Identity

Being Here
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Being Here

In the 1990s the ‘being-here’ perspective on presence design is initially overshadowed by the many…
Main issues of controversy on the notion of Presence as a value for design
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Main issues of controversy on the notion of Presence as a value for design

A first issue of controversy is that presence is a fuzzy concept. Most measurements in the ‘being
Notion of ‘presence’
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Notion of ‘presence’

Developments in the four companies appear to show that at least some employees (non-managers…
Fuzziness over roles and personal life
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Fuzziness over roles and personal life

Managers start to identify with their (harsh) strategies, and blur the boundary between the…
Reinforcing change
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Reinforcing change

The third stage refers to the development of new strategies: managers starting to emphasise higher
Well-being: intra- and interpersonal synchrony
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Well-being: intra- and interpersonal synchrony

William Condon proposed that being able to entrain in time with another person facilitates physical…
Rhythm and culture
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Rhythm and culture

George Leonard (1981) writes about identity as being ‘the stable, persistent, unique quality that…
Rhythm in language and music
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Rhythm in language and music

The rhythmic coupling in Body Moves seems to be akin to music performance. In a choir, for example
Patterns of synchrony and rhythm
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Patterns of synchrony and rhythm

The interest in relating prosody (the patterns of vocalization) to body movement arose from the…
Sensing between self and other
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Sensing between self and other

We know that the probability and speed of response in communication vary with it being mediated or…
4. Action: No witnessing without imagination
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4. Action: No witnessing without imagination

In negotiating trust and truth, in deciding what actions to engage in, in expressing one’s…
3. Relation: The witness signifies
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3. Relation: The witness signifies

In the process of witnessing, when negotiating trust and truth, meaning emerges. A witness…
Living Together
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Living Together

Information- and communication technology offers new possibilities to connect. The opportunity to…
Performance
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Performance

In social interaction people perform presence in relation to one another. When meeting a grim face…
Riva (2012) From the body to the tools (proof)
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Riva (2012) From the body to the tools (proof)
Saving Face, by Karen Lancel en Hermen Maat
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Saving Face, by Karen Lancel en Hermen Maat

When defining our identity and the identity of others, our sensory abilities are increasingly…
Preliminary Agenda
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Preliminary Agenda

Workshop On RELATION, 18-20 September, Stockholm
Huyghe's work and presence theory
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Huyghe's work and presence theory

Huyghe’s work was included in both the show and the catalogue of Future Cinema, but evidently he is…
After the Deluge, by Kara Walker
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After the Deluge, by Kara Walker

The work that Walker made shortly after hurricane Katrina had caused the flooding of New Orleans…
Charles Poulet
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Charles Poulet

Live sound engineer, sound artist. My main interest lies in the physicality of sound, it's…
FOOD/WASTE
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FOOD/WASTE

wasting/buying/shopping
Hana Havlova
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Hana Havlova

I would like to explore how can one apply bio-mimicry as a design tool in an architecture field.
Negotiation and agency in an online world
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Negotiation and agency in an online world

People manage their identity online, and this is often time consuming. Professional life depends…
Perception and representation
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Perception and representation

Online, there is hegemony of text. Existence on the Internet only occurs in the infrastructure of…