Centredness

Political economy: Poly-centricity
Article

Political economy: Poly-centricity

For over 40 years Elinor Ostrom studied how rural communities in different places in the world…
Being Here
Article

Being Here

In the 1990s the ‘being-here’ perspective on presence design is initially overshadowed by the many…
Day 2
Article

Day 2

Second day of the program: clearing confusions, establishing goals, giving ideas and working…
Day 04
Article

Day 04

My 4th day at TU Delft. Last day for designing.
Being and Bearing Witness
Article

Being and Bearing Witness

The key question within the Participatory Systems Initiative is ‘how to design systems so human…
Neuroscience and entrainment
Article

Neuroscience and entrainment

Within neuroscience, the study of interpersonal synchrony is a new and emerging area of research.
Rhythm and culture
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Rhythm and culture

George Leonard (1981) writes about identity as being ‘the stable, persistent, unique quality that…
Interlocking rhythms
Article

Interlocking rhythms

Human behaviour is dominated by ‘complex hierarchies of interlocking rhythms’, and in studies…
Witness
Article

Witness

For thousands of years the being-witness-to-each-other defines dynamics in religious and non
Witnessed Presence
ACADEMIA

Witnessed Presence

Human beings, in the act of being witness and bearing witness, have been mediating presence for…
Trust
Collection

Trust

Trust emerges and is negotiated at the same time. Social structures are built on this process of…
To know with which corridor we were chatting we have to show the name of the place where the body resides.
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To know with which corridor we were chatting we have to show the name of the place where the body resides.
Preliminary Agenda
Article

Preliminary Agenda

Workshop On RELATION, 18-20 September, Stockholm
Artworks interrelating concepts of presence
ACADEMIA

Artworks interrelating concepts of presence

A wide range of artworks have been created within the new media that can be explained through the…
Simultaneous and dual address
ACADEMIA

Simultaneous and dual address

The “wonder” involved consists, in part, in a change of situation that is not an event. An event…
Experiment for mediating corridors/cross roads hang out
Article

Experiment for mediating corridors/cross roads hang out

Informal conversation are fundamental to how organizations function. Is it possible to mediate such…
The potential of presence design
Article

The potential of presence design

A comment on my intertwined role as designer and researcher is in place. As designers, my…
Shared mediated spaces
Article

Shared mediated spaces

What is new, today, is that it has become possible to populate these architectural extensions; to…
Reciprocity and granularity in each dimension
Article

Reciprocity and granularity in each dimension

Notions of embodied knowledge and authenticity are challenged. System participation has opened up a…
Shelter
Publication

Shelter

We're a group of four people from different countries that have met in TUDelft to attend a course…
Trusting to Act
Article

Trusting to Act

When rehearsing her play Stockholm, which is about the relationship of two people who are very much…
First contact with presence design
Article

First contact with presence design

Presence design in a few steps
Rhythm essential for well being
Article

Rhythm essential for well being

One of the great people working on synchrony was Condon. Working in psychiatry, he understood the…
Handmade window glass
ART

Handmade window glass

Handmade window glass is used when something extraordinary is required, for example in restorations…