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Free Symposium on home interaction, participative design and DIY
culture.
Registration is now open for this free Symposium*.
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Symposium Date: Monday 12th November 2007
Not In The Manual: Inquiries into open-ended and user-based design
interventions in and around the home.
Inaugural symposium from the Home Interaction Research Cluster at the
University College for the Creative Arts at Farnham
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Venue
Farnham Maltings
Bridge Square
Farnham
Surrey
GU9 7QR
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Symposium Details
The symposium explores just how individuals are participating in the
design of their immediate environment and what influence this might have
on the shape of design. What can we learn from these 'amateur'
interventions? How can professional design harness the creative
potential of user participation? What services and products may emerge
from this DIY ecology? What new methods of interaction are being
offered? What is this sense of 'home' that is being created?
The symposium is the first event hosted by the Home Interaction Research
Cluster at Farnham and includes papers and presentations from academics
within the group, as well as contributions from peers in social
sciences, design history and computing.
This symposium will be of value to anyone with an interest in DIY
cultures, co-creation, user-modification, personal agency and well-being
within (and around) the 'home' setting, from disciplines such as design
history, sociology, product design, interactive design, human-computer
interaction.
Papers & presentations include:
- From Blog to Blogue: Personal media and life politics
- Making Space & Telling Stories: Homes Made By Amateurs
- Making Time: Interrogating the experience of the amateur maker
- Single Lives, Personal Spaces: Autoethnography and design for solo
living
- Objects for Peaceful Disordering: Indigeneous Designs and Practices of
Protest
- Warranty void if removed: modern day tinkering.
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Refreshments
A light buffet lunch and teas, coffees and evening meal will be
provided.
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Accommodation
No accommodation is provided.
There are a number of hotels and B&B's in the area. Visit:
http://www.farnham.gov.uk/visit/accommodation.html
<http://www.farnham.gov.uk/visit/accommodation.html> for more info.
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Outline Schedule
9:30 Coffee and Registration
10:00 - Keynote: Dr Tim Dant, Reader in Sociology, University of
Lancaster
11.00-17.00 - Papers & Panel Discussion
17.30-21.00 - Drinks & Evening Meal
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Registration and inquiries
*Please note that the Symposium is free (including refreshments), but
you must register in advance*. Places are strictly limited.
To register a place or for any enquiries, please email
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with your full name, job title/position, organisation name, contact
email address, contact phone number and any professional/personal web
address. You will receive a confirmation of your booking soon after.
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For directions on the day:
http://www.farnhammaltings.com/news/contact/82/162/46/directions.aspx
<http://www.farnhammaltings.com/news/contact/82/162/46/directions.aspx>
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