This site presents the research and results of the Witnessed Presence and Systems Engineering project, which raised the question:
How should autonomous systems be designed for human beings to accept them?
The research was initated by Caroline Nevejan and originally embedded in the Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems Group chaired by professor dr Frances Brazier. To answer the research question interviews were conducted with professionals from a variety of disciplines. Every person knows his or her field well and is therefore entitled to formulate insights in this field. In ancient Greek this kind of knowledge, which evolves from professional experience (metis) and a certain ethical behaviour (ethos) is called Parresia. It is an honour given to certain people. Every interview hereuder can be considered as an act of Parresia.
Expert Interviews
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Abraham: Online Life
22 November 2008, Bangalore: Some people one knows by circling around them and finding your self to…
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Bawa: Politics of Land
December 2008, Bangalore: Zainab Bawa is a good friend of a good friend of mine. We had only…
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Dinesh: Tsunami 2004
When I was traveling in 2005 with a group of computer scientists from the University of Amsterdam…
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Gill: Rhythm in Communication
On a red sofa in Edinbrough I found myself sitting next to a lady, drinking a glass of wine. We…
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Hazra: New Witnessing
Bangalore 19 December 2008: At the opening of the Doors of Perception Conference in Bangalore in…
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Ilavarasan: IT Companies in India
New Delhi, 8 December 2008: Just before 9 o’clock on a Monday morning we arrive at the campus of…
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Jansma: Engaging spaces
Amsterdam, 28th of April 2009: Rein Jansma loves the material world. Being an architect, he builds…
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Kaul: Personal Global Communication
Bangalore, 17th of December 2008: Looking for a better understanding of how witnessing
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Lavery: Theatre's Magic
London, December 2009: Over the years I have had the privilege to work with Bryony Lavery on…
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Macfaydyen: Investigative Journalism
Since the mid nineties I have known Gavin MacFaydyen, because I closely collaborated with his wife
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Narayanan: Social technologies
Banagalore, December 2008: In 2003, in a Nokia design workshop on designing tools for children and…
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Panghaal: Designing Centredness
Bangalore, 2 December 2008: It was 1994 when I met Jogi Panghaal for the first time during the…
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Parthasarathi: Mediating Actions
New Delhi, 7 December, 2008: When I first met Vibodh Parthasarathi we found that we had both…
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Quillinan: Formatting Presence
Amsterdaam, 27th of April 2009: Thomas Quillinan is one of the colleagues at the Intelligent…
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Sood: Shared Meaning
Delhi, December 2008: When early this century the Doors of Perception conference moved to India…
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Van Splunter: Basic Trust
Amsterdam, 27th of April 2009: Sander van Splunter is one of the colleagues at the Intelligent…
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Upadhya: IT Culture
Bangalore, 1rst of December 2008: Carol Upadhya is considered to be one of the authorities on the…
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Van der Vlies: System of Law
Amsetrdam, 13 november 2008: Several years ago I met Inge van der Vlies while she was involved with…
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Warnier: Systems are Tools
Amsterdam, 27 April 2009: At the Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems group at the Free…
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Wilson: Distributed Collaboration
Amsterdam, 13 October 2008: I have known Rebekah since 2001 when we were both attending a Summer…