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For these reasons I would argue that the physical impact of the clash between intention and realization in mediated presence is not as ...
argument, conclusion, theory
In the variety of cultures humankind has developed many strategies for assessing the truth. Many are based on the unity of time, place, ...
description, proposal, theory
In this section I want to argue that the way we are witnessed and witness other people, deeply influences the perception of our ...
description, methodology, collective history
In the media labs of large technological corporations around the world, and especially and foremost in the USA, the mediation of ...
The possibility of mediated social interaction has even more deep consequences for personal time zones when people work in, or with, ...
description, collective history
A place like Paradiso is a continually formative influence on people. I personally learned a tremendous amount, but also these events ...
Nevertheless, many people take a 'moral distance' to their own actions. Information and communication technologies facilitate a position ...
To be able to act and receive feedback, and to be able to contextualize how one relates to other human beings, is essential when living ...
A second story I want to share is about two people communicating with each other via Internet. Where feedback is almost immediate, ...
description, concept, specific
Below I will first make an inventory of presence technologies that exist today, dd. 2006. Then I will sketch current presence research ...
Hackers were a new phenomenon for the media at the time, while there was enough awareness that computers had become more and more ...
description, collective history, general history
In the press the issues of the new computer era, which were raised by the GHP, were sketched convincingly. Hackers want to show that ...
concept, conclusion, theory
You/Now/Here Meeting in Real Life, in natural presence You/Now/not-Here Telephone, chat, videoconference Synchronous mediated ...
The last story I want to share in this section poses the question of whether there is a distinction to be made between mediated presence ...
description, citation, argument, general history
Even architecture can be read as presence technology since it shapes an infrastructure that facilitates certain forms of communication ...
We hit the national TV news and had extensive articles published in national newspapers and magazines concerning the GHP, its guests and ...
description, collective history
The same week a more formal Paradiso press release concerning the ICATA '89 stated the following: On August 2, 3 & 4 1989, a ...
concept, argument
My research focused mostly on the four communication spaces that are defined by You. The four communication spaces that are defined by ...
methodology, specific, general history, key-informants
Before describing the cases I will first sketch the context in which they were conceived. Each case study is what I will call a ...
description, argument, theory
A variety of sciences and practices can be understood from a presence perspective, as has been stated above. This study focuses on ...
The preliminary costs incurred in financing the GHP were: Travel (just 2 tickets from the USA for Felsenstein and Draper were over fl ...
description, argument, general history
techno-biography
When reading these messages, the techno-biographical layer of this research calls for attention. These emails make me shiver; a feeling ...
Around 1000 people took part in each of the events. Each event used on and offline communication in connection with one another. The two ...
description, personal history, collective history, techno-biography
The source material for this case study consists of several kinds of publications. There are the proceedings, published by Paradiso and ...
The last example I want to elaborate upon concerns the Grameen Bank, the first bank that introduced micro-credits. Professor Muhammad ...
description, methodology, specific, techno-biography, text laboratory
Nevertheless, the human reality that is facilitated by technology is of such a complex nature that a clear understanding of its effect ...
description, collective history
People who entered Paradiso were already making a statement by entering the building. This was made clear by a huge banner attached to ...
In the reflections on the Galactic Hacker Party the conveying of trust between people in natural presence and in mediated presence, and ...
An interesting example, which underscores the need for social interfaces to convey trust in mediated environments, is a current policy ...
proposal, argument
I become more aware of my presence in the world because I notice that another person perceives my presence. In the light of this study ...
description, methodology, collective history
In annual international art events like Ars Electronica note 44 , DEAF note 45 , ISEA note 46 , artists present their latest work in ...
The second day at the GHP focused on "$$, secrets & the right to information".
description, methodology, collective history
Pierre Ballings emphasized that the production process of Paradiso is 'content-driven'. As a result the editing, the marketing, the ...
Because human beings are for the most part thinking actors in their relation to technology, I propose to analyse and design products and ...
The three-day programme stated: "This day will be about the complex relationship between big money, governments and their (secret) ...
description, collective history
The second day at the GHP focused on "$$, secrets & the right to information". note 116 The three-day programme stated: ...
description, methodology, collective history
Sligting, the musical artistic director of Paradiso, elaborates further on this approach. Paradiso does not just want to be a hall one ...
argument
Technology strives to develop better and more numerous translations and mediations of presence. The 'classical structures' try to adapt, ...
It was very crowded in Paradiso because the GHP had been on the national news the day before. In the morning John Draper, alias Captain ...
concept, argument, personal history
The fact that as organizers of the GHP, we were actually connecting in person with most of the guests and contacts, made the conference ...
description, methodology, collective history
Jan Dietvorst, an independent visual artist and programmer of special lectures and modern classical concerts in Paradiso, who was also ...
By way of mass media and social network technologies millions of people see Human Rights being violated every day. We watch it, witness ...
concept
In nature, adaptation processes have created bio-diversity. In today's world, where technology is embedded in so many systems, we are ...
description, concept, personal history
Developments in media and modern art, including the performing arts, deeply influence how the visitors will perceive and experience the ...
In natural presence, being a witness includes having a responsibility for what happens subsequently and people sense this. In mediated ...
description, collective history, general history
In June 1990 the VI International Conference on AIDS was to be held in San Francisco. This is the annual conference at which scientists, ...
methodology, theory, text laboratory
The term ‘text laboratory’ is attractive for describing the work that was carried out in this research project. This methodology is ...
The first story is about a robot dog that was made In Sony's Research Lab in Paris in 2001. Because the robot dog does not mediate the ...
description, concept, argument
concept, argument, conclusion, techno-biography
In all three emails nobody writes about the computer as a hurdle to overcome. Apparently computer savvy-ness was not an issue anymore. ...
Because I have approached the case studies from the perspective of 'producing multiple presences', I have asked close collaborators of ...
description, collective history
We had worked for several months to make this happen together with Rop Gonggrijp note 92 and Patrice Riemens note 93 . Meeting the ...
proposal, conclusion
One of the major findings of this study is the fact that the design of presence relates to the design of trust in social interaction. ...
In the reflections that evolved from the text laboratory on the Seropositive Ball, the idea of 'vital information' was elaborated upon. ...
description, argument, collective history
Before the GHP, Paradiso had an Ethernet installed in the building, at the time this was already quite something. The Ethernet connected ...
proposal, argument, theory
I can be with my lover, leave the house and pass a 'bump' and not even notice this person. Where did all my love go? When I am alone in ...
description, methodology, collective history
In science as in the arts a lot of research has been carried out that can be understood as presence research even though it has not been ...
description, citation, argument
Because of the development of digital technology, design practice has changed rapidly over the last two decades: the tools used to ...
Being involved in a networked event, and any day in our regular lives can be considered a networked event, creates an unavoidable clash ...
argument, collective history, key-informants
The people who were reporting in the edit group were all social scientists and/or journalists. The gap between the edit group and the ...
description, citation, specific, conclusion
Wijnand IJsselsteijn, researcher at TU Eindhoven, has been involved with the European Presence programme and has been responsible for ...
argument, personal history, conclusion
This statement by Lunenfeld resonates with the experience that the research question at the heart of this study was originally ...
The emotional clash between intention and realization appears to be much more profound and significant than I had realized before I ...
argument, conclusion, theory
When I was preparing for the GHP I was working closely with people who knew how to operate computers at the time. During my studies at ...
proposal, citation, argument, conclusion
IJsselsteijn also makes the following observation about the future: "With more advanced media, it will become increasingly hard to ...