- Democracy must be Defended, by Undemocratic Design Specifications A version of Part I was presented at a talk given at Nottingham-Trent University in June 2017 at the invitation of Professor Tom Fisher. Part II is based on notes for a final lecture to 1st Years at CMU School of Design before my departure back to Australia, a few weeks after Trump’s Election at […]
- Neighbourhood Time Exchange | Downtown Prince George Emily Carr University of Art + Design began the process of launching a new campus in Prince George by partnering with the Wood Innovation Design Centre (WIDC) in 2015. Living Labs took on an active role in programming creative research and industry projects through this new lens of institutional activity. Through discussion with Justin Langlois, […]
- Regenerating democracy. The scenario of a project-centred democracy. “We are in difficult and dangerous times. For many years, we lived in a world that, despite its problems, was nevertheless committed to principles of democracy in which human rights, fundamental freedoms, and opportunities for personal development, were increasing. Today, this picture has changed profoundly. There are attacks on democracy in several countries – including […]
- Canada’s Hidden Racism Studying last year in California, I was often praised for being a Canadian. I felt proud to be a citizen of a country that so many consider to be a peaceful and progressive utopia of acceptance, but I realized that the Canada they were thinking of is not a reality for many people here. My […]
- Micro-Communities Public Practice Emergent in design thinking and practice is the idea of small-scale interventions into spaces, artifacts, technologies and systems having the faculty to deconstruct and reconstruct new meaning into our everyday lives and urban experiences. Practices that call into question the structures and associated behaviours of the digital and built environment, such as tactical […]
- Current 08 Credits Founding Editors Bonne Zabolotney Deborah Shackleton Current Advisory Board Bonne Zabolotney Celeste Martin Cameron Neat Deborah Shackleton Dr. Ron Burnett Grant Gregson Editors Celeste Martin Deborah Shackleton Reviewers Aldona Czajewska Jessica Bayntun Mariko Kuroda Michal Cabaj Prakriti Mukhopadhyay Reyhaneh Yazdani Ricardo Leal Barrocas Sukriti Tandon Song Tang Tammy Tan Yufei Yao Art Directors Cathy Yang […]
- Current 08 Contributors Kate Armstrong has over 15 years experience in the culture sector with a specific focus on intersections between art and technology. Her interdisciplinary practice is conceptually driven and has included participatory work, objects, photography, video, events in urban space, generative text systems, and experimental narrative forms. As a curator she has produced exhibitions, events and […]
- Issue 07 Contributors Contributors Grant Gregson is the Coordinator of Emily Carr University’s Teaching and Learning Centre administering and teaching Emily Carr’s e-learning platforms, Moodle, WordPress Blogs and Wiki. Grant’s research supports faculty and staff with incorporating new technologies for use in online learning, the classroom, research projects and web publishing, together with scholarly and pedagogical practices. Grant […]
