OzCHI 2022 | Workshop | HYBRID
Cybernetic Lenses for Designing and
Living in a Complex World
Cybernetics has an exciting history that profoundly influenced HCI theory and practice. However, today, designers, engineers, and researchers are often unaware of how to engage with this powerful approach to inform technology design. We believe a cybernetic lens is vital to investigating and designing technologies for today's complex environments. In this hybrid, half-day workshop called "Cybernetic Lenses for Designing and Living in a Complex World", we offer an introduction to cybernetics and present three lenses demonstrated in two case studies: "From mundane objects to systems - asking better questions for technology design", and "Transportation networks, from human-computer interaction to sociocultural consequences". Our goal is to offer an inclusive environment to provide theory about using cybernetic and practical exercises for participants to gain a cybernetics lens to incorporate into their practice.
Date: Tues, 29 November, 930 am - 12pm | Delivery: Hybrid
To register your interest in this OzCHI workshop, please email (josh.andres@anu.edu.au) and submit half a page, a drawing, schematics, or a video about what you’d like to gain from this workshop and your interest in the topic.
Thank you
Post a delicious catered lunch to conclude the workshop; we will do a tour of the School of Cybernetics launch exhibition, “Australian Cybernetic: A point through time”, to see original works from the ’68 Serendipity exhibition, the ’75 Computing Arts Australia conference, and contemporary and novel works.
Organisers
Josh Andres a, Alex Zafiroglu a, Katherine Daniell a, Paul Wong a, Mina Henein a, Xuanying Zhu a, Ben Sweeting b, Michael Arnold c, Delia Pembrey MacNamara d, Ariella Helfgott e
a School of Cybernetics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. [first.name@anu.edu.au]
b School of Architecture, Technology, and Engineering, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK. r.b.sweeting@brighton.ac.uk
c School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne, Australia. mvarnold@unimelb.edu.au
d International Society for the Systems Sciences, Canberra, Australia. deliamacnamara@gmail.com
e Collaborative Futures, The Netherlands and Australia. ariella.helfgott@collaborativefutures.global