How Will We Breathe Tomorrow?

This paper presents the concept of a fiction-driven workshop that was conducted using a process called D/A/R/E. The aim of this design-orientated approach is to address environmental issues with citizens and empower them in understanding digital technology concepts. Within the framework of an urban artist research and mediation project, a pilot study on the question ‘How will we breathe tomorrow?’ was devised. For this endeavour, participants were introduced to the subject of air quality and took part in the process of creating a personal data-based future artefact with sensor technology. In the spirit of Antony Dunne and Fiona Raby, these functional artefacts were used as tools to better comprehend the present and discuss a desirable future. Additionally, they were utilised to engage the broader public in environmental, digital, and ethical issues.

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Jessica Broscheit

Susanne Draheim

Kai von Luck

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Publication date: May 2018

Publication date (Print): May 2018

Pages: 1-6

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[1 ] Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

Berliner Tor 7

20099 Hamburg, Germany

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVAC18.10

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Conference name: Politics of the Machines - Art and After

Conference acronym: EVA Copenhagen

Conference number: 7

Conference location: Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Conference date: 15 - 17 May 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Digital arts and culture

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[1] J Bleeker 2009 Design Fiction. A short essay on design, science, fact and fiction [WWW Document]. URL http://bit.ly/1sm4hdR 12 10 16

[2] RD BrookS RajagopalanC.A PopeJ.R BrookA BhatnagarA.V Diez-RouxF HolguinY HongR.V LuepkerM.A MittlemanA PetersD SiscovickS.C SmithL WhitselJ.D Kaufman 2010 Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: An Update to the Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Circulation 121 2331 2378 https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181dbece1

[3] J Broscheit 2017 D/A/R/E – Sichtbarkeit durch datenbasierte Zukunftsbilder Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Hamburg

[4] L BuechleyM EisenbergJ CatchenA Crockett 2008 The LilyPad Arduino: Using Computational Textiles to Investigate Engagement, Aesthetics, and Diversity in Computer Science Education Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI ’08 ACM New York NY, USA 423 432 https://doi.org/10.1145/1357054.1357123

[5] PJ Crutzen 2006 The “Anthropocene,” in: Earth System Science in the Anthropocene Springer Berlin, Heidelberg 13 18 https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26590-2_3

[6] A DunneF Raby 2014 Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts; London

[7] J Gabrys 2015 Programmieren von Umgebungen F SprengerC Engemann Internet Der Dinge Transcript

[8] P-M Hildebrandt 2012 Urbane Kunst D Eckardt F rer pol Handbuch Stadtsoziologie. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 721 744 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-94112-7_32

[9] H Ishii 2008 Tangible Bits: Beyond Pixels Proceedings of the 2Nd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction, TEI ’08 ACM New York NY, USA xv xxv https://doi.org/10.1145/1347390.1347392

[10] H IshiiD LakatosL BonanniJ.-B Labrune 2012 Radical Atoms: Beyond Tangible Bits, Toward Transformable Materials interactions 19 38 51 https://doi.org/10.1145/2065327.2065337

[11] D Kirby 2010 The Future is Now Diegetic Prototypes and the Role of Popular Films in Generating Real-world Technological Development Soc. Stud. Sci. 40 41 70 https://doi.org/10.1177/0306312709338325

[12] U LahlW Steven 2005 Feinstaub - eine gesundheitspolitische Herausforderung Pneumologie 59 704 714 https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2005-915558

[13] D Lupton 2017 Feeling your data: Touch and making sense of personal digital data New Media Soc. 19 1599 1614 https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817717515

[14] F MatternC Flörkemeier 2010 Vom Internet der Computer zum Internet der Dinge Inform.-Spektrum 33 107 121 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00287-010-0417-7

[15] S Penny 2017 Making Sense Mit University Press Group Ltd Cambridge, MA

[16] T ReichD GömerMatzen 2016 Hamburger Luftmessnetz (HaLm) [WWW Document] URL http://luft.hamburg.de/ 11 3 16

[17] Rey L del 1979 The world of science fiction 1926-1976: The history of a subculture Ballantine Books New York

[18] R Schäfer 2014 Design Fiction, iF Schriftenreihe Institut Futur, Freie Universität Berlin Berlin

[19] B Sterling 2009 COVER STORY: Design Fiction interactions 16 20 24 https://doi.org/10.1145/1516016.1516021

[20] D SuzukiA McConnellA Mason 2007 The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature Updated. ed Greystone Books Vancouver B.C.

[21] J von Uexküll 1921 Umwelt und Innenwelt der Tiere Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-24819-5

[22] J von UexküllG Kriszat 1934 Streifzüge durch die Umwelten von Tieren und Menschen Ein Bilderbuch unsichtbarer Welten: Einundzwanzigster Band Springer-Verlag Berlin

[23] M Weiser 1999 The Computer for the 21st Century SIGMOBILE Mob Comput Commun Rev 3 3 11 https://doi.org/10.1145/329124.329126

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