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TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactive instruments
T2 - situated technology, intelligent terrain, and design commons
AU - Dunn, Nick
PY - 2014/4/11
Y1 - 2014/4/11
N2 - Today’s urban situation is a constantly shifting one—a nexus of material and immaterial flows, systems, and processes. While much has been made of the reprogramming of city spaces, little attention has been given to the deprogramming of them and who participates in this process. Furthermore, the transformation of the urban realm does not necessarily take account of its citizens. To address this, we need to engage with the provision of a framework toevolve “intelligent terrain” that is participatory, social, and enabling. Key to this trajectory is technology of a situated nature, to facilitate a local design commons and thereby affect change in the city. While much has been claimed regarding the emancipatory powers of digital networks, it is apparent that in order to make sense of their endless data we need to consider the manner with which we engage with it. Thus, the development of 'interactive instruments' becomesprimary if we are to enable the public to get involved and develop a design commons. This points toward the durative nature of meaning making, using the urban condition as an operative situation for collaborative, participatory, andsociable design. This paper therefore examines the implications of such a framework upon design practices and modalities.
AB - Today’s urban situation is a constantly shifting one—a nexus of material and immaterial flows, systems, and processes. While much has been made of the reprogramming of city spaces, little attention has been given to the deprogramming of them and who participates in this process. Furthermore, the transformation of the urban realm does not necessarily take account of its citizens. To address this, we need to engage with the provision of a framework toevolve “intelligent terrain” that is participatory, social, and enabling. Key to this trajectory is technology of a situated nature, to facilitate a local design commons and thereby affect change in the city. While much has been claimed regarding the emancipatory powers of digital networks, it is apparent that in order to make sense of their endless data we need to consider the manner with which we engage with it. Thus, the development of 'interactive instruments' becomesprimary if we are to enable the public to get involved and develop a design commons. This points toward the durative nature of meaning making, using the urban condition as an operative situation for collaborative, participatory, andsociable design. This paper therefore examines the implications of such a framework upon design practices and modalities.
KW - Design
KW - Society
KW - Participation
KW - Commons
KW - Networks
KW - Technology
KW - Urbanism
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84900817233
VL - 7
SP - 111
EP - 119
JO - The International Journal of Design in Society
JF - The International Journal of Design in Society
SN - 2325-1328
IS - 2
ER -