Social spaces - cumulus conference Paris 2011
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Presentation of Social Spaces research group (www.socialspaces.be) at the Cumulus Conference in Paris 2011.Focussing on map-it (a mapping toolkit), Creating spaces (multitouch table) and ATOM (the creation of smart objects for people with dementia).
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• A collaboration between two art schools situated approx 20 milesfrom each other in Belgium
• 8 educational prog in design/art• 4 research groups:
• Play&Game• Image&Word• Art/Object/Design• Social Spaces
MAD-faculty
• Exploring the social character of media, art and design
• Based on three pillars:• Public space• Social design• Social media
• Topics such as textiles, health(/care), art in public spaces, …
Social Spaces: what?
• A cross-disciplinary team of about 15 researchers, designers, ...
• Partners in variety of domains (social, cultural, technological, ...)
Social Spaces: who?
- Try to work with non-evident users in mind
- Work from a participatory perspective (designers & the one you're design for at same
level)- Search for hybrid solutions- Create risky objects* Life after creation
* open* documented
* the work of you, (other) experts and the audience
Social Spaces
Mapping toolkit
low-tech & open
Started from the digital(multitouch tables)
map-It
Creating Spaces
The Process: www.creatingspaces.be
AToM
• A Touch of Memory• Creation of Smart Objects for people with
dementia (and their family, caretakers,...)– Sensing what is happening– Recognising patterns– Communicate via a network– Take action
AToM
• An example• Madame Courtois – daily walk
around the block– Smart objects: living room, coat,
front door, cane,...– Sensing: daily routine – Pattern: leaving living room, takes
coat, walks into hallway, takes walking stick and walks out of front door
– Recognises break of patternCommunicate to Mme Courtois
AToM
Some questions: – Which objects to use? (emotional, functional,...
value)– These objects should sense what?– How can they help the persons with dementia?– Should we focus on helping or on making life
more pleasant, exciting, fun,...?
– What is the role of the person with dementia? Should give them a level of control.
AToM
Map “the life” via interviews, 24h observations,...– Next:
• Hands-on visualising of life with people with dementia
• Finding marginal practices of objects, routines,...
• Participatory design – Low-tech prototyping– Critical artefactsEnd result: creation of
multi-sensory interaction & interface design combining the physical and the digital
AtoM – research approach
Some very preliminary observations• Interesting objects/routines
– Hard: Time, agenda, music• We do not want to focus on monitoring or alarm
systems– Not for people with dementia, but for their
environment• Changed the way we perceived people with
dementia as “not normal”– More seeing them as a cultural different
group– Eg taking a bath 10 times a day
AToM
Start of Master Module > december 2011• What are your experiences in combining
research + education?• What are your experiences in working with such
a “delicate” group?• How to create the multi-disciplinary
approach with your design students (who tend to “live” in their own disciplines)?
Thank you...Check [email protected]
AtoM: some questions
