18th International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction

Description

Facilitator on a full day studio workshop at TEI Conference 2024.

Entangled Threads: Exploring the value and significance of bringing a craft ethos to debates around the IoT/connected things.

Alongside the benefits of a world in which more and more things are internet connected (i.e., the IoT), scaffolded by increasingly powerful AI systems, there is a growing recognition of a flipside to this vision of the future. Issues associated with privacy, transparency, legibility and trust have been widely recognized – which the Mozilla Foundation has encapsulated in their Internet Health Reports [13]. This workshop will explore these tensions and concerns through the lens of craft, both as a practice and a conceptual ethos. We will use embroidery as a craft-oriented ‘thinking through making’ activity as the foundation for discussions of our craft characteristics of which consist of; bespokeness, localism, embodiment, provenance, authenticity, and care. Participants will gain a rich understanding of debates around IoT while being engaged in a ‘thinking through doing’ embodied approach to gaining new insights and leave with their own hand embroidered badge.

Period	11 Feb 2024
Event type	Conference
Location	Cork, IrelandShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International