Workshops
From Conflicts to Controversies: Navigating stakeholder perspectives in smart city projects
In November 2021, we organized a workshop at the RSD10 conference, organized by the Systemic Design Association. Our workshop has been included in the conference proceedings. Tensions, conflicts, and controversies were an important part of the conference and we were honored to be part of it!
Future Frictions at the Dutch Design Week 2021
During the Dutch Design Week 2021, we have spent a weekend at the Experivan of the BMS Lab of the University of Twente. In this pop-up lab exhibit, we could engage with visitors and share with them our web experience Future Frictions. This has been a very valuable opportunity to collect feedback and insights that […]
Workshop- Ethical dilemma scenarios of Responsible Smart City Design
Together with Gemeente Amersfoort, Aerovision and Marxman, we have co-created a tool to explore ethical dilemmas in smart city futures. This tool consists of a set of 4 scenarios that are fictive and provocative short narratives that illustrate ethical issues arising from the development and implementation of smart city technologies. The scenarios narrate plausible stories […]
Join us at the Media Architecture Biennale on 28 June 2021!
On June 28, 2021, we will be organizing a workshop at the MAB2020. In this workshop, we will showcase the prototype of a web experience that brings smart city controversies to life. How do our individual choices shape the smart city? How can an immersive digital experience encourage debate about different perspectives and values? For […]
Courses
Welcome to two master students working on the project
With the start of the new semester in September, two new MSc students joined the project as part of their graduation project. We’d like to introduce you to Eeuwe Krikke and Anne-Joke Wijsmuller; two eager Design-students who are interested in exploring collaboration in the smart city further. Eeuwe will focus on approaches to turn controversies […]
CuriousU Summerschool
Imagine you had to design collaboratively a city neighborhood around the value of romance. The first step would be to ask yourselves: what does “romance” mean to us? Romance evokes different things for different people based on their cultural background, age or experiences. So, this would require taking multiple perspectives into account. Then, you would […]
Scenario Based Product Design and Smart City Controversies
The summertime is an excellent period to reflect on the last academic course. Last year, one of our most inspiring activities was our involvement in the Scenario-Based Product Design (SBPD) course, where we had the pleasure of being case-owners for two groups of students. SBPD tools and techniques are suitable for our research project since they facilitate […]
Talks
Future Frictions present at Gogbot 2022
Future Frictions has been present at Gogbot 2022, at the WARP technopolis exhibition space. With this exhibit, we aimed at creating awareness about our project, and spread the word about the power of providing creative forms of engagement to think of smart city futures. More about the event at: https://2022.gogbot.nl/warp-technopolis/# Nice to be part of […]
Talk at the Institute for the Future
On Thursday, July 28, 2022, Julieta Matos Castaño had a conversation with Rod Falcon (https://www.iftf.org/home/) about how we can use futures thinking to stimulate ethical reflection on smart cities. She was part of the Foresight Talks organized by the Institute for the Future ( ttps://www.iftf.org/foresighttalks/ ). Julieta shared and demonstrated the “Future Frictions” web experience, […]
Paper ‘Positioning design in transdisciplinary collaborations: Experiences from a smart city consortium project’ presented at DRS 2022 conference
From June 25th – July 3rd, the global Design Research Society (DRS) bi-annual conference took place in Bilbao, Spain. Anouk participated in this event and presented her paper ‘Positioning design in transdisciplinary collaborations: Experiences from a smart city consortium project’ during the Design Methods and Transdisciplinary Practices track. It was a real pleasure to finally […]
Future-based podcast: Smart Cities and Collective-Sensemaking
Our colleagues Anouk Geenen and Julieta Matos-Castaño participated in the Future Based podcast series to talk about the intricate nature of human-technology relations in the city. What do we need to not only reflect on and analyze past or current practices, but to foster our imagination and collective sensemaking to take action towards inclusive and […]