User:Pascalle/UTC
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UNRAVEL THE MEME
Never before Has our reality been as questioned and as debated as in our society today. Through sharing experience and culture Our reality is being redefined and shaped everyday
INFRA-ORDINARY
Design/make/craft one or more objects, spaces (or both) that address changes in physical and/or social behaviour in public and private space due to digital devices. The final design must be based on findings from your initial research and should relate to a clearly articulated perspective. Examples of possible perspectives are: critical, speculative, practical, visionary or other.
INTIAL BRAINSTORM
- People have certain rituals that have come form the digital
- Brainwave disruption
- Body adapting to technology?
- Google dokter
RESEARCH
After first receiving the assignment, I started to research the habits we have developed due to our digital culture, I thought it would be interesting to analyze daily customs and see which digital patterns would emerge, that might have gone on noticed. By means of field research I went out and observed Observations
Field Observations
- I found that often more female’s than male’s are on their phone’s when alone then male’s were.
- People of all ages listen to music on public transportation.
- On short trips in public transportation from about 10 to 40min about 70% is on a electronic device, either a laptop, tablet or phone. Whereas on trips longer than 40min, more people were either reading, taking a nap or just looking out the window. This surprised me because I would assume it would be the other way around.
- Most people take their phone with them to the toilet. Which is actually a little strange to me, because this is a private moment, but your taking your portal to the internet with you.
- When people are together, they are more likely to be on their phone all together. It’s almost contagious, as soon as one person starts, people are inclined to do the same.
- A person’s body languages can tell if someone is on their phone.
- Turning your phone over, when someone really wants to pay attention
- My brother seems to have a more opposable thumb. We think this is due to his obsessive videogame playing on the Nintendo, Xbox, Playstation and computer.
- Body adoptions to technology
MINDMAP
I made a mindmap with the information I had gathered. With this mind map I was able to formulate a research question for myself.
Is the technology adapted to us? Or are we evolving to adapt to it?
I have always been fascinated by my brother’s more opposable thumb. The possibility that it could be a result from digital culture, was something we, as brother and sister always speculated about. My brother has been captivated with electronic from a young age. I remember him playing Playstation for at least four hours every day, either together with me, friends or alone. I never noticed his thumb was different than mine until I was about 13. When I asked my brother what had happened, he didn’t even realize his thumb was different than ours. His thumb is more flexible and is able to reach a keys on the keyboard that are further apart. All this helped him when he was gaming and now with his job as a robot programmer.
