Caroline Nevejan
When discussing social interactions I suggest that we should formulate the YUTPA configurations in which they occur. YUTPA is an acronym for "being with You in Unity of Time, Place and Action". You, time, place and action can be understood as dimensions that can have different values between You and not-You, Now and not-Now, Here and not-Here, Do and not-Do. The word unity refers to the specific set of relations between these four dimensions that is designed in a certain product or process, which makes certain interactions possible while it excludes others. It is a formulation from the perspective of the actor.
YUTPA: WITH YOU IN UNITY OF TIME, PLACE AND ACTION
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The trade-off between presence and trust
YUTPA provides a conscious description of the Time, Space, Action and You configuration of a…
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No distinction between real and not real
Processes of purification and mediation occur in every YUTPA because all YUTPA's also function in…
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YUTPA: GRAPH
In chapter 2, I opened my argument showing a graph to understand media with two axes: asynchronous…
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To communicate with You
My research focused mostly on the four communication spaces that are defined by You. The four…
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To communicate with not-You
The four communication spaces that are defined by not-You are much more problematic for the…
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Blurring You and not-You
The blurring between You and not-You creates confusions as well as solutions. In not-You spaces…
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Example 1: Voting
In the Netherlands in 2006 during the national elections, all voters were supposed to cast their…
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Example 2: Pro-Ana websites
Another example of a need to think different about the use of technology was posed to me by Heleen…
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Example 3: The Grameen Bank
The last example I want to elaborate upon concerns the Grameen Bank, the first bank that introduced…