NERD Take Five
4-5 May 2023
Hosted by the Berlin University of the Arts / Weizenbaum Institute and the Technische Universität Berlin / Einstein Center Digital Future.
Day 1 / 04.05.2023
10:00
Registration and Coffee
10:30
Welcome and Introduction
Prof. Dr. Michelle Christensen and Prof. Dr. Florian Conradi, Berlin Open Lab, UdK Berlin / TU Berlin
Prof. Dr. Uta Brandes, Board of International Research in Design
CRITICAL AI POSITIONS
11:00
Learning how to be (Mis)calculated and how to (Re)calculate Algorithmic Situations
Axel Meunier / Goldsmiths College
11:45
More than Human Design Experiments to Enact Conversational AI
Iohanna Nicenboim / Delft University of Technology
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
HUMAN/NONHUMAN DESIGN
13:30
First-person-perspective as a form of inquiry in Biodesign
Barbara Pollini / Polytechnic University of Milan
14:15
Aligned arguments for the dissolution of a human ´centre´
Renata Dezso / Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
15:15
What does a fish like? Behavioural Ecology as a Design Tool
Anja Wegner / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Konstanz
16:00-16:30
Closing remarks of the day
From 16:30
Student exhibition and tour at the Berlin Open Lab
Gathering and networking with food and drinks
Day 2 / 05.05.2023
10:30
Coffee
10:45
Short introduction to the day
DECOLONIAL POSITIONS
11:00
When a Tree Says No: Towards a consent framework for design-nature relationships
Franca López Barbera / Technical University of Braunschweig
11:45
Situating a Southern Urbanist Spatial Design Practice: Re-locating an approach through design research
Jhono Bennett / University College London
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
RE/POSITIONING DESIGN RESEARCH
13:30
Considering Design Research from the Inside Out
Joseph Lindley / Lancaster University
14:15
Mining Humans and Data Extraction: The Costs of Design Research
Lauren Lin & Mayed Sahibzada / Northwestern University
15:00
Flickering Landscapes. A Poetic Approach to the Relationship of Complexity and Community Through Objects and Stories
Torben Körschkes / HEFT Kollektiv Hamburg
15:45-16:30
Closing discussion with speakers and audience