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The Use of Interactive Theatre in Digital Technology Research and Awareness Raising

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The authors, who are husband and wife, had worked in separate fields for many years. Alan was an academic engineer, who set up the School of Computing at Dundee University and established a strong Human Computer Interface (HCI) tradition in both teaching and research.

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Morgan, M., Newell, A. (2015). The Use of Interactive Theatre in Digital Technology Research and Awareness Raising. In: Vettraino, E., Linds, W. (eds) Playing in a House of Mirrors. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-118-2_4

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