Scenes of Writing

Burdick, A

Scenes of Writing

Burdick, A

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Publisher:: Design Research Society
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of DRS 2018: Catalyst, 2018, pp. 73 - 82
Issue Date:: 2018-06-25

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dc.contributor.author	Burdick, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Storni, C	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Leahy, K	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	McMahon, M	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Lloyd, P	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Bohemia, E	en_US
dc.date	2018-06-25	en_US
dc.date.available	2018-02-01	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-06-25	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of DRS 2018: Catalyst, 2018, pp. 73 - 82	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-912294-26-8	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2398-3132	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/131048
dc.description.abstract	This paper looks at how speculative fiction can provide a design space to explore the effects of technologies for critical interpretation. Using Trina: A Design Fiction as a case study, the paper builds upon Lucy Suchman’s study into how technology teams design “the human” in tandem with the computer, asking can there be a model of “the human” suited to technologies for subjective judgment? Looking closely at the characters in Trina, we see individuals whose capacities, specificities, social histories, and individual biographies inform the degree of agency that each has with the writing technologies that define their work and worth. Accounts of writers and their inscription technologies found in recent literature from media and literary studies further demonstrate the contingent nature of textual composition. Rather than look for a generalized human-computer fit, the paper argues for the design of story-worlds in which specific humans, non-humans, and networks are designed in one and the same gesture, revealing the productive misalignments and contested boundaries that define their interactions.	en_US
dc.publisher	Design Research Society	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of DRS 2018: Catalyst	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Design Research Society 2018 International Conference: Catalyst	en_US
dc.title	Scenes of Writing	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	UK	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Ireland	en_US
utslib.for	1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
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pubs.finish-date	2018-06-28	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	UK	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.start-date	2018-06-25	en_US

Abstract:

This paper looks at how speculative fiction can provide a design space to explore the effects of technologies for critical interpretation. Using Trina: A Design Fiction as a case study, the paper builds upon Lucy Suchman’s study into how technology teams design “the human” in tandem with the computer, asking can there be a model of “the human” suited to technologies for subjective judgment? Looking closely at the characters in Trina, we see individuals whose capacities, specificities, social histories, and individual biographies inform the degree of agency that each has with the writing technologies that define their work and worth. Accounts of writers and their inscription technologies found in recent literature from media and literary studies further demonstrate the contingent nature of textual composition. Rather than look for a generalized human-computer fit, the paper argues for the design of story-worlds in which specific humans, non-humans, and networks are designed in one and the same gesture, revealing the productive misalignments and contested boundaries that define their interactions.

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