Conceptual Metaphors for Designing Multi-cultural Applications

Author

de Castro Salgado, L.C. ; de Souza, C.S. ; Leitão, Carla Faria

Author_Institution

Depto. de Inf., PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

111

Abstract

This paper proposes a set of conceptual metaphors for the design of multi-cultural systems. The work is part of a long-term study to adapt the international children´s digital library for use in a Brazilian context. Results from previous studies along with semiotic engineering concepts have led us to propose five multi-cultural design metaphors to guide different communicative strategies that affect both designer-to-user communication and user-system communication.

Keywords

digital libraries; human computer interaction; Brazilian context; designer-to-user communication; human computer interface; international children digital library; multicultural application design; multicultural system design; semiotic engineering; user-system communication; Application software; Communications technology; Computer applications; Context; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Global communication; Guidelines; Human computer interaction; Software libraries; conceptual metaphors; cultural aspects in HCI; multi-cultural HCI design; semiotic engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Web Congress, 2009. LA-WEB '09. Latin American

Conference_Location

Merida, Yucatan

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3856-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LA-WEB.2009.17

Filename

5341610