Issue-oriented hackathons as material participation

Lodato, Thomas; DiSalvo, Carl

doi:10.1177/1461444816629467

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“…For the so)ially-minded part)ipants of )ivi) ha)king, the one-off, short-lived and ofen ex)lusionary pra)t)es of ha)kathons are questoned (Maalsen and Perng, 2016), whi)h e)hoes the )on)erns that these ha)king events fall short of establishing and maintaining 're)ursive publi)ss (Lodato and )iSalvo, 2016). Some re)onfguratons of ha)king events are under way, by developing sustained engagement with )ommunites, governments and otherwise invisible urban issues, as well as fa)ilitatng and leveraging greater governmental and so)ietal support for the issues at hand (S)hro)k, 2016).…”

Section: Urbanisation Of Shared Technology Makingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shared technology making in neoliberal ruins

Perng¹

2018

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Published as an open a))ess pre-print on OSFPreprint: https://osf.io/k793w Abstract Shared te)hnology making refers to the pra)t)es, spa)es and events that bear the hope and belief that )ollaboratve and open ways of designing, making and modifying te)hnology )an improve our ways of living. Shared te)hnology making in the )ontext of the smart )ity reinvigorates exploratons of the possibility of free, open and )ollaboratve ways of engineering urban spa)es, infrastru)tures and publi) life. Open innovaton events and )ivi) ha)king initatves ofen en)ourage members of lo)al )ommunites, residents, or )ity administratons to part)ipate so that the problems they fa)e and the knowledge they possess )an be leveraged to develop innovatons from the working (and failure) of urban everyday life and (non-)expert knowledges. However, the in)orporaton of shared te)hnology making into urban )ontexts engender )on)erns around the right to part)ipate in shared te)hnology-and )ity-making. This paper addresses this issue by suggestng ways to )onsider both the neoliberal patterning of shared te)hnology making and the pat)hes and gaps that show the future possibility of shared )ity making. It explores the ways in whi)h shared te)hnology making are organised using ha)kathons and other ha)king initatves as an example. By providing a ha)kathon typology and detailed a))ounts of the experien)es of organisers and part)ipants of related events, the paper re)onsiders the neoliberalisaton of shared te)hnology making. It attends to the multple, entangled and )onfi)tual relatonships that do not follow )orporate logi) for )onsidering the possibilites of more open and )ollaboratve ways of te)hnology-and )ity-making.

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Section: Urbanisation Of Shared Technology Makingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shared technology making in neoliberal ruins

Perng¹

2018

Preprint

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“…This making-as-learning approach to conceptual exploration allows TTGs to provoke discussions on technoscience-related topics that can be applicable to a wide variety of participants of all ages, especially younger generations (Friedewald & Pohoryles 2014;Selwyn 2012;DeVries 2003). Issue-oriented temporary techno-social gatherings in particular have been found to uniquely address social concerns through experimental material participation (Lodato & DiSalvo 2016). We were particularly interested in exploring how practices might manifest in institutional settings, such as museums, technology conferences and schools.…”

Section: Shared Machines and Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, in many cases TTGs also end up producing not only prototypes for new technologies, but also neoliberal subjects, reflecting a wider trend towards a specific kind of competitive, profit-driven technocracy originating from Silicon Valley (where the hackathon was also conceived) which valorises entrepreneurial citizenship (Cardullo et al 2017;Lodato & DiSalvo 2016;Irani 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

Temporary Techno-social Gatherings? A (hacked) discussion about open practices

Damiani

Braybrooke

Sage³

2018

Electronic Workshops in Computing

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This paper is rooted in an experimental inquiry of issue-oriented temporary techno-social gatherings or TTGs, which are typically referred to as hackathons, workshops or pop-ups and employ rapid design and development practices to tackle technical challenges while engaging with social issues. Based on a collaboration between three digital practitioners (a producer, a researcher and a designer), qualitative and creative data was gathered across five different kinds of TTG events in London and in Tartu which were held in partnership with large institutions, including Art:Work at Tate Exchange within Tate Modern, the Mozilla Festival at Ravensbourne College and the 2017 Association of Internet Researchers conference hosted in Tartu. By analysing data using an open and discursive approach manifested in both text and visual formats, we reflect on the dynamic and generative characteristics of TTG gatherings while also arriving at our own conclusions as situated researchers and practitioners who are ourselves engaged in increasingly messy webs where new worlds of theory and practice are built.

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“…It sets a common task in a motivating way to participants, making a hackathon "a moment of design" [16]. In a hackathon, solutions are "conceived in response to those challenges" [21]. These elements make it a fun, easy to understand technique for participatory design and code development.…”

Section: Hackathonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Avui

Correia

Tanaka

2017

Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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The combined use of sound and image has a rich history, from audiovisual artworks to research exploring the potential of data visualization and sonification. However, we lack standard tools or guidelines for audiovisual (AV) interaction design, particularly for live performance. We propose the AVUI (AudioVisual User Interface), where sound and image are used together in a cohesive way in the interface; and an enabling technology, the ofxAVUI toolkit. AVUI guidelines and ofx-AVUI were developed in a three-stage process, together with AV producers: 1) participatory design activities; 2) prototype development; 3) encapsulation of prototype as a plug-in, evaluation, and roll out. Best practices identified include: reconfigurable interfaces and mappings; object-oriented packaging of AV and UI; diverse sound visualization; flexible media manipulation and management. The toolkit and a mobile app developed using it have been released as open-source. Guidelines and toolkit demonstrate the potential of AVUI and offer designers a convenient framework for AV interaction design.

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Issue-oriented hackathons as material participation

Cited by 83 publications

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Shared technology making in neoliberal ruins

Shared technology making in neoliberal ruins

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