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| ==== Data Ecologies 14 - various notes ==== | ==== Data Ecologies 14 - various notes ==== | ||
| - | notes from the 2014 edition of [[: | + | [[:/ |
| - | further details and edits -> http:// | + | |
| + | Audio recordings of the talks can be found at -> http:// | ||
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| + | further details and edits from the dilgent TU note takers | ||
| ==== Time's Up ==== | ==== Time's Up ==== | ||
| + | (see also http:// | ||
| * 2003 - 5-6 data ecologies so far | * 2003 - 5-6 data ecologies so far | ||
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| * now: primarily about abstraction & concretisation | * now: primarily about abstraction & concretisation | ||
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| * misusing and misinterpret terms and phrases | * misusing and misinterpret terms and phrases | ||
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| ==== Scott Smith ==== | ==== Scott Smith ==== | ||
| - | {{>https:// | + | {{>http:// |
| * Unshocking the future | * Unshocking the future | ||
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| * calibrate uncanniness | * calibrate uncanniness | ||
| * guide the audience toward a future | * guide the audience toward a future | ||
| - | * "if it is too weird, it will be dismissed as art, and if too normal, it will be effortlessly assimilated" | + | * "if it is too weird, it will be dismissed as art, and if too normal, it will be effortlessly assimilated" |
| * getting people to talk to us about how they explored different pieces (both unknowingly and knowingly) | * getting people to talk to us about how they explored different pieces (both unknowingly and knowingly) | ||
| * different people reacted differently to it | * different people reacted differently to it | ||
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| ==== Eva Lenz ==== | ==== Eva Lenz ==== | ||
| - | {{>https:// | + | {{>http:// |
| * http:// | * http:// | ||
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| ==== MITI ==== | ==== MITI ==== | ||
| - | {{>https:// | + | {{>http:// |
| - | Transmedia storytelling (to type up from notebook...) | + | Transmedia storytelling (to type up from notebook...) |
| ==== FoAM ==== | ==== FoAM ==== | ||
| - | {{>https:// | + | {{>http:// |
| * written notes on [[FoAM at Data Ecologies 2014]] | * written notes on [[FoAM at Data Ecologies 2014]] | ||
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| * design experiences to bring futures to life for audiences who want to explore, interact… | * design experiences to bring futures to life for audiences who want to explore, interact… | ||
| * digital / transmedia storytelling & strategic foresight | * digital / transmedia storytelling & strategic foresight | ||
| - | * strategic foresight at OCAD - embedded in the oldest of arts and design institutions in Canada | + | * strategic foresight at OCADU - embedded in the oldest of arts and design institutions in Canada |
| * i hear and i forget (written scenarios), i see and i remember, i do and i understand - confucius | * i hear and i forget (written scenarios), i see and i remember, i do and i understand - confucius | ||
| * Rafael Popper - how are foresight methods selected (2008) | * Rafael Popper - how are foresight methods selected (2008) | ||
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| * didn’t manage to do a large scale ethnographic research about how people experienced the project - maxed out schedules | * didn’t manage to do a large scale ethnographic research about how people experienced the project - maxed out schedules | ||
| * big nut to crack: how to integrate ethnographic engagement with the audience - in the narrative and metanarrative level - harvesting information about the process | * big nut to crack: how to integrate ethnographic engagement with the audience - in the narrative and metanarrative level - harvesting information about the process | ||
| - | * ZED.TO | + | * ZED.TO |
| - | ZET.TO ByoLogic | + | ZED.TO: ByoLogyc |
| - | * simulation of the end of the world, lifestyle biotech, what would a ByoLogic | + | * simulation of the end of the world, lifestyle biotech, what would a ByoLogyc |
| * futures driven by people involved | * futures driven by people involved | ||
| - | * involving actors from improv (comedy) and military | + | * involving actors from improv (comedy) and military |
| - | * synthetic pandemic immune deficiency disaster | + | * synthetic pandemic: immune deficiency disaster |
| * 4 major live interactive performances - 4 archetypal futures | * 4 major live interactive performances - 4 archetypal futures | ||
| * 4 tracks / paths through the story - adventure (evacuee), power (paramilitary), | * 4 tracks / paths through the story - adventure (evacuee), power (paramilitary), | ||
| - | * online narrative - versatile intern program | + | * online narrative - Versatile Intern Program |
| - | * graphic novel in e-ink (backstory | + | * graphic novel in e-ink (backstory) |
| - | * videos vimeo.com/byologica | + | * videos: vimeo.com/byologyc |
| - | * byologic.com | + | * byologyc.com |
| * apps for facebook and twitter - simulate spread of disease through social networks | * apps for facebook and twitter - simulate spread of disease through social networks | ||
| * funded through indiegogo, awards… | * funded through indiegogo, awards… | ||
| * becomes interesting when it began involving the movers and shakers in the synthetic biology world (e.g. pink army cooperative) | * becomes interesting when it began involving the movers and shakers in the synthetic biology world (e.g. pink army cooperative) | ||
| - | * most interesting collab. with Synbiota - open source synthetic biology | + | * most interesting |
| * bringing the future to life: http:// | * bringing the future to life: http:// | ||
| - | Autodesk Shadowfall | + | Autodesk |
| - | * continuation | + | * extension |
| * www.byologyc.com/ | * www.byologyc.com/ | ||
| - | * how a company might oversimplify decisions with biotech | + | * how a company might oversimplify decisions with biotech, strong AI, asteroid mining, exobiology |
| * is there a benefit to keeping forecasting as boring as possible - corporate clients don’t want to make artefacts and results publicly available - worrysome related to ethics and agency | * is there a benefit to keeping forecasting as boring as possible - corporate clients don’t want to make artefacts and results publicly available - worrysome related to ethics and agency | ||
| - | * interesting to create a shared storyworld made up of all the stories in a database - corporate clients don’t want this to happen | + | * interesting to create a shared storyworld made up of all the stories in a database - corporate clients don’t |
| ==== Julian Bleecker ==== | ==== Julian Bleecker ==== | ||
| - | {{>https:// | + | {{>http:// |
| Video of the current works at the Near Futures lab: "A Catalog Of An Extraordinary Future When It Becomes An Ordinary Today" | Video of the current works at the Near Futures lab: "A Catalog Of An Extraordinary Future When It Becomes An Ordinary Today" | ||
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| * Opening your eyes to the world around you - everything becomes an opportunity to interrogated | * Opening your eyes to the world around you - everything becomes an opportunity to interrogated | ||
| * http:// | * http:// | ||
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| ==== Justin Pickard ==== | ==== Justin Pickard ==== | ||
| - | {{>https:// | + | {{>http:// |
| * "in sync?", | * "in sync?", | ||
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| * ' | * ' | ||
| * problematic - neutrality, view from nowhere, or view from above | * problematic - neutrality, view from nowhere, or view from above | ||
| - | * "gods eye view, the arc" to gods eyes views - meddling helenic gods - rationality + playful/ | + | * "gods eye view, the arc" to gods eyes views - meddling helenic gods - rationality + playful/ |
| * google maps - no fixed borders - it depends where you’re looking from | * google maps - no fixed borders - it depends where you’re looking from | ||
| * donna haraway - " | * donna haraway - " | ||
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| * socialisation of uncertainty - our decisions make the world more uncertain for others | * socialisation of uncertainty - our decisions make the world more uncertain for others | ||
| - | * hydra: what becomes stronger through | + | * hydra: what becomes stronger through |
| * creativity in crisis? networks with a lot of redundancy | * creativity in crisis? networks with a lot of redundancy | ||
| * superstruct, | * superstruct, | ||
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| ====summaries, | ====summaries, | ||
| - | {{>https://secure.flickr.com/ | + | {{>http://www.flickr.com/ |
| * towards electrolyte supplements for the booksprint | * towards electrolyte supplements for the booksprint | ||
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| Possible topics to expand in the booksprint: reaching out, the ethics of on-ramps, how to integrate people compassionately, | Possible topics to expand in the booksprint: reaching out, the ethics of on-ramps, how to integrate people compassionately, | ||
| - | {{>https://secure.flickr.com/ | + | {{>http://www.flickr.com/ |