[iDC] Yet another introduction
Armin B. Wagner
arminbw at mail.tuwien.ac.at
Tue Jun 23 15:54:35 UTC 2009
Hi All,
I found this mailing list through a reference (a tweet, actually)
written by Kücklich, whom I remember from reading his doctoral thesis
years ago. I did not get an invitation to join the discussions nor do
I know anyone personally here. I just hope this forum is as open as
it’s software configuration suggests. As the netiquette here seems to
include the practice of self-introduction, here some words:
I am working at the Institute for Design & Assessment of Technology
(University of Technology Vienna). My academic background is a
training in Computer Science (Informatics) and the so-called „Fine
arts“.
My artistic projects include an investigation on the change from CRT
to TFT screens...
http://www.arminbwagner.com/pictures/arminbwagner_bildschirm.jpg
...and a website about crates and barrels in video games:
http://www.arminbwagner.com/crates_and_barrels/
My current theoretical research circles around design methodologies
and the implications of constructivistic pedagogical concepts, while I
am working on a participatory design project involving visually
impaired children and their teachers.
Seeing the computer as a highly plastic cultural artifact I am
interested in computer folklore (I guess I am not the only one here)
with an emphasis on the usage of metaphors (e.g.: Lawrence "code is
law" Lessig - fine printing "By X, I mean really not-X") and it’s
prescriptive function. So far I highly enjoyed the discussions here,
Armin
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