Communion
When human beings connect with each other or with other natural and intelligent life forms like animals or trees for example, there is the possibility of a shared meaning. When being in a relation in which a shared meaning is emerging, this fundamentally qualifies the relation. Being in communion with another being affects the performance of presence and the negotiation of trust fundamentally.
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DECIDING TO DO IT: FINDING THE CONTEXT (March 1990)
The text of the proposal was used to inform and connect with an initial group of people around us
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The concept evolves from conversation
In the context of absence, presence becomes a conscious experience. Having to face death, life…
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1990: VI International Conference on AIDS
In June 1990 the VI International Conference on AIDS was to be held in San Francisco. This is the…
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An interactive representation of a possibility
This picture-phone connection was not documented in the proceedings, nor was it announced in the…
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Grand scenario's in hindsight and hacker sensitivity
Because I was curious to find out what I had actually witnessed I did some research via the…
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Technological literacy
The people who were reporting in the edit group were all social scientists and/or journalists. The…
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Hack Room
In the small auditorium was the hack room. Participants were invited to bring their computer and…
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Lay-out of the building
The formal programme was orchestrated in the large auditorium at Paradiso. Debates, supported by…
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Galactic Hacker Party/International Conference on Alternative use of Technology Amsterdam
We had worked for several months to make this happen together with Rop Gonggrijp note 92 and…
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Several kinds of documentation
The source material for this case study consists of several kinds of publications. There are the…
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The intuition of designers and the meta-text multimedia education
When designing a party, an event, or an application simple questions become hugely important: how…
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Formal and informal encounters
It is like organizing a party. The infrastructure has to be there, one can put a lot of care into…
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Issues serve as occasions for public involvement in politics
Democratic politics is concerned with issues that require organization of a public, and the…
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Networked events in the public domain
Before describing the cases I will first sketch the context in which they were conceived. Each case…
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Determined by patterns of presence and absence
Communication processes between people are defined by a pattern of the presence and absence of…
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The 'other' changes shape
I become more aware of my presence in the world because I notice that another person perceives my…