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− | <span style='font-size:15px;'> | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''Memory of the machine:''' we are all familiar with the concept of embodied knowledge—the idea that cognition is shaped by the fact that we inhabit physical bodies—but what kinds of memory are at work in our devices? How might we operationalize concepts of machine-memory to find ways to connect ourselves across technological media? What are new ways we can understand the metaphor of machine learning and machine memory, in the service of human connection?</span> |
− | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''Prosthetic memory:''' [see above link]</span> | |
− | *'''Prosthetic memory:''' [see above link] | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''Data artefacts:''' we discovered (spurred by an insight of Paul’s) that heat (transmitted through sweat) can turn into a data artefact that triggers the Circuit Playground’s sensors even after contact has been broken. This highlighted another sense in which we might speak of the “memory” of the CP, and the kinds of messages these traces might be able to communicate (“I was, but am no longer here”).</span> |
− | *'''Data artefacts:''' we discovered (spurred by an insight of Paul’s) that heat (transmitted through sweat) can turn into a data artefact that triggers the Circuit Playground’s sensors even after contact has been broken. This highlighted another sense in which we might speak of the “memory” of the CP, and the kinds of messages these traces might be able to communicate (“I was, but am no longer here”). | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''Haptic feedback:''' virtual hugs, handshakes</span> |
− | *'''Haptic feedback:''' virtual hugs, handshakes | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''Impact of analogue technology:''' analogue technology (such as a circuitboard with LEDs) can give the impression of having a “soft” effect on the user (given that such devices have a physical presence), mitigating the exhaustion the comes with inhabiting an exclusively digital environment.</span> |
− | *'''Impact of analogue technology:''' analogue technology (such as a circuitboard with LEDs) can give the impression of having a “soft” effect on the user (given that such devices have a physical presence), mitigating the exhaustion the comes with inhabiting an exclusively digital environment. | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''Clothing and memory:''' textiles that carry a kind of “memory” of the wearer (permanent folds, stains, etc.)</span> |
− | *'''Clothing and memory:''' textiles that carry a kind of “memory” of the wearer (permanent folds, stains, etc.) | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''Biology:''' we are always “touching” ourselves—how does this self-reflexive touching differ from the manner in which we touch others?</span> |
− | *'''Biology:''' we are always “touching” ourselves—how does this self-reflexive touching differ from the manner in which we touch others? | ||
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*<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''“Touch-log:”''' a device that communicates a limited history of pushes, taps, brushes and squeezes; how to simulate, or create a metaphor for texture?</span> | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''“Touch-log:”''' a device that communicates a limited history of pushes, taps, brushes and squeezes; how to simulate, or create a metaphor for texture?</span> | ||
*<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''The long goodbye''' (lingering farewell): '''fadeouts''' (screen the blurs, audio that gets quieter) instead of abrupt disconnections (hanging up).</span> | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''The long goodbye''' (lingering farewell): '''fadeouts''' (screen the blurs, audio that gets quieter) instead of abrupt disconnections (hanging up).</span> | ||
− | *'''Non-binary states of connection''' (spectrum of online states) | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''Non-binary states of connection''' (spectrum of online states)</span> |
− | *How do we create new social constructions for virtual spaces? In the vein of digital utopias—(the moment when you realize that you have neglected the speculative, the promise and potential of the digital beyond what exists in the real world…) | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>How do we create new social constructions for virtual spaces? In the vein of digital utopias—(the moment when you realize that you have neglected the speculative, the promise and potential of the digital beyond what exists in the real world…)</span> |
− | *'''Finding the right metaphors…''' | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''Finding the right metaphors…'''</span> |
− | *'''Remains of the day:''' sampling snippets from previous conversations that might play in your headphones after you leave the chat | + | *<span style='font-size:15px;'>'''Remains of the day:''' sampling snippets from previous conversations that might play in your headphones after you leave the chat </span> |
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− | At the end of it all, we had our concept, and a means of articulating it. What we found was lacking in our digital interactions was this fluidity of presence we had defined before. | + | At the end of it all, we had our concept, and a means of articulating it. What we found was lacking in our digital interactions was this fluidity of presence we had defined before. </span> |
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Hardware Team (Speculative) – '''Amrith''' | Hardware Team (Speculative) – '''Amrith''' | ||
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Software Team (Speculative) – '''Michelle, Marit, Jin''' | Software Team (Speculative) – '''Michelle, Marit, Jin''' | ||
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Revision as of 14:38, 16 October 2020
Group 2
Fluidity of Presence: Ways of Being Together in the Digital Age
Can we communicate the complex experience of presence and absence, nearness and distance that is a feature of embodied existence (in short, the spectrum of "being together") by designing hybrid analogue/digital technologies that eschew stale binaries of online/offline connection?
Digital presence takes many forms. Regardless of whether we are “plugged in,” our digital footprint manifests in the digital ecosystem as a constantly expanding network of traces, data artefacts, biometric residues and transaction histories. Viewed from this angle, the conventional, binary distinction between online/offline states ceases to make sense; indeed, given the extent of our current dependence on digital technology, almost all of us are always digitally present, if only in a hyperfragmented way. It is more accurate, therefore, to insist on the existence of a spectrum of "online" states.
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ContentsMonday Oct 12
Tuesday Oct 13–Thursday Oct 15
1. Touch and Memory
References:
http://peripheralfocus.net/poems-told-by-touch/manifesto_of_tactilism.html
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-019-01674-x
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_cognition
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/prosthetic-memory/9780231129275
https://www.bareconductive.com/make/how-to-make-an-interactive-memory-game/
2. Fluidity of Presence
References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_FgHb-BGzk
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