W. (2000). Design artefacts: Towards a design-oriented epistemology, In Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, vol. 12. August 2000.

Bertelsen, O. W. & Bødker, S. (2000). Introduction: Information technology in human activity. In Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, vol. 12. August 2000.

Bertelsen, O. W.  & Nielsen, C. (2000). Augmented reality as a design tool for mobile interfaces. In Proceedings of the ACM DIS '00 Conference, Aug. 17-19, 2000, Brooklyn, New York.

Bertelsen, Olav W. (1999). Mediation and Heterogeneity in Design. In Dittrich, Y., C. Floyd, N. Jayaratna, F. Kensing, R. Klischewski (eds.) Social Thinking - Software Practice. Dagstuhl-Seminar-Report; 250, 05.09.1999 - 10.09.1999 (99361). Wadern: IBFI gem. GmbH. pp.16-20.

Bertelsen, O. W.  & Nielsen, C. (1999). Augmenting reality in mobile substrates On the design of computer support for process control. In Timo K. Käkölä (ed.) Proceedings of the 22nd Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia. Jyväskylä, Finland: Jyväskylä University Printing House. pp. 123-134.

Bertelsen, O. W.  & Nielsen, C. (1999). Dynamics in Wastewater Treatment: A Framework for Understanding Formal Constructs in Complex Technical Settings. In Bødker, S., M. Kyng & Kjeld Schmidt (eds.). ECSCW '99, Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 12-16 September 1999, Copenhagen, Denmark. Dordrecht: Kluwer. pp. 277-290.

Bertelsen, O. W. (1998). Against Organisation - on the suitability of organisation as a general metaphor for the non-technical. In Buch, Damsgaard, Eriksen, Iversen and Nielsen (eds.) Proceedings of IRIS 21. Aalborg: Dept of Computer Science, Aalborg University.

Bertelsen, O. W. & Bødker, S. (1998). Studying programming environments in use: between principles and praxis. NWPER ' 98 The Eighth Nordic Workshop on Programming Environment Research, Bergen/Norway, Sunday June 14-Tuesday June 16 1998.

Bertelsen, O. W. (1997). Toward a Unified Field of SE Research and Practice. In IEEE Software, vol. 14, no. 6, November-December 1997. pp. 87-88.

Bertelsen, O. W. (1997). Understanding objects in use-oriented design. In Braa, Kristin & Monteiro, Eric (eds.). Proceedings of the 20th Information systems Research seminar in Scandinavia. Oslo, 1997. pp. 311-324.

Bertelsen, O. W. (1996). Organisational learning is crystallised into artefacts, position paper for workshop on organisational learning at CSCW'96. In SIGOIS Bulletin vol. 17, no. 3, December 1996. pp. 37-39.

Bertelsen, O. W. (1996). The Festival Checklist: design as the transformation of artefacts. In Blomberg, J., Kensing, F. & Dykstra-Erickson (eds.). PDC '96, Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference. Palo Alto: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. pp. 93-101.

Bertelsen, O. W. (1996). Contradictions in the Festival Project - Activity systems, obstacles and dynamic forces in design. In Dahlbom, Ljungberg, Nuldén, Simon, Sørensen & Stage (eds.). Proceedings of the 19th. Information systems Research seminar in Scandinavia, (IRIS 19), 10-13 August 1996, at Lökeberg, Sweden. pp.597-612.

Bardram, J. E. & O. W. Bertelsen (1995). Supporting the Development of Transparent Interaction. In Blumenthal, Gornostaev, & Unger (eds.). Human-Computer Interaction. 5th. International Conference, EWHCI `95 Moscow, Russia, July 1995. Selected Papers. Berlin: Springer Verlag (LNCS 1015). pp. 79-90.

Bertelsen, O. W. (1994). Fitts' Law as a Design Artefact: A Paradigm Case of Theory in Software Design. In Blumenthal, Gornostaev, & Unger (eds.). Human-Computer Interaction. 4th. International Conference, EWHCI `94 St. Petersburg, Russia, August 1994. Selected Papers. Berlin: Springer Verlag. pp. 11-18.

Bertelsen, O. W. (1994). An investigation into the design artefact concept as a vehicle for systems development research. In Proceedings of the 17th Information systems Research seminar In Scandinavia IRIS 17, Syöte, Finland, August 1994. pp. 715-125.

Dissertations

Bertelsen, O. W. (1998). Elements to a theory of design artefacts: a contribution to critical systems development research, ph.d.-thesis, Aarhus University. DAIMI PB-531 (Abstract | Summary | pdf | ps)

Bertelsen, O. W. (1993). Når Uret Blir Ret: Et litteratur studium til belysning af muligheden for teori i human-computer interaction. Unpublished masters thesis (specialerapport). Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University.

In Progress

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Popular writing

Bertelsen, Olav W. (1999). Kunsten i Datamatens Konkrete Virtualitet. In ART CRASH Jounal, No. 5. Århus: Kulturhus Århus. pp.8-9.

Bertelsen, O. W. (1999). From shading to scripting - from retouchig to rendering. In Jürgensen, A. (ed.) Digitalt Solskin, Digital Sunshine. Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik. pp. 54-58.

Unpublished

Bertelsen, Olav W. (2000). Don't Look For The Key Under The Lamp. Position statement for CHI 2000 Basic Research Symposium. (HTML).