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View article: Greetings from Silicon Heaven: Postcards from the IoT Afterlife
Greetings from Silicon Heaven: Postcards from the IoT Afterlife Open
As the importance of minimising e-waste and increasing sustainability increase, exploring the design matters impacting the transience of digital technologies has become a key concern. In this workshop we will explore this through the metap…
View article: Infrastructuring social relations in design and social innovation
Infrastructuring social relations in design and social innovation Open
In design and social innovation as well as participatory design, infrastructuring refers to the idea that local initiatives might become self-sustaining over time by building a supporting ecosystem around it. Although it has been acknowled…
View article: Fostering IoT Repair Through Care: Learning from Emotional Durable Gaming Practices and Communities
Fostering IoT Repair Through Care: Learning from Emotional Durable Gaming Practices and Communities Open
Electronic waste (e-waste) has become the fastest growing waste stream in the world. So called 'smart' Internet of Things (IoT) devices, now ubiquitous in our homes, are increasingly contributing to this waste stream, due to their lack of …
View article: Creating Sustainable Internet of Things Futures: Aligning Legal and Design Research Agendas.
Creating Sustainable Internet of Things Futures: Aligning Legal and Design Research Agendas. Open
The way consumer Internet of Things (IoT) devices are built is leading to electronic waste (eWaste) growth. This arises from planned obsolescence, bundling of ‘smartness’ creating more routes to device failure, and lacking hardware modular…
View article: Traveling Arts x HCI Sketchbook: Exploring the Intersection Between Artistic Expression and Human-Computer Interaction
Traveling Arts x HCI Sketchbook: Exploring the Intersection Between Artistic Expression and Human-Computer Interaction Open
When thinking of arts in HCI, one might be tempted to keep one's eyes focused on prominent realms such as sketching for UX Design and design probes from participants. A closer look shows that practices go beyond this, involving a variety o…
View article: Design practice reimagined: New fundamentals through a study of co-design and practice based doctoral studies
Design practice reimagined: New fundamentals through a study of co-design and practice based doctoral studies Open
Collaborative design is ubiquitous and can provide support for communities and organisations to envisage and deliver more equitable and joyful futures. What often seems to be a simple enough process of engagement can, however, be a complex…
View article: Evaluating social innovations: How creative evaluation can help articulate their values and impacts
Evaluating social innovations: How creative evaluation can help articulate their values and impacts Open
Locally, nationally and internationally, Social Innovations (SI) are increasingly seen as a way to address the complex problems posed by society. Emphasised by both funding bodies and in UK legislation and initiatives such as Public Servic…
View article: Concepts and Contexts of Creative Evaluation Approaches
Concepts and Contexts of Creative Evaluation Approaches Open
Background: Creative Evaluation (CE) is an unformed constellation of evaluation approaches that is based on varied understandings of creativity. Although creativity in evaluation has been consistently valued and needed by evaluation practi…