Discourses on political participation, urban studies, innovation, and ICT development are becomin... more Discourses on political participation, urban studies, innovation, and ICT development are becoming more and more entangled. Although social and cultural studies have recognized the importance of material entities in organizing and performing civic engagement for quite some time (see, for example, Marres 2011), we can also observe how the notion of publics is gaining more and more influence in the fields of design and technological development (see, for example, Le Dantec 2012). Within the context of urbanity, much falls into the realm of "smart cities," but the notion of "smart" is contested. We have heard about the number of people with Internet access, the number of devices talking to each other, and the potential revenue achievable for future service providers over and over again. It is not surprising that a transaction-based business rhetoric prevails, but we can also observe how the potential of networked communities, online or offline, is becoming an increasingly important factor in debating the concept of "smart cities." Halpern (2005), for example, understands the combination of ICTs and networked communities as a form of social capital, and his take on smartness, which is shared by many others, stresses the potential of local interaction: … ICT networks may have great potential to boost local social capital, provided they are geographically "intelligent," that is, are smart enough to connect you directly to your neighbors; are built around natural communities; and facilitate the collective knowledge. (ibid., 509-510). Performing the City 279 an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax." But those meat axes are no longer the only way to go. Instead, Paulos points to how "today's urban informatics effect change at the other end of the spectrum." "Instead of rewriting space with a few large-scale strokes," he continues, "they allow us to re-engineer an infinite number of small-scale relationships." In this re-engineering of small-scale relationships, new publics will arise, and they will overlap with processes and "things" of design. The use of quotation marks around "things" is deliberate. The etymology of the word, originating from the Nordic pre-Christian culture, can be traced back to the meaning of an assembly, which was decided on beforehand to take place at a certain time and at a certain place to deal with certain "matters of concern" to a specific community. In the book Design Things, we suggest that we revisit and partly revert to the etymological history of things (A. Telier 2011). A major challenge for design today has to do with what is being designed: it is not just an object or a product, but also a thing-that is, a socio-material assembly that deals with matters of concern-in the original meaning of the word. Things are, thus, not only the results of understanding human relations and then developing a product addressing the relations such as in user-centered design. Rather, they are performed by sociomaterial "collectives of humans and non-humans," including both designed artifacts and the places where they are used. At the same time, a designed artifact is potentially a thing made public, since once it is delivered to its users it becomes a matter of concern to them with its new possibilities of interaction. Consequently, in emerging publics, there is a complex entanglement taking place between citizens, public spaces, and things. Furthermore, if objects are seen as an effect of an array of relations, it follows that they do not exist in themselves; they are, rather, performed and emerging. They are also spatial, in that they establish the necessary conditions for creating and transforming space, which is also not given or fixed but, rather, performed. According to Bruno Latour (2004), we are accustomed to smooth and risk-free objects that are characterized by having clear boundaries with a welldefined essence, in which the producer becomes invisible when, for example, a product is released. In contrast, Latour puts forth the concept of tangled objects, or risky attachments, with no clear boundaries to the environment and where the producers are part of the definition. "Mad cow disease" and contaminated blood may be two examples of such tangled, complex, hard to manage objects. They are subject to constant translation and re-definition and are not detached from the consequences they trigger. In many cases, the triggered consequences take the form of revealed issues and controversies in relation to how public spaces are planned and used. Carl DiSalvo elaborates another reference to Latour, developed in cooperation with Weibel, while considering their question "How things are made public?"-a question that addresses how complex situations of present-day society are made visible in a way that permits people to take actions on the situations at hand. DiSalvo (2009)
Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2
Public libraries are more and more recognized to become partners in co-design and technology educ... more Public libraries are more and more recognized to become partners in co-design and technology education, also aiming to bridge the digital divide. We see it as a great opportunity to expand the roles of public libraries even further, engaging citizens in co-design processes, improving existing public e-services and co-designing new services. That shift requires new roles taken by librarians, but also new processes, as well as new methods of development of e-services in the public sector. In PDC Place Nordic we explore this new role of libraries in participatory future making, engaging librarians, academics, practitioners and different local communities. Events will take place in Copenhagen, Malmö, and Helsinki/Espoo.
Medea Vox, an academic podcast. Episode 21: Fiction holds the ability of imagining alternative fu... more Medea Vox, an academic podcast. Episode 21: Fiction holds the ability of imagining alternative futures. Through comics, novels and videogames, we can explore social and technical “What If’s.” In this Medea Vox episode, we discuss how fiction can contribute to our thinking about the future in ways which other schools of thought – such as the scientific – cannot.Podcas
Overallt samlar sensorer data som analyseras for att rakna ut hur man sparar energi, hur mycket i... more Overallt samlar sensorer data som analyseras for att rakna ut hur man sparar energi, hur mycket insulin som ska injiceras, var den narmaste hyrbilen finns, hur manga manniskor som fortfarande ar kvar inne i en brinnande byggnad... Denna snabba spridning av teknik kallas for Sakernas Internet, eller IoT. Manniskor har makten, eller har vi verkligen det? Hur mycket varderar vi var integritet? Vilka internetanslutna gadgets hjalper oss att leva ett halsosamt och hallbart liv - och vilka prylar kommer bara att oka var stressniva? Nar blir anvandningen missbruk? Utstallningen undersoker hur IoT paverkar manniskor, samhalle och industri. Forskningsprojekt i utstallningen: Emergent Configuration for IoT Systems (ECOS+), Smart energy management and security (SEMS), Fair Data, Walk the ward, Dynamic Intelligent Sensor-Intensive Systems (DISS), PELARS-projektet och Busrunner presenteras i "IOTAP-labbet"
Almost a century ago, a debate on the relation between new emerging technologies and the constitu... more Almost a century ago, a debate on the relation between new emerging technologies and the constitution of publics took place between Walter Lippmann and John Dewey. Marres (2005) states that at the time it was often assumed that complexities related to new technology for communication, as well as transport and manufacturing, were a threat to the democratic society. The remedy, many thought, would be to simplify. Although Lippmann and Dewey debated from different perspectives, they both argued that strange, unfamiliar, and entangled objects are the conditions for public engagement and for public affairs to arise, rather than a threat. A concern or an issue that can be resolved by experts, institutions, or a social community doesn't become a public affair. In other words, issues that are too complex for a community to resolve bring a public into being. Although the Lippmann-Dewey debate took place almost a century ago, it still seems relevant. The processes and places for innovation are often characterized by ubiquitous speed; unbounding collective intelligence in the service of societal and technological development is an act of fast, rational, and efficient production. In this production, places and agoras can be exemplified by artifacts such as meeting rooms, online or offline forums, conferences, and voting machines. These artifacts are considered tools for "coming together," but it is often a coming together that has the goal of increasing the speed of production. Virilio (1986, 5) describes the city as a "human dwelling place penetrated by channels of rapid communication." But when the pace is slowed, we can recognize that places, as well as objects, are more than mere tools. They have a role in the collective, quite similar to their human counterparts, and the doings of the collective constitute what we call "the public." Those publics, because they are numerous and diverse, are emerging rather than specified in constitutions, blueprints, or construction plans. And sometimes we must permit those publics to be slow-paced. We must also recognize that they are often ephemeral, highly situated, and entangled in complex ways. An older example of public artifacts is the totem pole. Slowly carving a totem pole from a cedar tree was a tedious and slow process. Contrary to popular belief, totem poles were not meant for worship. Their meanings were as varied as the cultures that
In this chapter it is suggested that concepts like embodiment and the performative elements of sp... more In this chapter it is suggested that concepts like embodiment and the performative elements of space, mixed objects, configuring and place making together form interesting challenges for the design of inspirational learning environments. This is based on our experiences from the Atelier project, experiences that are related to the general field of ubiquitous and tangible computing. We have studied design education practice, developed prototypes to enhance such education, introduced prototypes to different real use settings (design and ...
Prototyping Futures gives you a glimpse of what collaborating with academia might look like. Mede... more Prototyping Futures gives you a glimpse of what collaborating with academia might look like. Medea and its co-partners share their stories about activities happening at the research centre – projects, methods, tools, and approaches – what challenges lie ahead, and how these can be tackled. Examples of highlighted topics include: What is a living lab and how does it work? What are the visions behind the Connectivity Lab at Medea? And, how can prototyping-methods be used when sketching scenarios for sustainable futures? Other topics are: What is the role of the body when designing technology? What is collaborative media and how can this concept help us understand contemporary media practices? Prototyping Futures also discusses the open-hardware platform Arduino, and the concepts of open data and the Internet of Things, raising questions on how digital media and connected devices can contribute to more sustainable lifestyles, and a better world
Building interpretable machine learning agents is a challenge that needs to be addressed to make ... more Building interpretable machine learning agents is a challenge that needs to be addressed to make the agents trustworthy and align the usage of the technology with human values. In this work, we focus on how to evaluate interpretability in a machine teaching setting, a setting that involves a human domain expert as a teacher in relation to a machine learning agent. By using a prototype in a study, we discuss the interpretability definition and show how interpretability can be evaluated on a functional-, human- and application level. We end the paper by discussing open questions and suggestions on how our results can be transferable to other domains.
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies, 2018
With the proliferation of IoT the home is becoming a "smart" space that provides new opportunitie... more With the proliferation of IoT the home is becoming a "smart" space that provides new opportunities for supporting creative experiences for the user. Adaptable IoT devices offer the possibility for users to appropriate interaction in the home. The objective of this paper is to explore the use of a configurable, placeable, IoT enabled button as a way for users to appropriate interaction with the smart home. The study employs the methods of technology probes, photography, and contextual interviews. Our findings show that our users configured the IoT enabled button to manage automation in the home, to install place-significant shortcuts for relevant smart home features, and to create interaction points for tasks that support the user's daily routines. We propose that IoT should not only be seen as a way to increase efficiency in the home but also as a vehicle for user-created interaction opportunities that can creatively support rising needs in each user's daily life.
The CARE article–Collaborative articulation in rehabilitation after hand surgery
Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and... more Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and ways of affecting it. For the caregiver to learn about the patient’s situation and potential. This mutual learning can be supported through the notion of collaborative articulation. A article interfaces is used for sharing relevant patient narratives, adding supportive media for patients to take home, collaboratively articulating the next steps in treatment and generating feedback on progress. The CARE article carries link to digital media which can be viewed on a variety of displays. A special device, Mouse++, is used for navigating on the article as well as on the active display. Patients can use ordinary capture devices such as cameras, voice recorders or video cameras and there after attach the media to the article. At the clinic the article can be used for capturing instruction videos on training or how to take care of the wound etc. The design case described is a work in progress.
2020 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PerCom Workshops), 2020
Machine learning research today is dominated by a technocentric perspective and in many cases dis... more Machine learning research today is dominated by a technocentric perspective and in many cases disconnected from the users of the technology. The machine teaching paradigm instead shifts the focus from machine learning experts towards the domain experts and users of machine learning technology. This shift opens up for new perspectives on the current use of machine learning as well as new usage areas to explore. In this study, we apply and map existing machine teaching principles onto a contextual machine teaching implementation in a commuting setting. The aim is to highlight areas in machine teaching theory that requires more attention. The main contribution of this work is an increased focus on available features, the features space and the potential to transfer some of the domain expert's explanatory powers to the machine learning system.
Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and... more Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and ways of affecting it. For the caregiver to learn about the patient’s situation and potential. This mutual learning can be supported through the notion of collaborative articulation. A paper interfaces is used for sharing relevant patient narratives, adding supportive media for patients to take home, collaboratively articulating the next steps in treatment and generating feedback on progress. The CARE paper carries link to digital media which can be viewed on a variety of displays. A special device, Mouse++, is used for navigating on the paper as well as on the active display. Patients can use ordinary capture devices such as cameras, voice recorders or video cameras and there after attach the media to the paper. At the clinic the paper can be used for capturing instruction videos on training or how to take care of the wound etc. The design case described is a work in progress.
Creating the city : the right to history and the fictionalizing of data
As digital media increasingly become entangled with urban culture, new cultural practices emerge ... more As digital media increasingly become entangled with urban culture, new cultural practices emerge and affect how we understand and experience contemporary cities. The experience of place alongside d ...
The CARE article – Collaborative articulation in rehabilitation after hand surgery
Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and... more Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and ways of affecting it. For the caregiver to learn about the patient’s situation and potential. This mutual learning can be supported through the notion of collaborative articulation. A article interfaces is used for sharing relevant patient narratives, adding supportive media for patients to take home, collaboratively articulating the next steps in treatment and generating feedback on progress. The CARE article carries link to digital media which can be viewed on a variety of displays. A special device, Mouse++, is used for navigating on the article as well as on the active display. Patients can use ordinary capture devices such as cameras, voice recorders or video cameras and there after attach the media to the article. At the clinic the article can be used for capturing instruction videos on training or how to take care of the wound etc. The design case described is a work in progress.
Within the Participatory Design community as well as the Computer Supported Cooperative Work trad... more Within the Participatory Design community as well as the Computer Supported Cooperative Work tradition, a lot of effort has been put into the question of letting field studies inform design. In this paper, we describe how game-like approaches can be used as a way of exploring a practice from a design point of view. Thinking of ethnographic fieldwork as a base for sketching, rather than descriptions, creates openness that invites collaborative authoring. The concept of playful collaborative exploration suggests certain ways of interacting with material from field studies so that it becomes a design material for an open-ended design process. We have carried out field studies, transformed the field material into design material, and set up a design game for working with it together with the people we followed in the field. The design game builds on an idea about the power of narratives and the benefits of constraining rules. We believe that this framework for collaboration opens for pl...
Discourses on political participation, urban studies, innovation, and ICT development are becomin... more Discourses on political participation, urban studies, innovation, and ICT development are becoming more and more entangled. Although social and cultural studies have recognized the importance of material entities in organizing and performing civic engagement for quite some time (see, for example, Marres 2011), we can also observe how the notion of publics is gaining more and more influence in the fields of design and technological development (see, for example, Le Dantec 2012). Within the context of urbanity, much falls into the realm of "smart cities," but the notion of "smart" is contested. We have heard about the number of people with Internet access, the number of devices talking to each other, and the potential revenue achievable for future service providers over and over again. It is not surprising that a transaction-based business rhetoric prevails, but we can also observe how the potential of networked communities, online or offline, is becoming an increasingly important factor in debating the concept of "smart cities." Halpern (2005), for example, understands the combination of ICTs and networked communities as a form of social capital, and his take on smartness, which is shared by many others, stresses the potential of local interaction: … ICT networks may have great potential to boost local social capital, provided they are geographically "intelligent," that is, are smart enough to connect you directly to your neighbors; are built around natural communities; and facilitate the collective knowledge. (ibid., 509-510). Performing the City 279 an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax." But those meat axes are no longer the only way to go. Instead, Paulos points to how "today's urban informatics effect change at the other end of the spectrum." "Instead of rewriting space with a few large-scale strokes," he continues, "they allow us to re-engineer an infinite number of small-scale relationships." In this re-engineering of small-scale relationships, new publics will arise, and they will overlap with processes and "things" of design. The use of quotation marks around "things" is deliberate. The etymology of the word, originating from the Nordic pre-Christian culture, can be traced back to the meaning of an assembly, which was decided on beforehand to take place at a certain time and at a certain place to deal with certain "matters of concern" to a specific community. In the book Design Things, we suggest that we revisit and partly revert to the etymological history of things (A. Telier 2011). A major challenge for design today has to do with what is being designed: it is not just an object or a product, but also a thing-that is, a socio-material assembly that deals with matters of concern-in the original meaning of the word. Things are, thus, not only the results of understanding human relations and then developing a product addressing the relations such as in user-centered design. Rather, they are performed by sociomaterial "collectives of humans and non-humans," including both designed artifacts and the places where they are used. At the same time, a designed artifact is potentially a thing made public, since once it is delivered to its users it becomes a matter of concern to them with its new possibilities of interaction. Consequently, in emerging publics, there is a complex entanglement taking place between citizens, public spaces, and things. Furthermore, if objects are seen as an effect of an array of relations, it follows that they do not exist in themselves; they are, rather, performed and emerging. They are also spatial, in that they establish the necessary conditions for creating and transforming space, which is also not given or fixed but, rather, performed. According to Bruno Latour (2004), we are accustomed to smooth and risk-free objects that are characterized by having clear boundaries with a welldefined essence, in which the producer becomes invisible when, for example, a product is released. In contrast, Latour puts forth the concept of tangled objects, or risky attachments, with no clear boundaries to the environment and where the producers are part of the definition. "Mad cow disease" and contaminated blood may be two examples of such tangled, complex, hard to manage objects. They are subject to constant translation and re-definition and are not detached from the consequences they trigger. In many cases, the triggered consequences take the form of revealed issues and controversies in relation to how public spaces are planned and used. Carl DiSalvo elaborates another reference to Latour, developed in cooperation with Weibel, while considering their question "How things are made public?"-a question that addresses how complex situations of present-day society are made visible in a way that permits people to take actions on the situations at hand. DiSalvo (2009)
Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2
Public libraries are more and more recognized to become partners in co-design and technology educ... more Public libraries are more and more recognized to become partners in co-design and technology education, also aiming to bridge the digital divide. We see it as a great opportunity to expand the roles of public libraries even further, engaging citizens in co-design processes, improving existing public e-services and co-designing new services. That shift requires new roles taken by librarians, but also new processes, as well as new methods of development of e-services in the public sector. In PDC Place Nordic we explore this new role of libraries in participatory future making, engaging librarians, academics, practitioners and different local communities. Events will take place in Copenhagen, Malmö, and Helsinki/Espoo.
Medea Vox, an academic podcast. Episode 21: Fiction holds the ability of imagining alternative fu... more Medea Vox, an academic podcast. Episode 21: Fiction holds the ability of imagining alternative futures. Through comics, novels and videogames, we can explore social and technical “What If’s.” In this Medea Vox episode, we discuss how fiction can contribute to our thinking about the future in ways which other schools of thought – such as the scientific – cannot.Podcas
Overallt samlar sensorer data som analyseras for att rakna ut hur man sparar energi, hur mycket i... more Overallt samlar sensorer data som analyseras for att rakna ut hur man sparar energi, hur mycket insulin som ska injiceras, var den narmaste hyrbilen finns, hur manga manniskor som fortfarande ar kvar inne i en brinnande byggnad... Denna snabba spridning av teknik kallas for Sakernas Internet, eller IoT. Manniskor har makten, eller har vi verkligen det? Hur mycket varderar vi var integritet? Vilka internetanslutna gadgets hjalper oss att leva ett halsosamt och hallbart liv - och vilka prylar kommer bara att oka var stressniva? Nar blir anvandningen missbruk? Utstallningen undersoker hur IoT paverkar manniskor, samhalle och industri. Forskningsprojekt i utstallningen: Emergent Configuration for IoT Systems (ECOS+), Smart energy management and security (SEMS), Fair Data, Walk the ward, Dynamic Intelligent Sensor-Intensive Systems (DISS), PELARS-projektet och Busrunner presenteras i "IOTAP-labbet"
Almost a century ago, a debate on the relation between new emerging technologies and the constitu... more Almost a century ago, a debate on the relation between new emerging technologies and the constitution of publics took place between Walter Lippmann and John Dewey. Marres (2005) states that at the time it was often assumed that complexities related to new technology for communication, as well as transport and manufacturing, were a threat to the democratic society. The remedy, many thought, would be to simplify. Although Lippmann and Dewey debated from different perspectives, they both argued that strange, unfamiliar, and entangled objects are the conditions for public engagement and for public affairs to arise, rather than a threat. A concern or an issue that can be resolved by experts, institutions, or a social community doesn't become a public affair. In other words, issues that are too complex for a community to resolve bring a public into being. Although the Lippmann-Dewey debate took place almost a century ago, it still seems relevant. The processes and places for innovation are often characterized by ubiquitous speed; unbounding collective intelligence in the service of societal and technological development is an act of fast, rational, and efficient production. In this production, places and agoras can be exemplified by artifacts such as meeting rooms, online or offline forums, conferences, and voting machines. These artifacts are considered tools for "coming together," but it is often a coming together that has the goal of increasing the speed of production. Virilio (1986, 5) describes the city as a "human dwelling place penetrated by channels of rapid communication." But when the pace is slowed, we can recognize that places, as well as objects, are more than mere tools. They have a role in the collective, quite similar to their human counterparts, and the doings of the collective constitute what we call "the public." Those publics, because they are numerous and diverse, are emerging rather than specified in constitutions, blueprints, or construction plans. And sometimes we must permit those publics to be slow-paced. We must also recognize that they are often ephemeral, highly situated, and entangled in complex ways. An older example of public artifacts is the totem pole. Slowly carving a totem pole from a cedar tree was a tedious and slow process. Contrary to popular belief, totem poles were not meant for worship. Their meanings were as varied as the cultures that
In this chapter it is suggested that concepts like embodiment and the performative elements of sp... more In this chapter it is suggested that concepts like embodiment and the performative elements of space, mixed objects, configuring and place making together form interesting challenges for the design of inspirational learning environments. This is based on our experiences from the Atelier project, experiences that are related to the general field of ubiquitous and tangible computing. We have studied design education practice, developed prototypes to enhance such education, introduced prototypes to different real use settings (design and ...
Prototyping Futures gives you a glimpse of what collaborating with academia might look like. Mede... more Prototyping Futures gives you a glimpse of what collaborating with academia might look like. Medea and its co-partners share their stories about activities happening at the research centre – projects, methods, tools, and approaches – what challenges lie ahead, and how these can be tackled. Examples of highlighted topics include: What is a living lab and how does it work? What are the visions behind the Connectivity Lab at Medea? And, how can prototyping-methods be used when sketching scenarios for sustainable futures? Other topics are: What is the role of the body when designing technology? What is collaborative media and how can this concept help us understand contemporary media practices? Prototyping Futures also discusses the open-hardware platform Arduino, and the concepts of open data and the Internet of Things, raising questions on how digital media and connected devices can contribute to more sustainable lifestyles, and a better world
Building interpretable machine learning agents is a challenge that needs to be addressed to make ... more Building interpretable machine learning agents is a challenge that needs to be addressed to make the agents trustworthy and align the usage of the technology with human values. In this work, we focus on how to evaluate interpretability in a machine teaching setting, a setting that involves a human domain expert as a teacher in relation to a machine learning agent. By using a prototype in a study, we discuss the interpretability definition and show how interpretability can be evaluated on a functional-, human- and application level. We end the paper by discussing open questions and suggestions on how our results can be transferable to other domains.
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies, 2018
With the proliferation of IoT the home is becoming a "smart" space that provides new opportunitie... more With the proliferation of IoT the home is becoming a "smart" space that provides new opportunities for supporting creative experiences for the user. Adaptable IoT devices offer the possibility for users to appropriate interaction in the home. The objective of this paper is to explore the use of a configurable, placeable, IoT enabled button as a way for users to appropriate interaction with the smart home. The study employs the methods of technology probes, photography, and contextual interviews. Our findings show that our users configured the IoT enabled button to manage automation in the home, to install place-significant shortcuts for relevant smart home features, and to create interaction points for tasks that support the user's daily routines. We propose that IoT should not only be seen as a way to increase efficiency in the home but also as a vehicle for user-created interaction opportunities that can creatively support rising needs in each user's daily life.
The CARE article–Collaborative articulation in rehabilitation after hand surgery
Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and... more Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and ways of affecting it. For the caregiver to learn about the patient’s situation and potential. This mutual learning can be supported through the notion of collaborative articulation. A article interfaces is used for sharing relevant patient narratives, adding supportive media for patients to take home, collaboratively articulating the next steps in treatment and generating feedback on progress. The CARE article carries link to digital media which can be viewed on a variety of displays. A special device, Mouse++, is used for navigating on the article as well as on the active display. Patients can use ordinary capture devices such as cameras, voice recorders or video cameras and there after attach the media to the article. At the clinic the article can be used for capturing instruction videos on training or how to take care of the wound etc. The design case described is a work in progress.
2020 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PerCom Workshops), 2020
Machine learning research today is dominated by a technocentric perspective and in many cases dis... more Machine learning research today is dominated by a technocentric perspective and in many cases disconnected from the users of the technology. The machine teaching paradigm instead shifts the focus from machine learning experts towards the domain experts and users of machine learning technology. This shift opens up for new perspectives on the current use of machine learning as well as new usage areas to explore. In this study, we apply and map existing machine teaching principles onto a contextual machine teaching implementation in a commuting setting. The aim is to highlight areas in machine teaching theory that requires more attention. The main contribution of this work is an increased focus on available features, the features space and the potential to transfer some of the domain expert's explanatory powers to the machine learning system.
Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and... more Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and ways of affecting it. For the caregiver to learn about the patient’s situation and potential. This mutual learning can be supported through the notion of collaborative articulation. A paper interfaces is used for sharing relevant patient narratives, adding supportive media for patients to take home, collaboratively articulating the next steps in treatment and generating feedback on progress. The CARE paper carries link to digital media which can be viewed on a variety of displays. A special device, Mouse++, is used for navigating on the paper as well as on the active display. Patients can use ordinary capture devices such as cameras, voice recorders or video cameras and there after attach the media to the paper. At the clinic the paper can be used for capturing instruction videos on training or how to take care of the wound etc. The design case described is a work in progress.
Creating the city : the right to history and the fictionalizing of data
As digital media increasingly become entangled with urban culture, new cultural practices emerge ... more As digital media increasingly become entangled with urban culture, new cultural practices emerge and affect how we understand and experience contemporary cities. The experience of place alongside d ...
The CARE article – Collaborative articulation in rehabilitation after hand surgery
Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and... more Undergoing rehabilitation is a learning process. For the patient to learn about his condition and ways of affecting it. For the caregiver to learn about the patient’s situation and potential. This mutual learning can be supported through the notion of collaborative articulation. A article interfaces is used for sharing relevant patient narratives, adding supportive media for patients to take home, collaboratively articulating the next steps in treatment and generating feedback on progress. The CARE article carries link to digital media which can be viewed on a variety of displays. A special device, Mouse++, is used for navigating on the article as well as on the active display. Patients can use ordinary capture devices such as cameras, voice recorders or video cameras and there after attach the media to the article. At the clinic the article can be used for capturing instruction videos on training or how to take care of the wound etc. The design case described is a work in progress.
Within the Participatory Design community as well as the Computer Supported Cooperative Work trad... more Within the Participatory Design community as well as the Computer Supported Cooperative Work tradition, a lot of effort has been put into the question of letting field studies inform design. In this paper, we describe how game-like approaches can be used as a way of exploring a practice from a design point of view. Thinking of ethnographic fieldwork as a base for sketching, rather than descriptions, creates openness that invites collaborative authoring. The concept of playful collaborative exploration suggests certain ways of interacting with material from field studies so that it becomes a design material for an open-ended design process. We have carried out field studies, transformed the field material into design material, and set up a design game for working with it together with the people we followed in the field. The design game builds on an idea about the power of narratives and the benefits of constraining rules. We believe that this framework for collaboration opens for pl...
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