Thesis Studio/ Prototype 3
Transcript of Thesis Studio/ Prototype 3
THESIS PROTOTYPES CYNTHIA LAWSON
BASAK HAZNEDAROGLU
09.30.2010
technology
urban space people
urban space technology
social interaction
creating a second skin
interaction map
mobile phone
objects books,bench
natural elements
trees, squirrels
E readers iPads
people staring talking
laptops
data as a content or conversation?
data data
Not after this! How can I turn this data into conversation?
SOCIAL LIFE OF WIRELESS URBAN SPACE How technology influencing privatism and
participation at the same time? Impacts of wireless Internet use on urban
public spaces?
Explore the technology and wifi and how it is related to social interaction and how it influences the way we
use public space
Explore how it is shaping human behavior in urban space
Majority of wi-fi users used their wireless Internet connection to communicate with social ties that were
not physically present (66%)
Decline in exposure to diversity of opinion or issues tend to be culturally and ideologically homogeneous
Put the individual into thick of things!
Yellow chair project by Anab Jain
Inviting strangers from street to use her computer and its wireless open access not only as an access to the internet but
to read or to listen to her "Today's Offer" in the "shared folder"
a 'real world blog space' a territory for conversation between neighbours
eye contact experiment forcing people to stare and communicate
what’s mine is yours experiment Results were mostly revolved around SEXUALITY!
follower/fan/stalker tags experiment carry the familiar networks into unfamiliar zones and create a conversation
porte parole by Krzysztof Wodiczko forcing communication through immigrants’ narratives
NEXT STEPS
What are the social and cultural implications of ubiquitous computing for urban environment?
What opportunities lie to use urban computing as a way of communication?
Exploring ways to force communication through personal and public data
Proposing the idea of socialization through urban spaces and focusing on miscommunications maybe?
Forcing the individual to get out of the familiar networks to bring more diversity