From 4ca23ebf173218a4bdcc15f8ad575f59875c221d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Dockray Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:37:09 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] first sketch of an experiment --- content/experiment/living-with-a-black-box.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++ ...-the-coming-world-of-listening-machines.md | 2 +- .../topic/lessons-in-how-not-to-be-heard.md | 2 +- content/topic/listening-with-the-pandemic.md | 2 +- content/topic/massive-device-orchestration.md | 2 +- 5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 content/experiment/living-with-a-black-box.md diff --git a/content/experiment/living-with-a-black-box.md b/content/experiment/living-with-a-black-box.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7295756 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/experiment/living-with-a-black-box.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: "Living with a black box" +--- + +# Living with a black box + +The assumed omniscience and power of AI-powered smart home devices propels both techno-utopian _and_ techno-critical narratives. This experiment encourages participants to recognize, amplify and subvert the types of claims explicitly and implicitly made by the makers of these devices. For one week, participants live with an extremely powerful, albeit fictional, piece of extracivist smart home technology: an immaterial smart speaker that claims to hear health abnormalities. In an auto-ethnographic manner, participants record and reflect on their daily interactions with this fictional piece of technology. After the week, participants gather together to share material and discuss their experiences. + +## Overview + +- Introduction: + - Explain main concepts and issues. +- Warm-up: + - In turn introduce yourself and read one excerpt from your auto-ethnographic reflections (5 minutes each). +- Discussion: + - How did the claims of the device condition your lived experience? What shifts in your daily practices did you observe? In what ways did you see yourself acquiesce and/ or resist this device? Read further excerpts aloud in response to these questions. (60 min). +- Wrap up: + - ?? (30 min). + +## Resources + +* Langdon Winner, Technics out of control +* Autoethnography as method \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/topic/against-the-coming-world-of-listening-machines.md b/content/topic/against-the-coming-world-of-listening-machines.md index 222bf8e..2739cca 100644 --- a/content/topic/against-the-coming-world-of-listening-machines.md +++ b/content/topic/against-the-coming-world-of-listening-machines.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "(Against) the coming world of listening machines" -has_lessons: [] +has_experiments: [] --- # (Against) the coming world of listening machines diff --git a/content/topic/lessons-in-how-not-to-be-heard.md b/content/topic/lessons-in-how-not-to-be-heard.md index ccf8e85..8974924 100644 --- a/content/topic/lessons-in-how-not-to-be-heard.md +++ b/content/topic/lessons-in-how-not-to-be-heard.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Lessons in how not to be heard" -has_lessons: [] +has_experiments: [] --- # Lessons in how not to be heard diff --git a/content/topic/listening-with-the-pandemic.md b/content/topic/listening-with-the-pandemic.md index 05e4eba..a6c154c 100644 --- a/content/topic/listening-with-the-pandemic.md +++ b/content/topic/listening-with-the-pandemic.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Listening with the pandemic" -has_lessons: [] +has_experiments: ["living-with-a-black-box.md"] --- ![ML](static/images/02.gif) diff --git a/content/topic/massive-device-orchestration.md b/content/topic/massive-device-orchestration.md index dd14832..08fc55b 100644 --- a/content/topic/massive-device-orchestration.md +++ b/content/topic/massive-device-orchestration.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Massive device orchestration" -has_lessons: [] +has_experiments: [] --- # Massive device orchestration