slow technology critical reflection & future directions william odom, richard banks, abigail...
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slow technologycritical reflection & future directions
william odom, richard banks, abigail durrant, david kirk, james pierce
designing interactive systems 2012 workshop | june 12
overview
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motivation for workshop
schedule for the day
organizers
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slow technology
background
“creating technology that surrounds us and therefore is a part of our activities for long periods of time”
(Hallnas and Redstrom, 2001)
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designing for solitude, reflection
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slowing down productivity tools
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ethnographic accounts of slowness
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slowing consumption
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movement toward craft cultures
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designing for multiple lifespans
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goal of workshop
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critically reflect on our own slow technology work
forge understanding of the limitations, challenges and opportunities characterizing contemporary design space
workshop schedule
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morning session
9-9:30 | introduction to the workshop
9:30-10:30 | presentation of positions on ‘Slow technology is…’ 10:30-11 | coffee break 11-12:30 | continue presentations + conclude with group discussion
group discussion of overarching themes
goal: explore the underlying values of ‘slowness’ in technology
workshop schedule
schedule / afternoon
afternoon session
14:00-15:30 | (re)design of ‘fast’ technologies exercises
15:30-16:00 | coffee break 16:00-17:30 | presentations of the redesigns
discussion of redesigns and values implicated in slow tech
concluding discussion on future directions
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who we are
organizers
William Odom | Carnegie Mellon University
Richard Banks | Microsoft Research Cambridge
Abigail Durrant | Newcastle University
David Kirk | Newcastle University
James Pierce | Carnegie Mellon University
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afternoon session
schedule / afternoon
14:00-15:30 | (re)design of ‘fast’ technologies exercises
15:30-16:00 | coffee break 16:00-17:30 | presentations of the redesigns
discussion of redesigns and values implicated in slow tech
concluding discussion on future directions
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(re)design briefs
(re)designing
aim: develop a ‘slow tech’ alternative to this ‘fast’ technology and report back on your design decisions
option 1 email – email give instantaneous communication but lacks the craft and care of handwriting
option 2 sat nav – sat nav gets you somewhere quicker and more efficiently but you lose the sense of achievement of finding your way
option 3 clock – a clock will mean you arrive on time but it might stop you from pausing to reflect
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(re)designing considerations
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what might be lost when moving to ‘fast’ technologies’?
what are core values associated with slow technologies?
what does it mean to conceptualize slowness when it comes to technologies?
what values are lost?