Yasminers
Ken Friedman and Jack Ox have raised a hot topic in the STEM to
STEAM discussion; how are hybrid professionals to be trained ?
As Ken explains the PhD has been spreading through art and design
schools internationally - in the USA there has been a debate whether
the MFA ( master of fine arts) or the PhD is appropriate and what the
difference is in terms of methodologies and training. The US College Art
Association has issued a policy statement re affirming that both the MFA
and PhD are 'terminal degree' in the USA which certify the professional
to teach and conduct research including supervising students.
But:
- can a professional with an MFA supervise phd students ?
-can a professional with a PhD supervise the work of MFA students?
how are the training methods different and overlapping ? what
are best examples of phd programs in art and design internationally !
the leonardo phd in art and design symposium organised by Ox
and Friedman solicits papers
I am currently working with Mauricio Mejia and Andres Roldan at the
University of Caldas , Manizales, Colombia on the issue of
training professionals for transdisciplinary collaboration-there will
be a panel and workshop on best practices at ISEA 2017 this june
in a private discussion with michael punt he challenged us to clarify:
- is transdisciplinarity research a method or a practice ?
does one train in particular research methods ? or does one create
the conditions for transdisciplinarity to emerge ?
one thing that is clear to me is that we seek to 'integrate' and not 'unify'
approaches ( Punt referred me to Rorty)
We encourage all yasminers to contribute to this discussion
roger malina
Leonardo Three-Year Symposium on the Ph.D. in Art and Design
Ken Friedman and Jack Ox, Guest Editors
In 2017, the journal Leonardo celebrates 50 years of publishing research and
works of art at the intersection of art, science and technology. As part of the
celebrations, we initiated a 3-year symposium to address issues surrounding
the development of the Ph.D. in Art and Design. The first articles are about to
appear.
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[Yasmin_discussions] Leonardo Three-Year Symposium on the Ph.D. in Art and Design
Leonardo Three-Year Symposium on the Ph.D. in Art and Design
Ken Friedman and Jack Ox, Guest Editors
In 2017, the journal Leonardo celebrates 50 years of publishing research and
works of art at the intersection of art, science and technology. As part of the
celebrations, we initiated a 3-year symposium to address issues surrounding
the development of the Ph.D. in Art and Design. The first articles are about to
appear.
Universities around the world are now debating this issue. While the MFA is a
terminal degree for professional practice, the Ph.D. is a research degree — the
doctor of philosophy. The debate began in the U.K. when independent art and
design schools merged with universities or obtained university status in their
own right. This led to the question of the standards for appointment and
promotion to programs once located in separate institutions that are now
located within universities. Universities in Europe, Asia, Australia and North
America have joined the conversation by establishing new Ph.D. programs or
initiating serious debates on whether — and how — to build them.
The question of the Ph.D. for art and design raises many challenging issues.
First among these is the nature of research, research training, and the Ph.D.
While this issue is obvious to those who have earned a Ph.D. in the natural
sciences, social sciences, or liberal arts, it remains complicated in
understanding the Ph.D. for art and design. What is the Ph.D. in art? What is
the Ph.D. in design? What should a Ph.D. be in a field of professional practice?
Should there be several kinds of Ph.D. in art and design or one major model?
Why pursue such a degree? What is the nature of such a Ph.D. with respect to
research quality as distinct from the quality of art or design practice? Why are
so many programs struggling or going wrong? Why do universities and
accrediting authorities permit problematic programs to continue? Why, in the
past, did artists interested in research choose to take a Ph.D. in disciplines
outside art? Are there specific skills all researchers require without respect to
their discipline? These are questions to consider, and there are people who
have something to say about them, including experienced supervisors. With
this symposium, we are reaching out to those with solid experience in doctoral
education to draw on their skills and wisdom.
The fresh debate on the Ph.D. for art and design taking place in North
American universities has global implications. This debate makes it
imperative to consider the different models of doctoral education elsewhere in
the world. Is it reasonable to earn a Ph.D. for a practice-based thesis with an
artifact or an exhibition in place of the thesis, accompanied by an essay of
20,000 words? Should doctoral programs admit students to research training
programs without undergraduate experience in such key skills as analysis,
rhetoric, logic or mathematics? Can undergraduate art and design students
with a focus on studio skills hope to succeed in doctoral work when they have
had little or no experience in the kinds of information seeking or writing that
form the basis for earning a research degree? Is it possible to award Ph.D.
degrees for skills and capacities completely different from those in any
established research field? In North America, an exhibition of artifacts with a
short thesis is the basis for awarding an MFA degree; in the UK and Australia
and at some European art schools, this is the basis for awarding a Ph.D. Is it
possible to merge these two traditions?
The SEAD and STEAM Challenge
One of the specific challenges we face internationally is finding new ways to
enable collaboration between science and engineering with the arts, design
and the humanities (SEAD). The United States National Science Foundation
funded a SEAD study highlighting a number of international developments
and best practices that inevitably will influence the question of the Ph.D. in art
and design. One of the areas in this study was the emerging discussion on
"STEM to STEAM."
Call for Papers
The Ph.D. for art and design has become a significant issue in worldwide
university education. As the world's oldest peer-reviewed interdisciplinary
journal for the arts, sciences and technology, Leonardo has a responsibility to
serve as a forum for the conversation. This symposium is our contribution to
the emerging dialogue on this issue in North America and around the world.
We seek several kinds of contributions to a 3-year symposium on the Ph.D. in
art and design.
• First, we seek full-length peer-reviewed articles for publication in the
Leonardo addressing key issues concerning the Ph.D. in art and design.
• Second, we seek significant reports, research studies and case
studies. Since these will be longer than journal articles, we will review
them for journal publication as extended abstracts with references, and
we will publish the full documents on the Leonardo web site.
• Finally, we will welcome Letters to the Editors in response to published
articles and to the documents on the web site.
Questions and correspondence should be sent to Jack Ox at
Manuscript proposals and articles submitted for publication
consideration should be sent to:
Ken Friedman PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS, is Chair Professor of Design
Innovation Studies at Tongji University; University Distinguished Professor at
Swinburne University; and Adjunct Professor at James Cook University.
Jack Ox PhD, MFA, Research Fellow at ART/SCI Lab, ATEC, UTDallas
Research Associate with the Center for Advanced Research Computing
(CARC) University of New Mexico.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Re: [Yasmin_discussions] steam Book PARANOMIA on how knowledge is derived in art + science
Dear STEAM Yasminers -
*Special annoncement:*
In an attempt to understand the current state of the STEAM landscape across
the globe SciArt Magazine <http://www.sciartmagazine.com> will produce a
special topics issue this August on STEAM education and approaches. As
we've seen in this discussion there are various ideas about what STEAM is,
what it can do, what it should do, and what it is already doing, from
theory to case study. If you would like to contribute your article on a
class, workshop, study, or otherwise that addresses STEAM from kindergarten
to college and beyond please email me at this address (
julia.buntaine@gmail.com).
We will review previously published/adapted articles (with due permissions)
and new articles for submission. We take international submissions but must
be in English. We accept various writing convention styles but err on the
side of casual-intellectual. All accepted contributors receive a free
subscription to the magazine.
Please feel free to email me with any questions!
*Julia Buntaine*
*Neuroscience-based art: www.JuliaBuntaine.com
<http://www.juliabuntaine.com>*
*Innovator-in-Residence at Rutgers UniversityDirector at SciArt Center
<http://www.sciartcenter.org>*
*Editor-in-Chief of SciArt Magazine <http://www.sciartmagazine.com>*
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 7:01 AM, roger malina <rmalina@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> yasminers
> for our stem to steam discussion there are a growing
> number of books that feed into our work
>
> here is a new book from christophe keller
>
> PARANOMIA on how knowledge is derived in art+science
>
> if any yasminers have published relevant books
> please do bring them to our attention
>
> roger malina
>
>
>
> From: Christoph Keller <mail@christophkeller.net>
> Subject: Book PARANOMIA on how knowledge is derived in art + scien
>
> Dear Roger Malina,
> I hope this email find's you well!
>
> Our new publication
>
> PARANOMIA on how knowledge is derived in art+science is now available
> at SpectorBooks, Leipzig.
> Please have a look!
> http://www.rampub.com/art/978-3-95905-100-2
>
> Thanks and best wishes,
> Christoph
> christoph keller <mail@christophkeller.com>
>
>
> The term "PARANOMIA" has multiple meanings, one of them being that
> which exists alongside the normative. In his inquiry into the
> entangled aspects of science and contemporary art, Christoph Keller
> outlines how knowledge is derived in the respective fields. The book
> contains essays and contributions by Bernard Blistène, Horst
> Bredekamp, Jimena Canales, Sarah Demeuse, Christoph Keller, Heike
> Catherina Mertens, Ana Teixeira Pinto, Detlef Thiel, and Joseph Vogl
> (see below).
>
> Bernard Blistène: On Aether
> Horst Bredekamp: Nothingness is not Nothing
> Jimena Canales with Sarah Demeuse: The Viewer as a Scientist
> Christoph Keller: Paranomia
> Heike Catherina Mertens: A Journey through Nothing that is
> Ana Teixeira Pinto: On Anarcheology
> Detlef Thiel: Conversation on Ernst Marcus
> Joseph Vogl: On Stammering
>
> Design by Studio Manuel Raeder. Published by SpectorBooks, 2016.
> --
> Christoph Keller
> Fehrbelliner Str. 81
> D-10119 Berlin
> www.christophkeller.net
> 0049-171-7882209
>
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[Yasmin_discussions] steam Book PARANOMIA on how knowledge is derived in art + science
yasminers
for our stem to steam discussion there are a growing
number of books that feed into our work
for our stem to steam discussion there are a growing
number of books that feed into our work
here is a new book from christophe keller
PARANOMIA on how knowledge is derived in art+science
if any yasminers have published relevant books
please do bring them to our attention
roger malina
From: Christoph Keller <mail@christophkeller.net>
Subject: Book PARANOMIA on how knowledge is derived in art + scien
Dear Roger Malina,
I hope this email find's you well!
Our new publication
PARANOMIA on how knowledge is derived in art+science is now available
at SpectorBooks, Leipzig.
Please have a look!
http://www.rampub.com/art/978-3-95905-100-2
Thanks and best wishes,
Christoph
christoph keller <mail@christophkeller.com>
The term "PARANOMIA" has multiple meanings, one of them being that
which exists alongside the normative. In his inquiry into the
entangled aspects of science and contemporary art, Christoph Keller
outlines how knowledge is derived in the respective fields. The book
contains essays and contributions by Bernard Blistène, Horst
Bredekamp, Jimena Canales, Sarah Demeuse, Christoph Keller, Heike
Catherina Mertens, Ana Teixeira Pinto, Detlef Thiel, and Joseph Vogl
(see below).
Bernard Blistène: On Aether
Horst Bredekamp: Nothingness is not Nothing
Jimena Canales with Sarah Demeuse: The Viewer as a Scientist
Christoph Keller: Paranomia
Heike Catherina Mertens: A Journey through Nothing that is
Ana Teixeira Pinto: On Anarcheology
Detlef Thiel: Conversation on Ernst Marcus
Joseph Vogl: On Stammering
Design by Studio Manuel Raeder. Published by SpectorBooks, 2016.
--
Christoph Keller
Fehrbelliner Str. 81
D-10119 Berlin
www.christophkeller.net
0049-171-7882209
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Monday, March 20, 2017
[Yasmin_discussions] art*science - The New and History
Dear Yasminers, a short announcements for Leonardo 50 anniversary celebration and a Yasmin meeting in Bologna! More information to come.
Hope we'll meet there!
Pier Luigi
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art*science - The New and History
From 3 to 5 July 2017, in Bologna, it will be held art*science, an international conference and events related to the relationships between artistic and scientific disciplines, curated by Pier Luigi Capucci and by the cultural association La Comunicazione Diffusa. art*science topic is "Il nuovo e la storia" (The New and History), and will also be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the journal "Leonardo", published by MIT Press, the most influential in the international arena on the relationships among arts, sciences and technologies.
"art*science" is a two days conference which will be attended by scholars, artists, scientists, cultural operators, companies and Italian, European and International institutions engaged in supporting art/science projects. "art*science" will also present events, like a play by Ionesco in an experimental version for smart devices, an Aerial Media Art show with swarms of drones and installations.
"art*science" will also be an opportunity for a meeting among the participants to Yasmin mailing list, on the relationships between art and science in the Mediterranean rim. A Yasmin discussion will introduce the topics of "art*science" through a discussion, and Yasmin's posts will be visualized in a monitor installation during the events.
Preliminary schedule for the three-days event:
Day 1, July 3, 2017 - Devoted to the reception, including a buffet, installations and a show.
Day 2, July 4, 2017 - Leonardo & Yasmin presentations and conference, with the participation of European Institutions and Centers working in art/science.
Day 3, July 5, 2017 - Dedicated to art/science projects in Europe and Italy.
A Yasmin dinner is planned for the second or third evening.
--
Pier Luigi Capucci
via Rovigo, 8
48016 Milano Marittima (RA)
ITALY
Tel.: +39 (0) 544 976156
Mobile: +39 348 3889844
e-mail: plc@noemalab.org
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[Yasmin_discussions] steam topic: cultural ethical issues on moon colonisation and terraforming
yasminers
now here is a very different aspect of steam- this is being organised
by professional scientists
and engineers where they are reaching out to the cultural community
for involvement in
research development
it is organised by the international academy of astronautics- and it
is in a research
and development context- this is not public education, outreach but embedded in
innovation theory
do any yasminers know of any other science or engineering organisations
with similar initiatives that are driven by research or engineering development
that acknowledge the crucial role of the arts and humanities
27-29 June, 10th IAA Symposium on The Future of Space Exploration -
Towards the Moon Village & Beyond, in torino, italy
the agenda includes ( beyond the science and engineering sessions)
• Cultural
Multicultural aspects of human space exploration Outreach aspects of
Space Exploration Access to space for emerging countries
• Motivations
Motivations and human aspects
Policy and international cooperation
Ideas from science fiction to technology
Ethics
Ethical aspects of long range exploration From exploration to
colonization Ethical aspects of terraforming Robot ethics Adaptation
of humans to new environments Experience of 10 Years of ISS permanent
activity
roger malina
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017
[Yasmin_discussions] Hot STEAM topic: arts in medecine
yasminers
in a previous post the area of medecine and steam was discussed
here a very good recent bibliography ( Feb 27 2017) on the topic though
it doesnt discuss the research areas but focuses more on patient wellbeing
and more traditional arts therapy practices that are a century or more old-
but does highly how this area is being transformed by research practices
The review outlines the various ways in which artists and healthcare
institutions
work together to support patient and community heath, the infrastructure that
exists to support this work, and how funders can support further
development of the field
https://www.giarts.org/sites/default/files/2017-02-Arts-Medicine-Literature-Review.pdf
To that end, we pose the following questions from the results of this
literature review:
• How can funders support the development of a high quality, diverse
workforce of artists in medicine? How can the work of traditional
artists become integral to this expanding work?
• How can funders encourage the sharing and development of effective
practices in arts in medicine serving individuals across their
lifespan regardless of geographic area or economic means?
• What can funders do to leverage resources in healthcare settings to
build sustainable program services supporting the environmental arts,
participatory arts, and professional development?
• In what ways can funders catalyze a unifying infrastructure through
convenings, publications, and advocacy?
• Given that policies often prohibit the development of arts in
medicine by limiting resources and accessibility, how can funders
encourage both the public and private sectors to revise these limiting
policies?
• Because strong evaluation is key to building sustainable programs
within healthcare systems, how can funders help artists and arts
organizations gain the skill and confidence in order to engage in this
important aspect of the work?
• Given the momentum occurring in the arts in medicine field at this
time, what can philanthropy do to encourage broad-based community
collaborations that include arts in medicine research?
. This document was produced as support material for the GIA Funder
Forum on Arts in Medicine, held in Orlando, Florida on February 24,
2017 and sponsored by the Barr Foundation.
Roger F Malina
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Re: [Yasmin_discussions] stem to steam research: scott hartley ...The Fuzzy and the Techie ?
Hi
Thanks for introducing this line of discussion. Brighton Fuse, a recent
study (apologies if I've mentioned it before) on arts & humanities and tech
http://www.brightonfuse.com/
From the website:
The findings identified a new category of business, referred to as
'superfused'. Superfused firms are continuously innovating business models,
services, and products and fusing technology, the arts, humanities, and
design with creative, digital, and IT skills. These companies show
double-digit rates of growth in turnover and employment, despite the
recession.
Supporting superfused business
Thanks for introducing this line of discussion. Brighton Fuse, a recent
study (apologies if I've mentioned it before) on arts & humanities and tech
http://www.brightonfuse.com/
From the website:
The findings identified a new category of business, referred to as
'superfused'. Superfused firms are continuously innovating business models,
services, and products and fusing technology, the arts, humanities, and
design with creative, digital, and IT skills. These companies show
double-digit rates of growth in turnover and employment, despite the
recession.
Supporting superfused business
The report radically challenged conventional wisdom about the importance of
arts and humanities to the creative and digital economy and points to a
future business model that could be further developed nationwide. It also
suggested that government intervention to support small and medium
enterprise in this sector might be better targeted at the later stages of
cluster development, giving it time to establish and provide support once
its growth needs have been identified.
Entrepreneurial key players
Findings showed that the entrepreneurial key players are just as likely to
have an arts and humanities (A&H) background as science, technology,
engineering or maths (STEM). They network frequently, place great emphasis
on creativity and collaboration and bring an A&H skillset that enables them
to succeed at problem solving, innovating, and adding value in the creative
digital economy.
Policy relevance and implications for education and skills
The fusion of arts, humanities and technology knowledge and skills is
producing high-growth, superfused businesses that are leading the expansion
of the creative economy. However, there is a constraint on the development
of interdisciplinary talent. We came to the following conclusions.
Arts and humanities skills are helping drive economic growth, and
should not just be seen as a luxury supported by science, technology,
engineering and maths.
Interdisciplinary skills are key to the continued growth of the
creative digital economy. Higher Education (HE) funders should review the
extent to which systems supporting education discourage interdisciplinary
work and keep digital and creative skills in silos. Deep disciplinary
expertise needs to be balanced with the ability to draw on expertise across
disciplines.
To address the 'fused' skills shortage, Local Enterprise Partnerships
(LEPs) and Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) should work with small firms to
articulate their demands for skills and training and communicate these to
HE and FE institutions. The higher education system needs to be more
innovative in its course design and models to meet the needs and support
the continuous upgrading of skills of the CDIT sector.
Innovation policy needs to reflect the fact that the UK is
predominantly a service economy, where innovation is driven by design,
process innovations, software-intensive new service offerings, and softer
organisational and marketing changes.
What policymakers and LEPs can do to influence growth in existing SMEs
Although difficult to create artificial clusters from scratch, evidence
suggested that once up and running bottom-up policy initiatives can provide
effective support in removing constraints.
Policy makers and LEPs should consider policy interventions to improve
infrastructure, address barriers, improve co-ordination and investment,
poor labour and commercial markets. Even in our digital age, the advantages
to local organisations working at a variety of scales and in close
proximity remain significant.
A diverse ecosystem of private firms, together with public sector and
university involvement, can assist in reusing and diffusing knowledge
within a local context – particularly if independent 'brokers' (such as
Wired Sussex) are able to assist in co-ordination to generate mutual
economic benefits and champion a cluster's sense of identity and brand to
regional and international audiences.
Innovation is a process of creating value, but firms and local regions
also need to be able to capture value in order to prosper and survive.
Innovation policies should address the relatively low emphasis given to
value capture compared to value creation.
How firms capture value is a key part of their business model. A
significant number of superfused firms engage in all modes of innovation,
including staff training, new products and services, new processes, content
for copyright, new code, and new business models. Policymakers have a key
opportunity to address this to support the continued high growth of the
UK's digital creative economy.
The project has successfully revealed some surprising and informative
insights that advance our understanding of the processes of collective
innovation in a modern, dynamic industrial cluster.
Chris Fremantle
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On 13 Mar 2017 19:18, "roger malina" <rmalina@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> yasminers
>
> scott hartley has his new book, the fuzzy and the techie, coming out
> in april and i asked him
> to tell us a bit about it= and engage him in our discussion
>
> one thing of interest here is that scott brings the perspective of
> venture capital= and as we discussed
> with john maeda one of the things that has ripened the stem to steam
> discussion is the convergence
> of interests of the arts and tech community, the academics with the
> growing number of Phds in art and design
> as well as the corporate community with its call for "t" shaped
> individuals a la 'ideo'- you will remember
> maeda's comments a few years back that venture capital companies were
> buying up design companies
>
> combined with the arguements from research in creativity and
> innovation ( see robert root bernsteins
> work on arts avocations of succesful STEM professionals
>
> what is interesting to see is the development of these reciprocal
> arguments with the arts/design/humanities
> in service of STEM, but also STEM in service of the arts/desiogn/humanities
>
> scott argues below that products and companies are those that
> contextualize the new tools within a problem of real importance
>
> and i guess i would add to that that these new tools help us build a
> world we actually want to live in !!
>
> scott - our discussion seeks to provide concrete evidence that stem to
> steam has desirable outcomes
>
> ahead of reading your book maybe you can give us one or two really
> good exemplars !!
>
>
> roger malina
>
> --
> Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>
> Roger was kind enough to suggest that I post here for all of you a
> quick note about my forthcoming book with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
> The Fuzzy and the Techie (Link: http://Bit.ly/FuzzyTechie). My book
> looks at this faux opposition between STEM and the Liberal Arts, how
> this ought to be a conversation about bringing together the "two
> cultures." The terms Fuzzy and Techie are used at Stanford University
> as lighthearted monikers for those who study the arts, humanities and
> social sciences, and those who study the computer sciences or
> engineering. Obviously though, much is shared between them.
>
> As a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, the observation I've had is
> that the best products and companies are those that contextualize the
> new tools within a problem of real importance. And often the critical
> self inquiry, creativity, passion, etc. to find and refine that
> problem against which technology can be applied, is something
> holistic, learned through broad study rather than narrow vocational
> focus on the tools alone. Therefore my book argues for the vital
> technical skills, but also for the breadth of exposure from the
> Liberal Arts. This generally means adopting technology in the
> classroom, but doing so in a blended fashion where the teacher becomes
> coach, and much can be shared amongst the students.
>
> STEAM is a perfect example of this notion of bringing together both
> the fuzzy and the techie, accepting the need for technical skills but
> also embracing the breadth of exposure and holistic learning from the
> Liberal Arts. I wanted to share it with this community.
>
> Moreover, as our technical tools move toward higher levels of
> abstraction, closer and closer to natural language processing, and as
> my engineering colleagues say, "off the metal," these broad complex
> problem solving and communication skills become of vital importance,
> and the the truly non-redundant human skills in an increasingly
> automated world.
>
> I welcome your thoughts and feedback, and please pre-order a copy of the
> book.
>
> Scott Hartley
> @scottehartley
>
> --
> Scott Hartley
> The Fuzzy and the Techie (Coming April 25th!)
> http://Bit.ly/FuzzyTechie
>
> Scott Hartley is venture capitalist and author. In 2016 he was a
> finalist for the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company's Bracken
> Bower Prize for the best business book proposal by an author under 35.
> He has served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the White House,
> a Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV), and a Venture Partner at
> Metamorphic Ventures. Prior to venture capital, Scott worked at
> Google, Facebook, and Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
> He has been a contributing author at MIT Press, and has written for
> the Financial Times, Forbes, Inc., Foreign Policy, and the Boston
> Review. He holds three degrees from Stanford and Columbia, has
> finished six marathon and Ironman 70.3 triathlons. He is a Term Member
> at the Council on Foreign Relations,
>
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Monday, March 13, 2017
[Yasmin_discussions] stem to steam research: scott hartley ...The Fuzzy and the Techie ?
yasminers
scott hartley has his new book, the fuzzy and the techie, coming out
in april and i asked him
to tell us a bit about it= and engage him in our discussion
one thing of interest here is that scott brings the perspective of
venture capital= and as we discussed
with john maeda one of the things that has ripened the stem to steam
discussion is the convergence
of interests of the arts and tech community, the academics with the
growing number of Phds in art and design
as well as the corporate community with its call for "t" shaped
individuals a la 'ideo'- you will remember
maeda's comments a few years back that venture capital companies were
buying up design companies
combined with the arguements from research in creativity and
innovation ( see robert root bernsteins
work on arts avocations of succesful STEM professionals
what is interesting to see is the development of these reciprocal
arguments with the arts/design/humanities
in service of STEM, but also STEM in service of the arts/desiogn/humanities
scott argues below that products and companies are those that
contextualize the new tools within a problem of real importance
and i guess i would add to that that these new tools help us build a
world we actually want to live in !!
scott - our discussion seeks to provide concrete evidence that stem to
steam has desirable outcomes
ahead of reading your book maybe you can give us one or two really
good exemplars !!
roger malina
--
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Roger was kind enough to suggest that I post here for all of you a
quick note about my forthcoming book with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
The Fuzzy and the Techie (Link: http://Bit.ly/FuzzyTechie). My book
looks at this faux opposition between STEM and the Liberal Arts, how
this ought to be a conversation about bringing together the "two
cultures." The terms Fuzzy and Techie are used at Stanford University
as lighthearted monikers for those who study the arts, humanities and
social sciences, and those who study the computer sciences or
engineering. Obviously though, much is shared between them.
As a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, the observation I've had is
that the best products and companies are those that contextualize the
new tools within a problem of real importance. And often the critical
self inquiry, creativity, passion, etc. to find and refine that
problem against which technology can be applied, is something
holistic, learned through broad study rather than narrow vocational
focus on the tools alone. Therefore my book argues for the vital
technical skills, but also for the breadth of exposure from the
Liberal Arts. This generally means adopting technology in the
classroom, but doing so in a blended fashion where the teacher becomes
coach, and much can be shared amongst the students.
STEAM is a perfect example of this notion of bringing together both
the fuzzy and the techie, accepting the need for technical skills but
also embracing the breadth of exposure and holistic learning from the
Liberal Arts. I wanted to share it with this community.
Moreover, as our technical tools move toward higher levels of
abstraction, closer and closer to natural language processing, and as
my engineering colleagues say, "off the metal," these broad complex
problem solving and communication skills become of vital importance,
and the the truly non-redundant human skills in an increasingly
automated world.
I welcome your thoughts and feedback, and please pre-order a copy of the book.
Scott Hartley
@scottehartley
--
Scott Hartley
The Fuzzy and the Techie (Coming April 25th!)
http://Bit.ly/FuzzyTechie
Scott Hartley is venture capitalist and author. In 2016 he was a
finalist for the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company's Bracken
Bower Prize for the best business book proposal by an author under 35.
He has served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the White House,
a Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV), and a Venture Partner at
Metamorphic Ventures. Prior to venture capital, Scott worked at
Google, Facebook, and Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
He has been a contributing author at MIT Press, and has written for
the Financial Times, Forbes, Inc., Foreign Policy, and the Boston
Review. He holds three degrees from Stanford and Columbia, has
finished six marathon and Ironman 70.3 triathlons. He is a Term Member
at the Council on Foreign Relations,
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Saturday, March 11, 2017
[Yasmin_discussions] call for contributions - off the lip conference on cognitive innovation arpil 17 deadline
yasminers
tied to our yasmin discussion on hot topics in STEAM research ( hot STEAM?)
re in venting the commons
-here is a call
for the conference on cognitive innovation =-one topic
Reimagining and re-engaging with the commons
roger malina
Off the Lip 2017
Transdisciplinary Approaches to Cognitive Innovation
A confluence of talks, exhibits, posters, films, workshops and
interactive demonstrations
https://www.cognovo.eu/events/off-the-lip-2017.php
Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: 16-18 August 2017
".. if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these
ideas, then each of us will have two ideas, plus a third idea that is
the product of our two original ideas .." -- Adapted from G. B. Shaw
The challenges facing society today demand innovative approaches,
creative solutions and wider resonances that can only be obtained by
drawing on multiple perspectives. In its third edition, Off the Lip
integrates research in the arts, sciences, humanities, and engineering
in a radically transdisciplinary event that also actively engages the
business community and the public at large. We invite you to submit
your work and join us in CogNovo's latest, excitingly diverse ideas
exchange. CogNovo is a multidisciplinary collaborative programme
linking the sciences, arts and humanities, working under the banner of
cognitive innovation. Through the notion of cognitive innovation, we
approach creativity as a bootstrapping cognitive process not
exclusively concerned with conscious human thought and action but with
a broader conceptualisation of adaptive behaviour that is intrinsic to
our engagement with the world.
Off the Lip 2017 welcomes submissions in topics related to cognitive
innovation and creativity. In recognition of the profound changes
facing society today, we especially welcome submissions around the
theme of Cognitive Innovation and Displacement. Topics include, but
are not limited to, the following:
call
Cognitive innovation in the context of recent world developments
Nudging or manipulating? Cognitive interventions for behavioral change
Speculative and critical design
Reimagining and re-engaging with the commons
Cognitive innovations in assessment, measurement, and observation
Technologies of displacement, displaced technologies
Robot creativity and the second machine age
Competing, collaborating, or co-creating with machines
Make it work: jugaad and practices of hacking
Mobile, ubiquitous, and pervasive computing
Displacement in cognition
Making up your mind: Perceptual and creative processes as
displacements of reality
Serendipities as displaced thoughts
Creativity and cognition in the displaced body
Counterfactual thinking and displacing facts
Creativity as improvisation
Cognitive disruptions and re/placing habit
https://www.cognovo.eu/events/off-the-lip-2017.php
Roger F Malina
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tied to our yasmin discussion on hot topics in STEAM research ( hot STEAM?)
re in venting the commons
-here is a call
for the conference on cognitive innovation =-one topic
Reimagining and re-engaging with the commons
roger malina
Off the Lip 2017
Transdisciplinary Approaches to Cognitive Innovation
A confluence of talks, exhibits, posters, films, workshops and
interactive demonstrations
https://www.cognovo.eu/events/off-the-lip-2017.php
Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: 16-18 August 2017
".. if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these
ideas, then each of us will have two ideas, plus a third idea that is
the product of our two original ideas .." -- Adapted from G. B. Shaw
The challenges facing society today demand innovative approaches,
creative solutions and wider resonances that can only be obtained by
drawing on multiple perspectives. In its third edition, Off the Lip
integrates research in the arts, sciences, humanities, and engineering
in a radically transdisciplinary event that also actively engages the
business community and the public at large. We invite you to submit
your work and join us in CogNovo's latest, excitingly diverse ideas
exchange. CogNovo is a multidisciplinary collaborative programme
linking the sciences, arts and humanities, working under the banner of
cognitive innovation. Through the notion of cognitive innovation, we
approach creativity as a bootstrapping cognitive process not
exclusively concerned with conscious human thought and action but with
a broader conceptualisation of adaptive behaviour that is intrinsic to
our engagement with the world.
Off the Lip 2017 welcomes submissions in topics related to cognitive
innovation and creativity. In recognition of the profound changes
facing society today, we especially welcome submissions around the
theme of Cognitive Innovation and Displacement. Topics include, but
are not limited to, the following:
call
Cognitive innovation in the context of recent world developments
Nudging or manipulating? Cognitive interventions for behavioral change
Speculative and critical design
Reimagining and re-engaging with the commons
Cognitive innovations in assessment, measurement, and observation
Technologies of displacement, displaced technologies
Robot creativity and the second machine age
Competing, collaborating, or co-creating with machines
Make it work: jugaad and practices of hacking
Mobile, ubiquitous, and pervasive computing
Displacement in cognition
Making up your mind: Perceptual and creative processes as
displacements of reality
Serendipities as displaced thoughts
Creativity and cognition in the displaced body
Counterfactual thinking and displacing facts
Creativity as improvisation
Cognitive disruptions and re/placing habit
https://www.cognovo.eu/events/off-the-lip-2017.php
Roger F Malina
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[Yasmin_discussions] Hot STEAM research topic: The Re Invention of Public Spaces and the Commons: Science , Technology, Architecture, Design and Urban Studies...and Neurosciences
Colleagues
Hot STEAM research topic: The Re Invention of Public Spaces and the
Commons: Science ,Technology, Architecture, Design and Urban
Studies...and Neurosciences !
Anastasia Karandinou brings to our attention another hot topic
emerging area of STEAM research. She points to the conference:
International Conference 'Between Data and Senses; Architecture,
Neuroscience and the Digital Worlds':
23-24 March 2017, London. Venue: Arup, 8 Fitzroy Str, W1T by the
University of East London (UEL), supported by RIBA, ARUP and the
Museum of Architecture
In particular: " The cross-over between the digital and the physical
is being increasingly addressed in design disciplines, architecture,
arts and urban studies" .
There is indeed a hot topic area tied to this which is the
redefinition of public spaces that is going on.
Ten years ago , through a collaboration with Bronac Ferran, we
published as a Leonardo Book
CODE: Collaborative Ownership and the Digital Economy. Edited by
Rishab Ghosh; https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/code
At the time the focus was on the open source movement and looked at
the collaborative model of creativity—with examples ranging from
collective ownership in indigenous societies to free software,
academic science, and the human genome project—and finding
alternatives to proprietary frameworks for creativity based on strong
intellectual property rights.
The topic of the public digital 'commons' was a strong discussion at
then that has now evolved into a much broader discussion of the
redefinition of the 'public spaces' and how these are impacted by new
technologies as well as the evolving idea of privacy, both in physical
space but also the internal spaces of our bodies.
For instance Anne Balsamo, now Dean of the School of Art, Technology
and Emerging Communication at UTDallas, in her book Designing
Culture: The Technological Imagination at Work . She has been for many
years been developing research on "Public Interactives" as
"The term Public Interactives names the broad category of mediated
experiences that are now on offer in communal and public spaces.
Balasamo argues that
Public Interactives are technological devices that serve as the stage
for digitally mediated conversations with audiences members in
communal spaces such as museums, theme parks, outdoor entertainment
plazas, and urban streets.
Public Interactives include works of public art that evoke new
experiences and perceptions through experiments with scale, mobility,
built space, and modes of human engagement in public spaces;
Public Interactives are a mode of public communication designed to
engage people through the use of digital media in conversations for
the purposes of information exchange, education, entertainment, and
cultural reproduction;
See for instance
The Cultural Work of Public Interactive ( Christiane Paul, Anne
Balsamo) Published Online: 5 MAR 2016 DOI: 10.1002/9781118475249.ch14
The conference Anastasia points us to is titled: Between Data and
Senses: Architecture, Neuroscience and the Digital Worlds
So what does neuroscience have to do with public spaces ? The first
area , much discussed in this conference that Anastasia points us to,
is how the contemporary neuro and cognitive sciences enriches our
understand how humans navigate and perceive the world, and this how
architects and designers should take this into account.
This connects of course to the arts and health sciences that I brought
up in the previous post, But beyond this is the impact of availability
of data on the internal and external functioning of our bodies. This
was not really a big issue 10 or 20 years ago. But companies now have
access to data on our movements, habits, purchasing and are able to
either predict, or encourage, future behaviour; valuable data and
methodologies for designers of public spaces and architects.
See for instance the work of Physicist Bruno Georgini and Artist
Mariateresa during an art science residency at IMERA:
http://rfiea.fr/videos/mariateresa-sartori-et-bruno-giorgini-physics-city
In this cases addressing public spaces of Marseille, but they have
also done this in Venice and other cities (including sonification of
foot traffice on Venetian Bridges by Scot Gresham-Lancaster)
The mhealth movement however has also brought internal biological data
into the commons and public spaces. For instance see
Sharing mHealth Data via Named Data Networking by Zhang et al (2016)
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2984379
Recently a friend of mine made available data he was collecting on
himself during exercise ( heart rate etc, but also the specific
exercising he was doing, how long he exercised in each activity, such
as bike riding, but also self administered blood tests.) There are now
very organised communities of individuals who opt to share data about
their bodies that would not normally be considered public data. As I
was exercising myself at a gym recently, I was made aware of my
friends exercising on the same exercises as I was doing. The idea of
the inside of ones body being part of a public space, that can be part
of what designers and architects draw on, brings up of course many
issues and that humanities scholars and sociologists are hard at work
on for instance see the work of Olivia Banner , Communicative
Biocapitalism: The Voice of the Patient in Digital Health and the
Health Humanities (University of Michigan Press, forthcoming 2017),
So here I want to argue that these emerging hot topics fit
intrinsically into the STEM to STEAM argumentation bringing together
unlikely collaborators from Design and Architecture, Urban Studies,
Humanities to Technology/ Emerging Media, Health Sciences and
Neurosciences needed to understand the designing of a culture we will
be living in, and the re-invention of public spaces and the concept of
a 'commons' in a world we actually want to live in.
( You can read this post on my blog:
http://malina.diatrope.com/2017/03/11/hot-steam-research-topic-the-re-invention-of-public-spaces-science-technology-architecture-design-and-urban-studies/
)
Roger Malina
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Re: [Yasmin_discussions] Fwd: steam research hot topics: bio art >>....mhealth..art science and medecine
Dear Roger and Colleagues,
Thank you very much for the most interesting updates that you are sharing
with us! I follow the updates and discussions with lots of interest (even
when I enjoy reading them without emailing back).
This last post made me think that you or your colleagues may be interested
in a conference we are hosting in two weeks in London. I am sending you
some information further down in case you happen to be around and are
interested to attend. Please note the venue has limited capacity, so you
will need to email us to book a place.
Thank you very much again for your time,
Kind regards,
Anastasia
--
*Conference Links:*
www.uel.ac.uk/Events/2017/March/Between-data-and-senses
Follow us at:
https://twitter.com/DataAndSenses
www.facebook.com/pg/Dataandsenses-2017-1560095494005332
--
*International Conference 'Between Data and Senses; Architecture,
Neuroscience and the Digital Worlds'.*
23-24 March 2017, London. Venue: Arup, 8 Fitzroy Str, W1T 4BQ
Organised by the University of East London (UEL), supported by RIBA, ARUP
and the Museum of Architecture
*Data + Senses*
The cross-over between the digital and the physical is being increasingly
addressed in design disciplines, architecture, arts and urban
studies. Artists and designers increasingly make use of hard data to
interpret the world and/or create meaningful and sensuous environments or
design objects. Architects attempt to measure neurophysiological data to
understand better the human experience in spaces. Designers script
parametric processes to translate data into responsive, meaningful and/or
aesthetically intriguing installations. Scientists and architects/ artists/
designers collaborate to visualise data in new and creative ways so as to
trigger and reveal further connections, interpretations and readings.
Practices such as the above attempt to break down the dichotomy between
data and the sensuous (or else the digital and the physical). They
translate elusive, ephemeral and intangible aspects of a place into solid
data. In other instances the solid data are interpreted and represented in
a way so as to be perceived by the different senses and/or experienced in a
different manner.
In this context, methods and conceptual frameworks of different disciplines
need to engage in a dialogue; and through these cross-disciplinary
practices, new strategies and processes emerge.
This publication aims to present collaborative projects, where methods from
more than one discipline are involved. This publication also addresses how
collaborators from different disciplines can work together to deal with
current design and social issues.
*Key themes*
Architecture and Neuroscience/ Neurophysiology
How does the mapping of the brain activity help designers gain a better
understanding of human experience in different spaces? Could the mapping of
the human experience in certain environments (through new technologies and
methods) inform the design of a place? Could the use of EEG
(Electroencephalography), eye-tracking and other neurological or
physiological data inform our understanding of human experience? Could
physiological data be used in parallel to other methods – such as
observation and interviews – to assess human comfort or levels of stress in
different environments?
Keeling, Roesch and Clements-Croome's study, for example, examines how the
use of wearable sensors for the assessment of multisensory comfort. The
measurements of skin conductivity and heart rate of the participants are
analysed in relationship to the temperature, light level, sound and other
parameters of the physical environment, in an attempt to assess the above
correlations. The study of Brorson Fich et al examines the relationship
between the 'openess' of a space and the level of stress. The study uses a
virtual simulation of different types of spaces and monitors the
participants' levels of the immune regulatory stress hormone cortisol
while they perform certain tasks. The study of Junkner and Nollen analyses
the human experience in gardens of different typologies, based on the
participants' gaze. Through the monitoring of the gaze, with a portable
eye-tracking device, the researchers attempt to gain a better understanding
of the relationship between movement, experience, and the layout of an
outdoors landscape.
Digital and Physical: Data and Experience
Recent research projects map and use different types of data to analyse,
understand and represent the dynamics of urban space. Data such as hash-tag
keywords, locations with geotagged photos, demographics, are being
represented through visualisations which allow for a better understanding,
are more appealing and immersive, allow for interpretations and reveal
connections that would otherwise remain uncovered.
Etcoff and Liu's project, for example, analyses the 'mood of the city'
through a linguistic analysis of a large number of data; of twitted words
associated with different types of mood. The patterns observed reveal
places and times - moments of the day, of the week, or of the year - where
a certain range of emotions appears to peak. Ahmadpour and Heath's work
examines how the use of digital GPS navigation systems impacts upon the
user's experience and understanding of the city – as well as the subsequent
impact of that for urban design. Ahmadpour and Heath compare how GPS users
and physical map users experience and remember the same environment.
Castellanos reflects upon the political and social implications of the
creation, use, selection and analysis of certain types of (big) data. He
questions what is and 'what isn't computed?', and how 'incomputable' data
are dealt with. He expresses his concern that significant information,
which – however – is hard to compute, quantify or understand, is left out
and is not visualised or studied. In this study, it is pointed out that
certain topics of social relevance – politics, economic flows, poverty –
whose analysis relies on narrative, images, stories, incur the risk
of obsolescence – due to the non-quantifiable nature of the associated
information.
*The conference is organised by the University of East London (UEL) and led
by Dr Anastasia Karandinou. The conference is supported by ARUP, RIBA and
the Museum of Architecture.*
*The members of the conference scientific committee are: Prof Hassan
Abdalla, Dr Aghlab Al-Attili, Alan Chandler, Prof Cherif Amor, Dr Satish
Basavapatna Kumaraswamy, Barbara Bochnak, Dr Julien Castet, Nefeli
Chatzimina, Prof Ruth Conroy Dalton, Dr Heba Elsharkawy, Prof Ozlem
Erkarslan, Prof David Fortin, Ruairi Glynn, Dr Vangelis Lympouridis, Dr Kat
Martindale, Prof Rosa Mentosa, Prof Panos Parthenios, Dr Kerstin Sailer,
Maria Segantini, Dr Sally Shahzad, Dr Bridget Snaith, Dr Renee Tobe, Prof
Duncan Turner, Dr Louise Turner.*
*The keynote speakers are: Prof Richard Coyne, Prof Deborah Hauptmann, Prof
Constantinos Daskalakis and Prof Jan Wiener.*
*Keynote Speakers:*
Deborah Hauptmann is Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture
at Iowa State University, USA. Previous to this she was the Director of the
Delft School of Design, an internationally recognized platform for research
and advanced education.
Hauptmann's research draws on a trans-disciplinary approach to
architecture, which includes disciplines such as philosophy, cultural &
media studies, the social sciences and the neurosciences. Her co-edited
volume, *Cognitive Architecture: From Biopolitics to Noopolitics:
**Architecture
and Mind in the Age of Information and Communication* (010 Publishers:
Rotterdam, 2010), is an example of this approach. Other publications
include: - 'Northern Line', co-authored with A. Radman, in *Deleuze and
Architecture*, 2013; Forward to *Writing and Seeing Architecture*: *Christian
de Portzamparc and Philippe Sollers*, 2008; *The Body in Architecture *(ed.)
2006. Hauptmann is a Bergson scholar, she is the English co-translator of
his 1889 Latin thesis *Quid Aristoteles de Loco Senserit* / On Aristotle's
Conception of Place.
ABSTRACT:
Noo-Architecture: between culture and brain
The philosopher Henri Bergson, in *Matter and Memory *(1896) notes that
philosophy traditionally works through dualist accounts: idealism-realism,
internalism-externalism, etecetera; which inevitably equate to the
classical mind-body problem. Bergson argues that the intersection of mind
and matter is to be found in memory. Through his notion of durée he
constructs a double movement between representation and experience. Deleuze
refers to this as a 'double progression' in which duration, when applied to
things, or rather 'duration in things' forces the question of space to be
fundamentally reassessed: 'space itself will need to be based in things, in
relations between things and between durations.'
When thinking *between data and the senses *it is important to resist the
tendency to imagine the digital as immaterial and the physical as material
and that the cross-over between the two situates us in a dance, a *pas de
deux* *between* body-sense and image-data; or, perhaps more logically,
between body-image and sense-data. Translations created to break down the
dichotomies between the two in order to either thicken our experience or
expand our knowledge. In addressing transdisciplinary thinking this I will
offer a brief account of another double movement in Bergson, that is
between translation and rotation. The underpinnings of this account will be
located in 19th century empirical psychology.
In *Cognitive Architecture,* we argued that if we are to intellectually and
fully engage in matters of our contemporary world - populated as it is by
technologies of information and communication, as well as the internet
techno-bred minds of this generation – fields located in the so called soft
sciences: whether cognitive or aesthetic philosophy, cultural, spatial,
social or political theory, would need to expand their traditional reliance
on thinking environment, ethos, politics & relations of power in terms of
biological models (*bios*) to neurological models or system (*nous*). This
developed from the belief that that the world of culture and cultural
artifacts, whether material or immaterial, reconfigures brain. Culture
being the matter that makes up the human sociocultural environment – music,
architecture, art, design, media, and language, as well as political,
social, and cultural institutions. Within a neuroscience perspective it is
can be seen much more straightforwardly: environment-induced neural
activation contours brain development in a manner that is essentially
consistent with human-made environment. In this account, time has become
the horizon on which the contours of perception, experience, memory, and
sensation are traced. Time-technologies as social machines reconstitute
sensibilia through affective and intellectual processes, that is, *between
data and senses. *
Prof Richard Coyne
Richard Coyne is the Dean of Postgraduate Research in the College of
Humanities and Social Science, at the University of Edinburgh, where, until
2011, he was the Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Environment.
Richard Coyne researches and teaches in information technology in practice,
computer-aided design in architecture, the philosophy of information
technology, digital media, and design theory. He inaugurated the MSc in
Design and Digital Media, in which he also teaches. Richard is Academic
Director of the MSc in Design and Digital Media, and Programme Director of
the MSc by Research in Digital Media and Culture. Richard's research is
conducted within the Digital Media Design research group. He collaborates
with John Lee, Martin Parker and a team of about 10 PhD students and
research associates. Richard Coyne is author of several books on the
implications of information technology and design with MIT Press and
Routledge. His research has been supported by AHRC, EPSRC and SCRAN.
Coyne's research demonstrates the value of a broad interdisciplinary
framework for examining the relationship between computing, design, and
contemporary cultural theories. He is currently investigating the way we
configure spaces through the use of pervasive mobile devices, such as
smartphones, iPods and GPS. He is developing this theme through the sonic
metaphor of tuning and phenomenological concepts of mood. Coyne recently
completed a book for the Routledge *Thinkers for Architects* series
entitled *Derrida for Architects*, and is co-investigator on a major funded
project on mobility and aging entitled *Mobility, Mood and Place.* Coyne is
a member of the ARQ editorial board and was a member of the AHRC review
panel Visual Arts and Media. Richard Coyne is animated by the cultural,
social and spatial implications of computers and pervasive digital media.
He enjoys architecture, writing, blogging, designing, philosophy, coding
and media mashups.
Prof Jan Wiener
Jan Wiener is a Professor in the Psychology Department at Bournemouth
University. Prior to coming to Bournemouth in 2009, he held principle
investigator and post doc positions at the Cognitive Science Centre at
Freiburg University (Germany), at CNRS in Paris (France), at Max Planck
Institute in Tübingen (Germany) and at the Cognitive Neuroscience
Department in Tübingen (Germany). He received his Ph.D. in Cognitive
Neuroscience in 2004 from the University of Tübingen (Germany). Jan
Wiener's research focuses primarily on navigation and wayfinding behaviour.
Successful navigation is a fundamental behavioural problem that involves
multiple cognitive components and complex information processing. In order
to address these issues he makes use of different methods such as
behavioural navigation experiments, virtual reality techniques,
eye-tracking, and cognitive modelling. Recent research has focused on the
relation of gaze and wayfinding behaviour, the effects of typical and
atypical ageing on navigation skills, and the use of signage to improve the
navigability of complex environments such as airports and hospitals. Jan
Wiener leads the Wayfinding Lab, and he was recently awarded a major ESRC
grant on 'Demetia Friendly Architecture'. Other recent projects of his
include: 'Decreasing spatial disorientation in care-home settings: How
psychology can guide the development of dementia friendly design
guidelines' and 'Human place and response learning: navigation strategy
selection, pupil size and gaze behaviour. He is one of the Editors of the
book 'Representing Space in Cognition', published by Oxford University
press. Jan Wiener's work has been broadly published, and his papers have
been included in numerous international journals such as the Journal of
Neuroscience, Spatial Cognition & Computation,*Frontiers in Human
Neuroscience, *and the Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Prof Constantinos Daskalakis
Constantinos Daskalakis is a Professor at MIT
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT>'s Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science department and a member of CSAIL
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSAIL> (MIT Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory). Together with Paul Goldberg and Christos
Papadimitriou, they received the 2008 Game Theory and Computer Science
Prize for their paper 'The Complexity of Computing a Nash Equilibrium'.
Constantinos Daskalakis won the 2008 Doctoral Dissertation Award from ACM
(the Association for Computing Machinery
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_Computing_Machinery>) for
advancing our understanding of behaviour in complex networks of interacting
individuals, such as those enabled and created by the Internet. His
dissertation, entitled "The Complexity of Nash Equilibria," provides a
novel, algorithmic perspective on Game Theory
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Theory> and the concept of the Nash
equilibrium <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium> ("The
Complexity of Computing a Nash Equilibrium"). His PhD research
<http://people.csail.mit.edu/costis/thesis.pdf> examined whether rational,
self-interested individuals can arrive, through their interactions, at a
state where no single one of them would be better off switching strategies
unless others did so as well. Such a state is called a Nash equilibrium, in
honour of John Nash, who showed that such a state always exists, and is
traditionally used in Game Theory as a mathematical way of predicting the
behaviour of rational, strategic individuals in situations of conflict.
Together with Paul Goldberg and Christos Papadimitriou they showed that in
complex systems, Nash equilibrium can be computationally unachievable. This
implies that it is not always relevant and/or justifiable to study the Nash
equilibria of a system. Daskalakis became a tenured Professor at MIT in May
2015. Prior to joining MIT's faculty he was a postdoctoral researcher in
Jennifer Chayes's group at Microsoft
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft> Research, New England
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England>, and before that he spent four
years at UC Berkeley
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley>'s theory
of computation group advised by Christos Papadimitriou
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christos_Papadimitriou>.
On 11 March 2017 at 19:41, roger malina <rmalina@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Yasminers
>
> in the previous post i called for discussion of hot
> topics in research that are part of the stem to steam rationale
>
> Last time i identified the emerging field of multi modal data
> representation as one such field- faced with the disruptive situation
> brought about by big data
>
> Another area that now has 25 years lineage is the broad
> area of art and biology
>
> What is notable in recent years that some of these researchers
> have shifted to pursue the connection of art and biology, to m-health
> and more generall health care and medecine (see my blog post at
> http://malina.diatrope.com/2017/03/11/emerging-steam-
> research-hot-topics-art-biology-mhealth-and-medecine/
>
> Here at the university of texas for instance, bonnie pitman has been
> leading
> a program that includes partnerships between medical schools and museums
>
> Amajor conference was held at the NY MOMA: see
> http://www.utdallas.edu/arthistory/medicine/
> a report has now been posted on "the Art of Examination": Art Museum
> and Medical Schools Partnerships"
>
> in additon curricular are being developed by the O'Donnell Institute
> partners with The
> University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and the Dallas Museum of
> Art to
> engage medical students in observing, analyzing, and communicating about
> works
> of art to develop their diagnostic skills
>
> in our own art science lab emerging media student Ritwik Kaikaini is
> working
> with chemist jeremiah gassenschmidt to teach bacteria to sing !- some first
> process rough videos are up at
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF4D9g7s1aC6SK7OGrIco81omuBaHgc7p
>
> the ultimate application of this art science research is drug delivery to
> target
> areas of the body of cancer patients
>
> i also note ( see below, forwarded by Ingeborg Reichle) a new book
> on BioArt: Ιnstitutional Critique to Hospitality: Bio Art Practice
> Now, Athens 2017 with authors that are members of Yasmin- we would
> welcome your comments !
>
> we welcome comments on the emerging hot topic on art/biology/medecine
> as well as identification
> of other STEAM hot topic research areas
>
> for other details see
> http://malina.diatrope.com/2017/03/11/emerging-steam-
> research-hot-topics-art-biology-mhealth-and-medecine/
>
> roger malina
>
>
>
>
> From: Ingeborg Reichle <ingeborg.reichle@uni-ak.ac.at>
>
> Subject: new book on BioArt: Ιnstitutional Critique to Hospitality:
> Bio Art Practice Now, Athens 2017
> :
>
> Institutional Critique to Hospitality: Bio Art Practice Now brings
> together 13 texts by renowned art historians, art theorists and
> pioneering artists considering bio art's contemporary relevance.
>
> The first part of the book charts a transition in contemporary bio art
> practice concerned with a move away from Institutional critique into
> the idea of Hospitality: Kathy High provides an endearing account of
> 'Bees and Microbes', while Suzanne Anker reflects on 'Three Blind
> Mice'. Marta de Menezes rethinks 'Representation in Bio art' while
> Pascale Pollier considers 'The Fabric of Life' with regard to *Fabrica
> Vitae *exhibition and Αggelos Antonopoulos makes a personal statement
> with regard to his own contribution to this exhibition. Ellen K. Levy
> thinks about 'Emergence' in the context of bio art, while Adam
> Zaretsky provides a critical commentary on contemporary artists'
> engagement with bio art and Ioannis Melanitis an autobiographical one.
>
> In the second part of the book, the tension between these two notions
> and contexts is examined in a historical light: Martin Kemp discusses
> 'Pros and a few Cons' for 'Artists in Labs', while Assimina Kaniari
> considers early precedences of bio artists' gestures in Leonardo's
> Trattato. Robert Zwijnenberg examines the affinities between
> 'Xenotransfusion and Art', Gunalan Nadarajan writes on 'Specters of
> the Animal' and Irina Aristarkhova considers 'the Art of Kathy High'
> as a form of hospitality.
>
> The introduction to the anthology examines Institutional critique and
> Hospitality as ways of looking at and making sense of bio art today,
> but also as notions charting and accounting for transitions in art
> history in terms of artists' engagement with living media – whether on
> a literal or metaphorical level.
>
> Book Contents
>
> Introduction
>
> From Institutional Critique to Hospitality: Aspects and Contexts of Bio
> Art, Assimina Kaniari
>
> Part I.
>
> Bio Art as Institutional Critique and Hospitality: Artists' Statements
>
> 1. 'Dear Bees and Microbes', Kathy High
>
> 2. 'Three Questions: A Holy Trinity or Three Blind Mice?', Suzanne
> Anker and Assimina Kaniari
>
> 3. 'Representation in Bio art: Movement and Change', Marta de Menezes
>
> 4. 'Fabrica Vitae. The Fabric of Life', Pascale Pollier
>
> 5. 'Apropos Fabrica Vitae', Assimina Kaniari in conversation with
> Αggelos Antonopoulos
>
> 6. 'Bioart and Conditions for Emergence', Ellen K. Levy
>
> 7. 'iGMO: inherited Genetic Modification Orgiastics. Philosophy of
> the Biological Bedroom, a Prelude for Transgenic Humans', Adam Zaretsky
>
> 8. 'Text, Code and the Arts of Bio-age', Ioannis Melanitis
>
>
> Part II.
>
> Critical and Historical Approaches on Bio Art
>
> 9. 'Artists in Labs. Pros and a few Cons', Martin Kemp
>
> 10. 'Stranger Connections. On Xenotransfusion and Art', Robert
> Zwijnenberg
>
> 11. 'Painting and the extension of life: Leonardo's bio pictorial
> tactics after 1500', Assimina Kaniari
>
> 12. 'Specters of the Animal: The Transgenic Work of Eduardo Kac',
> Gunalan Nadarajan
>
> 13. 'Hosting the Animal: the Art of Kathy High', Irina Aristarkhova
>
>
> Εκδόσεις Γρηγόρη / Grigori Publications
>
> www.grigorisbooks.gr
>
> info@grigorisbooks.gr
>
> --
> Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Reichle
> Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien /
> University of Applied Arts Vienna
> Abteilung Medientheorie / Media Theory
> Oskar Kokoschka Platz 2
> 1010 Wien, Austria
> www.dieangewandte.at
>
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[Yasmin_discussions] Fwd: steam research hot topics: bio art >>....mhealth..art science and medecine
Yasminers
in the previous post i called for discussion of hot
topics in research that are part of the stem to steam rationale
Last time i identified the emerging field of multi modal data
representation as one such field- faced with the disruptive situation
brought about by big data
Another area that now has 25 years lineage is the broad
area of art and biology
What is notable in recent years that some of these researchers
have shifted to pursue the connection of art and biology, to m-health
and more generall health care and medecine (see my blog post at
http://malina.diatrope.com/2017/03/11/emerging-steam-research-hot-topics-art-biology-mhealth-and-medecine/
Here at the university of texas for instance, bonnie pitman has been leading
a program that includes partnerships between medical schools and museums
Amajor conference was held at the NY MOMA: see
http://www.utdallas.edu/arthistory/medicine/
a report has now been posted on "the Art of Examination": Art Museum
and Medical Schools Partnerships"
in additon curricular are being developed by the O'Donnell Institute
partners with The
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and the Dallas Museum of Art to
engage medical students in observing, analyzing, and communicating about works
of art to develop their diagnostic skills
in our own art science lab emerging media student Ritwik Kaikaini is working
with chemist jeremiah gassenschmidt to teach bacteria to sing !- some first
process rough videos are up at
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF4D9g7s1aC6SK7OGrIco81omuBaHgc7p
the ultimate application of this art science research is drug delivery to target
areas of the body of cancer patients
i also note ( see below, forwarded by Ingeborg Reichle) a new book
on BioArt: Ιnstitutional Critique to Hospitality: Bio Art Practice
Now, Athens 2017 with authors that are members of Yasmin- we would
welcome your comments !
we welcome comments on the emerging hot topic on art/biology/medecine
as well as identification
of other STEAM hot topic research areas
for other details see
http://malina.diatrope.com/2017/03/11/emerging-steam-research-hot-topics-art-biology-mhealth-and-medecine/
roger malina
From: Ingeborg Reichle <ingeborg.reichle@uni-ak.ac.at>
Subject: new book on BioArt: Ιnstitutional Critique to Hospitality:
Bio Art Practice Now, Athens 2017
:
Institutional Critique to Hospitality: Bio Art Practice Now brings
together 13 texts by renowned art historians, art theorists and
pioneering artists considering bio art's contemporary relevance.
The first part of the book charts a transition in contemporary bio art
practice concerned with a move away from Institutional critique into
the idea of Hospitality: Kathy High provides an endearing account of
'Bees and Microbes', while Suzanne Anker reflects on 'Three Blind
Mice'. Marta de Menezes rethinks 'Representation in Bio art' while
Pascale Pollier considers 'The Fabric of Life' with regard to *Fabrica
Vitae *exhibition and Αggelos Antonopoulos makes a personal statement
with regard to his own contribution to this exhibition. Ellen K. Levy
thinks about 'Emergence' in the context of bio art, while Adam
Zaretsky provides a critical commentary on contemporary artists'
engagement with bio art and Ioannis Melanitis an autobiographical one.
In the second part of the book, the tension between these two notions
and contexts is examined in a historical light: Martin Kemp discusses
'Pros and a few Cons' for 'Artists in Labs', while Assimina Kaniari
considers early precedences of bio artists' gestures in Leonardo's
Trattato. Robert Zwijnenberg examines the affinities between
'Xenotransfusion and Art', Gunalan Nadarajan writes on 'Specters of
the Animal' and Irina Aristarkhova considers 'the Art of Kathy High'
as a form of hospitality.
The introduction to the anthology examines Institutional critique and
Hospitality as ways of looking at and making sense of bio art today,
but also as notions charting and accounting for transitions in art
history in terms of artists' engagement with living media – whether on
a literal or metaphorical level.
Book Contents
Introduction
From Institutional Critique to Hospitality: Aspects and Contexts of Bio
Art, Assimina Kaniari
Part I.
Bio Art as Institutional Critique and Hospitality: Artists' Statements
1. 'Dear Bees and Microbes', Kathy High
2. 'Three Questions: A Holy Trinity or Three Blind Mice?', Suzanne
Anker and Assimina Kaniari
3. 'Representation in Bio art: Movement and Change', Marta de Menezes
4. 'Fabrica Vitae. The Fabric of Life', Pascale Pollier
5. 'Apropos Fabrica Vitae', Assimina Kaniari in conversation with
Αggelos Antonopoulos
6. 'Bioart and Conditions for Emergence', Ellen K. Levy
7. 'iGMO: inherited Genetic Modification Orgiastics. Philosophy of
the Biological Bedroom, a Prelude for Transgenic Humans', Adam Zaretsky
8. 'Text, Code and the Arts of Bio-age', Ioannis Melanitis
Part II.
Critical and Historical Approaches on Bio Art
9. 'Artists in Labs. Pros and a few Cons', Martin Kemp
10. 'Stranger Connections. On Xenotransfusion and Art', Robert
Zwijnenberg
11. 'Painting and the extension of life: Leonardo's bio pictorial
tactics after 1500', Assimina Kaniari
12. 'Specters of the Animal: The Transgenic Work of Eduardo Kac',
Gunalan Nadarajan
13. 'Hosting the Animal: the Art of Kathy High', Irina Aristarkhova
Εκδόσεις Γρηγόρη / Grigori Publications
--
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Reichle
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien /
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Abteilung Medientheorie / Media Theory
Oskar Kokoschka Platz 2
1010 Wien, Austria
www.dieangewandte.at
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Friday, March 10, 2017
[Yasmin_discussions] A story and a request
This will be the fourth summer the Graphics Research Group at Western Connecticut State University will be hosting its Summer Graphics Research Institute. This is also the second summer we'll be working on a STEAM project, the purpose of which is to develop a standard language for computer animation character behaviors.
Essentially, we're looking at the way such behaviors are described in the literature, and then developing a simple taxonomy of terms. So far, the breadth of language used is overwhelming. Some writers even go so far as to use phrases such as, "you'll know it when you see it."
Why did we start this work? Because language is at the heart of communication, and if we are to advance the field of computer character animation, we need to "speak the same language." Terms, and their definitions, need to be agreed to, so we know whether we're comparing apples to apples, or apples to oranges. <grin>
That said, I'm also the Director of the Undergraduate Research Alliance and would like to invite each and every one of you who engages in original research with undergraduates to join us. And, if you happen to be at SIGGRAPH this year in LA, you can join us at our BOF.
Nuff said!
Bill Joel
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Essentially, we're looking at the way such behaviors are described in the literature, and then developing a simple taxonomy of terms. So far, the breadth of language used is overwhelming. Some writers even go so far as to use phrases such as, "you'll know it when you see it."
Why did we start this work? Because language is at the heart of communication, and if we are to advance the field of computer character animation, we need to "speak the same language." Terms, and their definitions, need to be agreed to, so we know whether we're comparing apples to apples, or apples to oranges. <grin>
That said, I'm also the Director of the Undergraduate Research Alliance and would like to invite each and every one of you who engages in original research with undergraduates to join us. And, if you happen to be at SIGGRAPH this year in LA, you can join us at our BOF.
Nuff said!
Bill Joel
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