Fabulating Biodata Futures for Living and Knowing Together

Vasiliki Tsaknaki; Pedro Sanches; Tom Jenkins; Noura  Howell; Laurens Boer; Afroditi Bitzouni

doi:10.1145/3532106.3533477

Fabulating Biodata Futures for Living and Knowing Together

Vasiliki Tsaknaki, Pedro Sanches, Tom Jenkins, Noura Howell, Laurens Boer, Afroditi Bitzouni (Illustrator)

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Abstract

A growing number of design researchers explore engagement with and through biodata. To help make sense of this growing space, we synthesize three emergent themes: (1) expanding notions of biodata and bodies, (2) attending to a greater diversity of human bodies and experiences with biodata, and (3) biodata collaborations between human and non-human bodies. We illustrate these themes with selected design examples. From this synthesis, we develop three interconnected fabulations reimagining alternative engagements with biodata: Weaving Alongside, Diffracting Selves, and Collective Affect. Our discussion unpacks conceptual work of the fabulations, offering invitations for design research to explore alternative ways of living and knowing together with biodata.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS '22: Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Editors	Florian 'Floyd' Mueller, Stefan Greuter, Rohit Ashok Khot, Penny Sweetser, Marianna Obrist
Number of pages	14
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	13 Jun 2022
Pages	1878-1892
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-9358-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3533477
Publication status	Published - 13 Jun 2022

Keywords

biodata
fabulation
more-than-human
bodies
design research
futuring
diffraction

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Fabulating Biodata Futures for Living and Knowing Together. / Tsaknaki, Vasiliki; Sanches, Pedro; Jenkins, Tom et al.
DIS '22: Designing Interactive Systems Conference. ed. / Florian 'Floyd' Mueller; Stefan Greuter; Rohit Ashok Khot; Penny Sweetser; Marianna Obrist. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. p. 1878-1892.

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