Recently researchers from a range of disciplines have begun inquiring into the place ofemotion in the design and use of technology to ask how, and in what ways, productsand systems evoke emotions in people and how these emotions can be understood,measured, or more generally assessed? This diversity of perspectives has broughttheoretical and methodological richness to the field, yet has made it increasingchallenging to make sense of the literature. This paper argues that by organizing thesediverse accounts of design according to the underlying epistemology and theoreticalperspective, it is possible to accommodate a variety of approaches and provide a way togive meaning to the diverse outcomes. Published papers representing a range of theapproaches to research on human emotion were identified in the literature, and assessedin terms of researcher motivation, the way "emotion" is conceptualized and operatio-nalized, the nature of the knowledge claims, and the background assumptions of theauthors, both implicit and explicit. By mapping research production to morefundamental assumptions and values, a space is opened for more constructive andnuanced dialog on the validity, meaning, and significance of diversity for advancing thefield overall.
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