Event overview
Homes beyond home Mike Michael (Sociology) Bill Gaver (Design) Chaired by Sarah Kember (Media and Communications)
This workshop will be broadly concerned with the development of domestic, wearable and various smart devices that place emphasis on their social and environmental attributes and have the potential to challenge and extend traditional understandings of home. What are the defining features of the smart home and what would it mean to live in one? To what extent is the idea of the smart home irretrievably futuristic or science-fictional? Alternatively what are the current devices (RFID tags, GPS, online monitoring and tracking devices) that signal its development? What are the design challenges? Are smart homes desirable (and for whom)? Is the smart home and its associated devices and technologies (including developments in ubiquitous computing) already over-determined by industry imperatives and if not, what and where are the alternative visions?
the 1st in a series of 4 workshops convened by Janis Jefferies (Computing) and Sarah Kember (Media and Communications)
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2011 | 3:00pm - 5:00pm |
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