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