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Wordfa: /* References */

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References

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	Weizenbaum, J. ''(1976) _Computer power and human reason: From Judgment to Calculation''. W H Freeman & Company.		Weizenbaum, J. ''(1976) _Computer power and human reason: From Judgment to Calculation''. W H Freeman & Company.


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Wordfa: /* Definitions */

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Definitions

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	Technology		Technology

	How am I defining Technological Artefacts, is still up in the wind a little, as it is a difficult term to contextualise based on different audiences. Whereas an XPuber may say 'stairs' or 'language' are technology. My father would probably not, he would most likely think of technologies as 'phones' or 'gadgets'. Hence, I wonder if it is up for everyone to define technology for themselves? What if technology is a more abstract concept of otherness, than a fixed definition?		How I'm defining Technological Artefacts, is still up in the wind a little, as it is a difficult term to contextualise based on different audiences. Whereas an XPuber may say 'stairs' or 'language' are technology. My father would probably not, he would most likely think of technologies as 'phones' or 'gadgets'. Hence, I wonder if it is up for everyone to define technology for themselves? What if technology is a more abstract concept of otherness, than a fixed definition?

	Below is a list of alternative ~~Terms~~ that are more specific. However, I do have a concern that these need to be explained whereas just 'technology' has a colloquial understanding that I like.		Below is a list of alternative terms that are more specific. However, I do have a concern that these need to be explained whereas just 'technology' has a colloquial understanding that I like.

	Digital Communication Devices		- Digital Communication Devices
	Consumer Technology		- Consumer Technology
	Digital Devices		- Digital Devices
	Computational Devices		- Computational Devices
	Phones		- Phones/ Smartphones
	ICT		- ICT
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Wordfa: /* How do you plan to make it? */

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How do you plan to make it?

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	=== How do you plan to make it? ===		=== How do you plan to make it? ===
	I plan to make this through a creating and testing a series of frameworks for discussion and reflection, that will be articulated in series of prototypes both digital and physical. These prototypes will iterate on different ways to create discussion (discovery and identification) and reflection (new practices and change drivers) of how aspects of '''technology''' affect our day-to-day lives.~~<gallery widths="200" heights="150" mode="packed">~~		[[File:Signal-2025-11-21-125653.jpeg\|thumb\|397x397px\|Outputs from a prototype workshop]]
	~~File:Signal-2025-11-21-125653.jpeg\|Some of outputs from a prototype worksop~~
	~~</gallery>~~		I plan to make this through a creating and testing a series of frameworks for discussion and reflection, that will be articulated in series of prototypes both digital and physical. These prototypes will iterate on different ways to create discussion (discovery and identification) and reflection (new practices and change drivers) of how aspects of '''technology''' affect our day-to-day lives.

	A framework I am already exploring is the use of speculative writing as a tool to create new imaginaries. Specifically getting people to think about how they carry out certain tasks without the use of '''technology'''. The basic protocol is for participants to identify a recent use of digital '''technology''' (e.g. texting their Mum). Then asking them to identify what their aim was (e.g. to feel connected). I then ask them to speculate how they would try to achieve this same aim without that '''technology''' (write a letter, plan a trip back home, call them). Lastly, there will be a moment to reflect on this speculation and contrast it with their default course of action.		A framework I am already exploring is the use of speculative writing as a tool to create new imaginaries. Specifically getting people to think about how they carry out certain tasks without the use of '''technology'''. The basic protocol is for participants to identify a recent use of digital '''technology''' (e.g. texting their Mum). Then asking them to identify what their aim was (e.g. to feel connected). I then ask them to speculate how they would try to achieve this same aim without that '''technology''' (write a letter, plan a trip back home, call them). Lastly, there will be a moment to reflect on this speculation and contrast it with their default course of action.

Wordfa: /* How do you plan to make it? */

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How do you plan to make it?

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	=== How do you plan to make it? ===		=== How do you plan to make it? ===
	I plan to make this through a creating and testing a series of frameworks for discussion and reflection, that will be articulated in series of prototypes both digital and physical. These prototypes will iterate on different ways to create discussion (discovery and identification) and reflection (new practices and change drivers) of how aspects of '''technology''' affect our day-to-day lives.		I plan to make this through a creating and testing a series of frameworks for discussion and reflection, that will be articulated in series of prototypes both digital and physical. These prototypes will iterate on different ways to create discussion (discovery and identification) and reflection (new practices and change drivers) of how aspects of '''technology''' affect our day-to-day lives.<gallery widths="200" heights="150" mode="packed">
			File:Signal-2025-11-21-125653.jpeg\|Some of outputs from a prototype worksop
	~~[Insert Picture]~~		</gallery>

	A framework I am already exploring is the use of speculative writing as a tool to create new imaginaries. Specifically getting people to think about how they carry out certain tasks without the use of '''technology'''. The basic protocol is for participants to identify a recent use of digital '''technology''' (e.g. texting their Mum). Then asking them to identify what their aim was (e.g. to feel connected). I then ask them to speculate how they would try to achieve this same aim without that '''technology''' (write a letter, plan a trip back home, call them). Lastly, there will be a moment to reflect on this speculation and contrast it with their default course of action.		A framework I am already exploring is the use of speculative writing as a tool to create new imaginaries. Specifically getting people to think about how they carry out certain tasks without the use of '''technology'''. The basic protocol is for participants to identify a recent use of digital '''technology''' (e.g. texting their Mum). Then asking them to identify what their aim was (e.g. to feel connected). I then ask them to speculate how they would try to achieve this same aim without that '''technology''' (write a letter, plan a trip back home, call them). Lastly, there will be a moment to reflect on this speculation and contrast it with their default course of action.

Wordfa: /* Technological Critique */

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Technological Critique

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	===== Technological Critique =====		===== Technological Critique =====
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	File:Instagram post - 16.png\|DearAi.xyz Design Fiction ~~Advert~~		File:Instagram post - 16.png\|DearAi.xyz
	File:Exhibation Image-11.jpg\|DearAi.xyz Exhibition		File:Instagram post - 14.png\|Design Fiction
			File:Instagram post - 15.png\|Adverts
			File:Exhibation Image-11.jpg\|DearAi.xyz Exhibition
	File:Exhibation Image-6.jpg\|DearAi.xyz Exhibition		File:Exhibation Image-6.jpg\|DearAi.xyz Exhibition
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Wordfa: /* Relation to previous practice */

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Relation to previous practice

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	Both 'Than Average' and 'Draw The Line'are online experiences that basically function as playful questionnaires. Respectively, one asks users to compare themselves to the average (e.g. Are you smarter than average), the second asks you whether we should use AI for a given task (e.g. writing your thesis). Both importantly show you what everyone else answered, inviting you to reflect on your answer. Hence, the experience is not about collecting information but using information as a reflection tool.		Both 'Than Average' and 'Draw The Line'are online experiences that basically function as playful questionnaires. Respectively, one asks users to compare themselves to the average (e.g. Are you smarter than average), the second asks you whether we should use AI for a given task (e.g. writing your thesis). Both importantly show you what everyone else answered, inviting you to reflect on your answer. Hence, the experience is not about collecting information but using information as a reflection tool.

	[[User:Wordfa/oldphonehack\|'BRC']] or 'Bureaucratic Review Committee' (w/ [[User:Sevgi\|Tan]] & [[User:Martina\|Farrugia]])was a project completed in XPub that used an old phone to invite people to leave messages about their frustrations with Bureaucracy, as well as leave tips to 'hack' the system. Its outcomes were then compiled in a publication and their where plans to keep the phone as movable exhibition piece.		[[User:Wordfa/oldphonehack\|'BRC']] or 'Bureaucratic Review Committee' (w/ [[User:Sevgi\|Tan]] & [[User:Martina\|Farrugia]]) was a project completed in XPub that used an old phone to invite people to leave messages about their frustrations with Bureaucracy, as well as leave tips to 'hack' the system. Its outcomes were then compiled in a publication and their where plans to keep the phone as movable exhibition piece.

	The key traits to bring from all these works is the interaction playful, possibly low effort and using the transparent data collected to foster new meanings in participants understandings.		The key traits to bring from all these works is the interaction playful, possibly low effort and using the transparent data collected to foster new meanings in participants understandings.

	===== Technological Critique =====		===== Technological Critique =====
	~~[IMAGES]~~		<gallery widths="200" heights="150" mode="packed">
			File:Instagram post - 16.png\|DearAi.xyz Design Fiction Advert
			File:Exhibation Image-11.jpg\|DearAi.xyz Exhibition
			File:Exhibation Image-6.jpg\|DearAi.xyz Exhibition
			</gallery>

	A key thread in my work (design fiction, new media, writing and more writing) has been moaning on about technology. My early work dealt mainly with the power relations inherent in consumer technology, but more recent work has dealt with the societal and social impacts of technology. Most recently it has looked at AI and impacts on how we perceive value of previously effort heavy outputs (i.e. If AI can write a love letter, how do we value love letters). Whereas this work is on the preachy side, like my semi cynical design fiction projects, I want this project to be more naive and exploratory.		A key thread in my work (design fiction, new media, writing and more writing) has been moaning on about technology. My early work dealt mainly with the power relations inherent in consumer technology, but more recent work has dealt with the societal and social impacts of technology. Most recently it has looked at AI and impacts on how we perceive value of previously effort heavy outputs (i.e. If AI can write a love letter, how do we value love letters). Whereas this work is on the preachy side, like my semi cynical design fiction projects, I want this project to be more naive and exploratory.
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	Friction/less		Friction/less

	Building of the manifesto, Emoticons don't have Wrinkles (Maurer & Wouters, 2024), I am referring to the ideal and aesthetic of frictionless for the 'ideal' end user. I do feel an irony will emerge that having this easy access to information actually creates more friction in our lives. However, I do think it's important to note that modern consumer technology appears to remove many barriers (political and physical) to information.		Building of the manifesto, Emoticons don't have Wrinkles (Maurer & Wouters, 2024), I am referring to the ideal and aesthetic of frictionless for the 'ideal' end user. I do feel an irony will emerge that having this easy access to information actually creates more friction in our lives. However, I do think it's important to note that modern consumer technology appears to remove many barriers (political and physical) to information.
	</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">		</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
	Technology		Technology

	How am I defining Technological Artefacts, is still up in the wind a little, as it is a difficult term to contextualise based on different audiences. Whereas an XPuber may say 'stairs' or 'language' are technology. My father would probably not, he would most likely think of technologies as 'phones' or 'gadgets'. Hence, I wonder if it is up for everyone to define technology for themselves? What if technology is a more abstract concept of otherness, than a fixed definition?		How am I defining Technological Artefacts, is still up in the wind a little, as it is a difficult term to contextualise based on different audiences. Whereas an XPuber may say 'stairs' or 'language' are technology. My father would probably not, he would most likely think of technologies as 'phones' or 'gadgets'. Hence, I wonder if it is up for everyone to define technology for themselves? What if technology is a more abstract concept of otherness, than a fixed definition?

	Below is a list of alternative Terms that are more specific. However, I do have a concern that these need to be explained whereas technology has a colloquial understanding that I like		Below is a list of alternative Terms that are more specific. However, I do have a concern that these need to be explained whereas just 'technology' has a colloquial understanding that I like.

	Digital Communication Devices		Digital Communication Devices

Wordfa: /* Relation to previous practice */

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Relation to previous practice

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	File:Draw the Line Gif.gif\|Draw The Line		File:Draw the Line Gif.gif\|Draw The Line
	File:ThanAverage Gif.gif\|ThanAverage		File:ThanAverage Gif.gif\|ThanAverage
			File:Screenshot 2025-11-21 at 12.34.13.png\|BRC w/ Tan & Farrugia
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	Both 'Than Average' and 'Draw The Line'are online experiences that basically function as playful questionnaires. Respectively, one asks users to compare themselves to the average (e.g. Are you smarter than average), the second asks you whether we should use AI for a given task (e.g. writing your thesis). Both importantly show you what everyone else answered, inviting you to reflect on your answer. Hence, the experience is not about collecting information but using information as a reflection tool.		Both 'Than Average' and 'Draw The Line'are online experiences that basically function as playful questionnaires. Respectively, one asks users to compare themselves to the average (e.g. Are you smarter than average), the second asks you whether we should use AI for a given task (e.g. writing your thesis). Both importantly show you what everyone else answered, inviting you to reflect on your answer. Hence, the experience is not about collecting information but using information as a reflection tool.

	[[User:Wordfa/oldphonehack\|'BRC']] or 'Bureaucratic Review Committee' was a project completed in XPub that used an old phone to invite people to leave messages about their frustrations with Bureaucracy, as well as leave tips to 'hack' the system. Its outcomes were then compiled in a publication and their where plans to keep the phone as movable exhibition piece.		[[User:Wordfa/oldphonehack\|'BRC']] or 'Bureaucratic Review Committee' (w/ [[User:Sevgi\|Tan]] & [[User:Martina\|Farrugia]])was a project completed in XPub that used an old phone to invite people to leave messages about their frustrations with Bureaucracy, as well as leave tips to 'hack' the system. Its outcomes were then compiled in a publication and their where plans to keep the phone as movable exhibition piece.

	The key traits to bring from all these works is the interaction playful, possibly low effort and using the transparent data collected to foster new meanings in participants understandings.		The key traits to bring from all these works is the interaction playful, possibly low effort and using the transparent data collected to foster new meanings in participants understandings.

Wordfa: /* Relation to previous practice */

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Relation to previous practice

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	File:Draw the Line Gif.gif		File:Draw the Line Gif.gif\|Draw The Line
	File:ThanAverage Gif.gif		File:ThanAverage Gif.gif\|ThanAverage
	</gallery>		</gallery>