I recently participated in a workshop on The Future of More-Than-Human Design: A Computing Practice in Crisis?. You can read an abstract of what the workshop proposed over here.
It was a really special event. In part this was because it was at the infamous Aarhus Decennial conference, a meeting that happens once a decade to discuss current and future matters relating to computing. It was also fantastic because such a broad range of organisers came together to make the workshop a reality. And last, but not least, it was amazing because of a large number of attendees who decided to come along and make the workshop a reality.
Attendees at the workshop
Our original objective was to have a frank discussion about the future of more-than-human design work. My personal motivation was to explore how more-than-human thinking can become part of the mainstream. In reality the event became more of a forum for sharing and learning - although the plan deviated from the intentino somewhat it was an excellent event and I’m sure that more strategic conversation will resurface next year.
We ended the workshop by collectively creating this timeline that attendees walked over, stepping into ‘the future’ at the end of the workshop.
Thanks all for attending!
