The Stuff Between Us: Designing Interactions Beyond the Object
Zurich University of the Arts
4–5 October 2013
The design of a technology is also always the design of an interaction. Hence the subject of design goes beyond formal aspects, appearances, and interfaces of technologies to concern the interactions, behaviours and qualities of life that emerge from them. As designed interactions influence individuals and societies, technology cannot be considered neutral. This necessitates that the political, social and psychological effects of technology assume a more prominent position within the ethical and social discourse surrounding design.
This symposium explores the current state of the design of interactions from three perspectives. First, from the perspective of interacting within technologies, not only in terms of more effortless control or reactive responses, but also in terms of their mediating effects and influence. Second, from the perspective of interacting through technologies. Technological artefacts increasingly mediate interpersonal communication and thus, human relationships. The promise of new communication channels, for example, often lures us into a private world that, rather than allowing us access to the world's knowledge, reinforces our pre-existent views. Third, from the perspective of thinking about possible or alternative ways of living through fictional and speculative design objects, which thereby become objects of debate and forms of interacting with possibilities of existence.
Speakers include: Langdon Winner (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Heather Horst (RMIT University), Raiford Guins (Stony Brook University), Don Slater (London School of Economics), Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths), Usman Haque (London), Francois Roche (New-Territories), Fiona Raby (Royal College of Art) and Jason Tester (Institute for the Future).
The Symposium is organised by Karmen Franinovic, Zurich University of the Arts, and Björn Franke, University of Applied Arts Vienna
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