3rd International Temporal Design Symposium and Workshop
Designing Temporal Ecologies
07-08 February 2023
Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh
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This symposium and workshop will reflect on the role of design practice in revealing, intervening and potentially supporting manifestations of time in the natural world.
Symposium: 7th February 2023, 1.30-5pm
The symposium will be divided into three panels, which will look into different approaches of designing for, with and through temporal ecologies.
Panel I: Designing for Temporal Ecologies
with Maike Gebker & Susanne Wieland, Hannah Imlach, Markéta Dolejšová, and Elaine Gan*
This panel will discuss the ways in which design practice can support awareness of and potentially remediate disrupted temporalities of different species, for instance through visualisation of interconnected rhythms of different species, citizen science phenology apps, development of structures for ecological remediation (such as biodegradable hedgerows, artificial coral reefs, rest stations for migratory species, etc), and design opportunities to facilitate mutualistic care between humans and other organisms.
Panel II: Designing through Temporal Ecologies
with Raphael Kim, Carolina Ramirez Figueroa, Kuang-Yi Ku*,
This panel will discuss how design practice can draw from or modify ecologies for particular purposes, leveraging different perceptions of time and rhythms. This includes combining the temporality of microorganisms with those of traditional hard materials (in materials that are “biodesigned”), design strategies to address temporal dissonances between humans and microorganisms, integrating temporalities of DNA towards resilience and long-term digital data storage, among others.
Panel III: Designing with Temporal Ecologies,
with Sara Heitlinger, Gizem Oktay, Minha Lee & Ron Wakkary*, Deepta Sateesh*
This panel will explore how design can leverage temporalities of the natural world as a way to reshape social rhythms and awareness in ways that would be more inline with particular ecological contexts. This includes design-led attempts to draw attention to the interconnection of social and natural rhythms or redefine social perceptions and practices in line with broader ecological rhythms (e.g. festivals that celebrate the life-cycle of particular species, nature-connected clocks, etc). The aim is not to remediate or change ecological rhythms but to find ways to “be with” multiple ecological temporalities in more sustainable ways.
*Invited speaker joining online
Workshop: 8th February 2023 – 9.30am to 1pm
Location: Informatics Forum, G07, 10 Crichton St, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, Contact l.pschetz@ed.ac.uk
Organised by Design Informatics [Larissa Pschetz, Yuning Chen, Keili Koppel, Youngsil Lee, Ari Beckingham]