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(Forthcoming) Lindley, S.E., Harper, R. & Sellen, A.“Desiring to be in Touch in a Changing Communications Landscape: Attitudes of Older Adults”, SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in computing systems (CHI 2009).
(Forthcoming) Designing for Old People’, Lindlay, S., Harper, R. & Sellen, Ab., HCI 2008, Liverpool.
(2008) ‘Celebratory Technology: new directions in food research for HCI’, Grimes, A. & Harper, R. in Proceedings of CHI’08, Florence, Italy, April, ACM Press, (Top rated paper; awarded Best of CHI 08)
(2008) ‘The past is a different place: they do things differently there’, Harper, R. Randall, D.;Smyth, N.; Evans, C.; Heledd, L. & Moore, R., Proceedings of DIS (Designing Interactive Systems), ACM Press, pp 271-280
(2007) ‘Creating and sharing multi-media packages using large situated public displays’, Maunder, A, Marsden, G. Harper, R. Mobile HCI 07, ACM, Research Publishing Singapore, pp188-93.
(Forthcoming) 'Making Place for Clutter and other Ideas for the home', Swann, L. Taylor, A. & Harper, R. Transactions on Computer Human Interactions (ToCHI).
(2007) ‘VideoPlay: Playful and Social Editing of Video using Tangible Objects and Multi-touch Interaction’, Taylor,S. Izadi, S. Ozenc, K. & Harper, R. IEEE Conference on Tabletop 07, Rhode Island, USA.
(2007) 'Thanks for the memory', Harper, R. Randall,D. Smyth, N. Evans,C. Heledd, L. & Moore, R. Interact: HCI 2007, Lancaster, Sept (Winner of Best Short Paper Award).
(2007) ‘Trafficking: design for the viral exchange of multimedia content,’ Harper, R. Regan, T. Izadi, Mosawi, K., Rubens, S. & Rouncefield, M., Mobile HCI 2007, ACM, Research Publishing Singapore, pp49-64.
(2007) 'Homes that make us Smart', Taylor, A. Harper, R. Swann, L. Izadi, S. Sellen, A. Perry, M. The Journal of Personal Technologies, Springer, Godalming, 11(5), 383-393.
(2007) Incidental Information and Mobile Search, Arter, D. Buchanan, G. Joes, M. & Harper, R. Mobile HCI 07 ACM, Research Publishing Singapore, pp129-136.
(2007) ‘Understanding videowork’, Kirk, D., Sellen, A., Harper, R. and Wood, K. , Proceedings of CHI 07, San Jose, ACM Press.
(2007) ‘Questions Not Answers: A Novel Mobile Search Technique’, by Jones, M., Buchanan, G., Harper, R. & Xech P. L. Proceedings CHI 07, San Jose, ACM Press
(2006) TV in the Hand, Harper, R. Rouncefield, M. & Regan, T. AusChi 2006, Sydney, Australia.
(2006) 'Talking Intelligence: a historical and conceptual exploration of speech-based human-machine interaction in smart homes', Hamill, L. & Harper, R. Proceedings Intelligent Environments Symposium, Homerton College, Cambridge, April 2006.
Sellen, A., Harper, R., Eardley, R., Izadi, S., Regan, T., Taylor, A., & Wood, K. (2006). HomeNote: Supporting situated messaging in the home. Proceedings of CSCW 2006
(2006) 'Rethinking the smart home, Swann, L. Izadi, S. Taylor, A. Harper. R. Sellen, A. Intelligent Environments Symposium, Homerton College, Cambridge, April 2006.
(2005) ‘Fieldwork and Ethnography in Design - The state of play from the CSCW Perspective’, Harper, R. Randall, D. Rouncefield, M. Proceedings of EPIC, American Anthropology Association, Redmond, USA, pp81-100.
(2005) ‘TxtBoard: From text-to-person to text-to-home’, O’Hara, K. Harper, R. Unger, A. Sharpe, B. Wilkes, J. Jansen, M. CHI 2005, ACM Press, Oregon, USA.
(2005) The Local and the Global: Paradoxes of the Mobile Age, in Nyiri, K (Ed) Communications for the 21 st Century, Passengen Verlag, Vienna, pp31-38.
(2005) ‘Text Messaging to the Home with TxtBoard’, O’Hara, K. Harper, R. Unger, A. Sharpe, B. Wilkes, J. Jansen, M. Proceedings, HCI International 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
(2003)”People versus Information: The Evolution of Mobile Technology”, in Chittaro, L (Ed.) Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices, Springer, Berlin, pp1-15.
(2003): Taylor, A. & Harper, R. , “The gift of the gab: A design oriented sociology of young people’s use of mobilZe” in CSCW: an international journal, Kluwer, Amsterdam, pp267-296.
(2003) Harper, R. Evergeti, V. Hamill, L., Shatwell, B. “The Social Organisation of Communication in the Home of the 21 st Century: An analysis of the future of paper-mail and implications for the design of electronic alternatives, ” the Journal of Cognition, Technology and Work, 5: 5-22.
(2003) Berg, S. Taylor, A. Harper R. ‘Mobile Phones for the Next Generation: Device Designs for Teenagers’, Proceedings of CHI 2003: Florida, ACM Press, pp433-440.
(2002) Taylor, A & Harper, R. “Age-old practices in the ‘New World’: A study of gift-giving between teenage mobile phone users”, CHI 2002, Minneapolis, ACM Press. Reprinted in Harper et al, (2005) Op cit
(2002), Harper, R & Shatwell, B. “Paper-mail in the Home of the 21 st Century: An analysis of the future of paper-mail and implications for the design of electronic alternatives”, the Journal of Interactive Marketing, April/June, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 311-323(13) .
(2001) “Dealing with Mobility: Understanding access anytime, anywhere,” Perry, M., O’Hara, K., Sellen, A, Brown, B., & Harper, R. ACM Transactions in Computer Human Interaction, Num. 8(4), p323-347.
(2001) "Document re-use as situated practice in professional activities: a case study", & Rouncefield, M., Harper R. Proceedings of Group 2001, Boulder, Co. USA, November.
(2001) Green, N. Harper R., Murtagh, G. & Cooper, G. “Configuring the Mobile User: sociological and industry models of the consumer” in the Journal of Personal Technologies pp147-156.
(2001) “Towards better Knowledge”, Harper. R. Henderson, S. Mcguinness, B. Storr, J. Tuson, P. Price, S., in Journal of Battlefield Technology, Vol 2 no 1. March.
(2000) “Getting to Grips with Information: Using ethnographic case materials to aid the design of document technologies”, Information Design Journal, Vol 9, number2-3, pp195-206, Information Design Journal Ltd, Milton Keynes.
(2000) "The Organisation in Ethnography: A discussion of Ethnographic Fieldwork Programs in CSCW", in CSCW: An International Journal, Amsterdam: Kluwer, Vol 9, pp.239-264.
(1999) “Information that Counts: A Sociological View of Information Navigation” in Munro, A. Hook, H. & Benyon, D. (Eds) Social Navigation of Information Space, Springer Verlag, Amsterdam, pp80-89.
(1998) “Information that Counts: Sociology, Ethnography and Information Work at the International Monetary Fund”, in Hook, K., Munro, A. & Benyon, D. (Eds), Proceedings of the Workshop on Personalised and Social Navigation in Information Space, Stockholm, pp15-23.
(1997) “Gatherers of Information: Some Remarks on the Mission Process at the International Monetary Fund” R. H. R. Harper, Proceedings of E-CSCW 97, (Hughes, J. Prinz, W. Rodden, T. Schmidt, K. Eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp361-377.
(1997) “Toward the Paperless Hospital? A Case Study of Document Use by Anaesthetists,” Harper, R. H. R., O’Hara, K. P. A., Sellen, A.J . & Duthie, D. J. R. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 78: pp. 762–767.
(1997) “Video in Support of Organisational Talk”, Harper, R.H.R. & Sellen, A.J. In Finn, K. Sellen, A. J., Wilbur, S. (Eds.), Video-Mediated Communication, Lawrence Erlbaum, New Jersey, pp. 225-243.
(1997) “Paper as an Analytic Resource for the Design of New Technologies”, Sellen, A.J. & Harper, R.H. R. Proceedings, CHI ‘97 ACM Press, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 319-326.
(1996) "Why People Do and Don't Wear Active Badges: A Case Study”, Harper, R.H.R. In CSCW: An International Journal, Vol. 4, pp.297-318.
(1996) "The Relevance of ‘Work-Practice’ for Design," Button, G. & Harper, R.H.R. In CSCW: An International Journal, 4, pp. 263-280.
(1996) “Designing for User Acceptance Using Analysis Techniques Based on Responsibility Modelling”, Harper, R.H. R & Newman, W. In Proceedings of CHI ‘96, Vancouver, B.C. April, 15-18th.
(1996) “Modelling Last–minute Authoring: Does Technology Add Value or Encourage Tinkering?” Newman, W. Eldrige, M. & Harper, R. In Proceedings of CHI ‘96, Vancouver, B.C. April, 15-18th.
(1995) "Collaborative Tools and the Practicalities of Professional Work at the International Monetary Fund," Harper, R.H.R. & Sellen, A.J , In Proceedings, of CHI'95, Denver, Colorado, May 7–11th, pp. 122-129. Reprinted as Rank Xerox Technical Report EPC–95–104, Rank Xerox Research Centre, 61 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1AB.
(1995) "Radicalism, Beliefs and Hidden Agendas", Harper, R.H.R. In CSCW: An International Journal , Vol. 3, pp. 43-46.
(1994) "Visual Re-representation of Data Base Information: the Flight Data Strip in Air Traffic Control," Shapiro, D.Z. Hughes, J.A. Randall, D. and Harper, R. In Cognitive Aspects of Visual Language and Visual Interfaces, Tauber, M.J. Mahling, D. E. & Arefi, F. (eds) Elselvier Science, B.V., pp.349–376.
(1994) "Keeping People Apart: A Research Note," Harper, R.H.R., & Carter, K. In CSCW: An International Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 199-207.
(1992) “Locating Systems at Work. Implications for the Development of Active Badge Applications,” Harper, R.H.R., Lamming, M.G. & Newman, W.M. In Interacting with Computers, Special Issue on CSCW: Part 1. pp. 364-392. Reprinted as Rank Xerox Technical Report EPC–92–121, Rank Xerox Research Centre, 61 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1AB.
(1992) "Looking at Ourselves: An Examination of the Social Organisation of Two Research Laboratories," Harper, R.H.R. In Proceedings of CSCW '92, 31st Oct.–Nov. 4 Nov. ( Toronto), New York: ACM, pp. 330-337. Reprinted as Rank Xerox Technical Report EPC–92–108, Rank Xerox Research Centre, 61 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1AB.
(1991) “'The Computer Game: Detectives, Suspects and Technology," Harper, R.R. In British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 31, Number 3, pp. 292-307.
(1991) "Policing Information Systems: The Social Context of Success and Failure in Introducing Information Systems in the Police Service", Shapiro, D. Hughes, J. Harper, R. Ackroyd, S. & Soothill, K. In R Traunmuller (Ed.) Government and Municipal Information Systems II: Proceedings of the2nd IFIP TC8/WG8.5 Conference on Governmental and Municipal Information Systems, Balatonfured, Hungary, 3-6 June 1991 Amsterdam: North Holland, pp. 183-197.
(1991) "Harmonious Working and CSCW: Computer Technology and Air Traffic Control", Harper, R.H.R., Hughes, J.A. and Shapiro, D.Z. In J.M. Bowers, and S.D. Benford, (Eds.) Studies in Computer Supported Co-operative Work: Theory, Practice and Design, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 225-234.
(1989) "Working in Harmony: An Examination of Computer Technology in Air Traffic Control," Harper, R.R. Hughes, J.A. and Shapiro, D.Z. In Proceedings, First European Conference on Computer Supported Co-operative Work, Gatwick, pp. 73-87.
(1988) “Not Any Old Numbers: An Examination of Practical Reasoning in an Accountancy Environment," Harper, R.R. In The Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, Vol. 2, pp. 297-306. Reprinted as Occasional Paper 19, Sociology Department, Manchester University.
(1987) “The Fate of Idealism in Accountancy,” Harper, R.H.R. Proceedings of the Third Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Accountancy, Vol. 3–4–1, Manchester University.

Publications (Unreviewed)

(forthcoming) New Horizons for HCI Practice, Rodgers, Y. Sellen, A. Rodden, T. Harper, R. Interactions: the journal of British HCI.
(Forthcoming) Harper, R. Taylor, A. & Molloy, M. ‘Intelligent Artefacts at Home in the 21st Century’ in C. Knappett and L. Malafouris, Eds. Material Agency, Cambridge University Press.
(2006) ‘Beyond Talk, Beyond Sound: emotional expression and the future of mobile connectivity’, Harper, R & Hodges, S. in Höflich, J. & Hartmann, M. (Eds): Mobile Communication in Everyday Life: An Ethnographic View. Berlin: Frank & Timme, pp255-273.
(2005), The Myth of Convergence, in The Receiver,
(2005) ‘Inside Text: Introduction’, in Harper, et al, Inside Text, Op cit. 1-5.
(Forthcoming), ‘To Teenage Life to Victorian Morals and Back: technological change and teenage life’, (forthcoming) in Bertchi, S. (ed) Watchdog, Geneva, Switzerland.
(2005) ‘Kids will be Kids: The Role of Mobiles in Teenage Life’, Harper, R. & Hamill, L. in Hamill, L. & Lasen, A, (Eds), Assessing the Impact of Mobiles, Springer, Godalming.
(Forthcoming), “The Moral Order of Text: Explorations in the social performance of SMS” in Mobile Communication – Perspectives and Current Research Fields, Hoflich, J. & Gebhart,J. (eds), Peter Lang GmbH – Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin.
(2003), ‘Are mobiles good for society?,” in Nyiri, K, (ed), Mobile Democracy: Essays on Society, Self and Politics, Passagen Verlag, Vienna, pp185-214.
(2003) Harper, R. “Inside the Smart Home: Ideas, possibilities, methods”, pp1-13, in Harper, R. (Ed) “Inside the Smart Home: Interdisciplinary perspectives on the design and shaping of domestic computing, Springer Verlag, Godalming and Hiedleburg.
Harper, R & Shatwell, B. “Papermail in the home of the 21 st century”, in Harper (Ed) op cit , pp101-113.
(2003) “Editorial: The Mobile Internet: Appliances and 3G”, The Appliance Journal.
(2002) “Switching on to Switch Off: an analysis of routine TV watching habits and their implications for Electronic Programme Guide Design, Taylor, A. & , R. in Usable IdTV: the journal of iTV-network.org
(Forthcoming) “ Mobile society?: technology, distance and presence,” Cooper, G. Green,N. Harper, N & Murtagh,G. in Virtual Society, Woolgar,S. (Ed).
(Dec 2001) “Smart homes: past present and future”, in Ingenia, the Journal of the Royal Academy of Engineering, August 2001.
(2001) “The Mobile Interface: Old Technologies and New Arguments”, in Wireless World: Interdisciplinary perspectives on the mobile age, Brown, B. Green, N. & Harper, R. (Eds), Springer Verlag, Hiedleberg and Godalming, UK, pp207-224.
(2000) Editor, “Special Issue on Domestic Computing,” the Journal of Personal Technologies, Vol 4, Number 1. Includes "Domestic Design: An Introduction to the Research Issues Surrounding the Development and Design of Interactive Technologies in the Home", Editorial, pp1-6.
(2000) “Analysing Work Practice and the Potential Role of New Technology at the International Monetary Fund: Some Remarks on the Role of Ethnomethodology”, in Workplace Studies: Recovering Work Practice and Informing Systems Design, Luff, P.. Hindmarsh, J. & Heath, C (Eds) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge pp169-186.
(2000) Harper, R.H.R. & Sellen, A.J. “The Role of Paper in the Knowledge Economy” PIRA International Yearbook 2000, PIRA. Leatherhead, pp 278-80. (2000) “International Auditing: a case study of the IMF,” in Strathern, M., (Ed) chapter 1, Audit Cultures: Anthropological studies in accountability, ethics and the academy, Routledge, London. pp 21-53.
(1999) “Communication and collaboration at a distance”, in Daniels, K. Lamond, D. & Standen, P. (eds), Managing Telework: Perspectives from Human Resource Management and Work Psychology Routledge, London, pp53-61
(1998) The Analytic and Textual Practices of the IMF: an Examination of International Auditing, proceedings, EASA 5 th Biennial Conference, Frankfurt am Main, Sept 4-7 th.
(1998) “Viewing the World Through Documents: an ethnographic examination of the IMF’s documentary practices”, Proceedings, Transnationalism: ICCCR International Workshop, University of Manchester, 16th-18 May.
(1995), "The Faces of Information Work: Collaborative Tools, Information, and Organisational Symbols", Harper, R.H.R. In Proceedings, Colloquium on Workplace Studies, Kings College, University of London, August 7–8th.
(1994) "The Organisational Context of an Interface: The Case of ATC," Harper, R., & Randall, D. In Proceedings of the 21st Conference of the European Association of Aviation Psychology, (Volume 1) pp. 223- 229.
(1994) "Co-operative Work and Technological Support in Air Traffic Control," Randall, D. & Harper, R.H.R. In Applications of Psychology to the Aviation System, Proceedings of the 21st Conference of the European Association of Aviation Psychology, (Volume 1), pp. 229-234.
(1993) "Taking the Organisation into Accounts", Button, G. & Harper, R.H.R. In Button, G. (Ed) Technology in Working Order: Studies of Work, Interaction and Technology, Routledge, London, pp. 98–107. Reprinted as Rank Xerox Technical Report EPC–1993—103, Rank Xerox Research Centre, 61 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1AB.
(1993) "What a F—king System! Send ‘em all to the same place and then expect us to stop ‘em hitting: Making technology work in Air Traffic Control," Harper, R.H.R & Hughes, J.A. in Button, G, (Ed). In Technology in Working Order: Studies of Work, Interaction and Technology, Routledge, London, pp. 127–144. Reprinted as Rank Xerox Technical Report EPC-1991-125, Rank Xerox Research Centre, 61 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1AB.
(1991)"Policing Information Systems: The Social Context of Success and Failure in Introducing Information Systems in the Police Service", Shapiro, D. Hughes, J. Harper, R. Ackroyd, S. & Soothill, K. In Proceedings, 2nd Conference on Government and Municipal Information Systems, 3-6 June, Balatonfured, Hungary, North Holland, Amsterdam, pp183-197.
(1991) "Visual Re-representation of Data Base Information: the Flight Data Strip in Air Traffic Control," Shapiro, D.Z. Hughes, J.A. Randall, D. and Harper, R. In Proceedings, 10th Interdisciplinary Workshop on 'Informatics and Psychology': Cognitive Aspects of Visual Language and Visual Interfaces, Scharding, Austria, May.
(1989) An Ethnographic Examination of Accountancy, Harper, R.R. Ph.D. Thesis, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Manchester
(1988) Harper, R. & Watson, D. Computerising police work, Vol 15, Journal of Comparative Sociology and Religion, 1-15.
(1988) "Current Ethnomethodological Research: Social Factors and Air Traffic Control," Harper, R.R. DARG Newsletter, Vol 4. No 1, pp. 9–11.