Co-shaping humane technology use: Hybrid sociabilities in times of a pandemic
Funding
GenZ Oulu
This project is funded by the GenZ programme. GenZ is a strategic profiling theme of the University of Oulu, funded by the Academy of Finland. GenZ aims to respond to the challenges rapidly developing new technologies will have on human lives in the 21st century. GenZ aims to strengthen human capabilities, anticipate future challenges and increase human resilience through world-class interdisciplinary research within the identified themes.
In the GenZ project, we do not want to take humans for granted but turn this perspective inside out and ask the question differently: What if the digital future was not driven by digital technologies but by humans? What do we need to do to strengthen human skills and capabilities and to enable a human-driven digital future?
Partner
Leaf Infrastructure
This project makes use of the Leaf Infrastructure. The LeaF is physically located at the University of Oulu, at the Linnanmaa campus. The spaces is specially designed for supporting learning and interaction research. It offers modern facilities for the research of face-to-face interactions, human-computer interactions and on-line, hybrid and remote interactions.
It provides researchers with methodological support and help with state-of-the-art teaching and learning solutions; help in designing, developing and executing research experiments for learning and interaction research; support in the use of video technology as part of different research arrangements; a broad multidisciplinary research network and possibility to connect with Finnish and international research communities and researchers; ideas for utilising the infrastructure as part of a new research project and on how to integrate it in funding applications.
