More-than-Human Media Architecture

Foth, Marcus; Caldwell, Glenda Amayo

doi:10.1145/3284389.3284495

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“…Additionally, introducing such devices to the natural graveyard environment brings particular challenges in their potential hazard to wildlife and contribution to light pollution. In the scope of media architectures, Foth and Amayo Caldwell [22] propose the inclusion of a non-human design persona, e.g., an insect or nocturnal animal, in the design process to ensure ecological issues are to the fore. As a guiding principle, designers should question if the impact of such media installations outweighs the negatives to render a net positive installation [10].…”

Section: Environmental Concernsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring pervasive displays for cemeteries and memorial sites

Häkkilä

Colley

Kalving

et al. 2020

Pers Ubiquit Comput

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This paper addresses graveyards as a context for designing interactive technology, especially pervasive displays and the presentation of information related to graves and the dead. We present our research containing three user studies: a focus group-based study on perceptions of different display technologies in the cemetery context, evaluation of a gravestone display prototype, and a user study with a graveyard navigator prototype. Whereas, HCI research surrounding death has so far largely focused on an individual's digital remains, our focus is on the physical graveyard setting. We contribute to understanding the potential impacts and opportunities of interactive technology in this design context. Our salient findings highlight the cultural sensitivity and importance of dignity related to the context, unobtrusiveness of the technology, and concerns for privacy and social acceptability. Concepts taking into account these design aspects were of interest for those researching family histories, and visitors seeking improved navigation for the graveyard.

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Section: Environmental Concernsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring pervasive displays for cemeteries and memorial sites

Häkkilä

Colley

Kalving

et al. 2020

Pers Ubiquit Comput

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“…Designing for a future demands design that attends to questions of environment, and experience; design that is collaborative and place-based. Picking up on this and similar calls, Escobar's pluriverse is extended to encompass the "more than human", e.g., for "decentring" the human-centric and the importance of including animals and nature as collaborators and participants in our urban environments [4][5][6]23].…”

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“…The United Nations New Urban Agenda (NUA) states that designing for environmental sustainability and healthy, community supportive urban environments or "slow cities" is a major priority for our times [1]. In this endeavour it is also critical that our designing for future urban environments includes the more than human, sentient and non-sentient, as vital participants in creating healthy environments [2] and sustainable, dynamic, liveable places [3][4][5][6][7]. However, how we might actually include the other sentient beings with whom we share our places as agents rather than merely subjects, is deeply problematic.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, the overall project goals are framed by the more than human agenda and the need to recognize that we share our environments with other sentient beings as collaborators and partners. The work represents a response to work on urban environments that refute the nature-culture divide as a problematic construct [5,[23][24][25][26][27][28]. It is sharply focused by calls such as Forlano's [4] to "decentre the human and simultaneously consider the role(s) and perspectives of non-humans" (pp.…”

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Designing Slow Cities for More Than Human Enrichment: Dog Tales—Using Narrative Methods to Understand Co-Performative Place-Making

Turner

Morrison

2020

MTI

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Designing for slow cities and the need to design for future urban environments that include the more than human is a major priority for our times. This position paper problematizes the nature–culture divide in research about place and place-making, where place is understood to be about the sense of meaning we layer on locations in the physical world. It emphasizes the importance of narrative identity and place-making in the context of designing for urban environmental futures and creation of slow cities. We present an overview of a methodology to re-emplace place-making with animals in the context of slow cities and designing for the more than human. The work discussed here explores the use of narrative inquiry with some early narrative data (in the form of stories) about dog walks and those moments where our companion animals demonstrate agentic place-based meaning-making. The problem of understanding “what animals want” and how they make might ”make sense” of an experience is approached via a focus on a rich exemplar case in order to distinguish between emplotment (narrative meaning-making as self) and emplacement (narrative meaning-making as an aspect of place). This is used to create a framework for future evaluation with a view to revealing how “more than human stories”—just like our own familiar human stories—are also about agency and meaning in place. This recognition has import for ways in which we might approach decentring the human when we frame urban design activities.

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“…Researchers and practitioners within the field have provided some insights into the body of knowledge of these new urban elements, from technology and prototyping [18], policy and design issues [19,20], social interaction [21], displayed context [22], to design challenges [23], aesthetics [24], and more. Alas, there is still very little research on the environmental and health impacts of outdoor media architecture [25]. Therefore, while research exists to assist our understanding of this trend and its numerous applications, more studies are required to help better apply and manage the use of this recently developed lighting technology.…”

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confidence: 99%

Global Approaches to Reduce Light Pollution from Media Architecture and Non-Static, Self-Luminous LED Displays for Mixed-Use Urban Developments

Zielińska-Dabkowska

Xavia

2019

Sustainability

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Urban environments have become significantly brighter and more illuminated, and cities now consider media architecture and non-static, self-luminous LED displays an essential element of their strategy to attract residents, visitors, and tourists in the hours after dark. Unfortunately, most often, they are not designed with care, consideration, and awareness, nor do they support the visual wellbeing and circadian rhythms of humans. They also increase light pollution which has an adverse effect on the environment. The aim of this study was to estimate the scale of the negative impact of 28 non-static, self-luminous LED shop window displays within a real-life city context along the main shopping street Banhofstrasse in Zurich, Switzerland. An experimental field measurement survey investigation was performed to identify visual luminance with commonly available tools such as a luminance meter and a digital reflex camera for luminance photography. Moreover, the most important global approaches to reduce light pollution were evaluated in the form of existing guidelines, technical standards, and laws, all of which should be considered when specifying illuminated digital advertisements. A literature review and survey results both confirmed the extent of the problem and highlighted, too, the need to better measure, apply, and manage this new technology. The authors’ proposal for improvements involve practical recommendations for the design and implementation of future projects which can positively guide and direct this growing trend.

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More-than-Human Media Architecture

Cited by 49 publications

References 50 publications

Exploring pervasive displays for cemeteries and memorial sites

Exploring pervasive displays for cemeteries and memorial sites

Designing Slow Cities for More Than Human Enrichment: Dog Tales—Using Narrative Methods to Understand Co-Performative Place-Making

Global Approaches to Reduce Light Pollution from Media Architecture and Non-Static, Self-Luminous LED Displays for Mixed-Use Urban Developments

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