Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution theconference@mediaevolution.se https://videos.theconference.se Media Evolution is a membership organization that help media industries to innovate and grow. The videos in this podcast are generated at our annual conference The Conference and lectures we arrange throughout the year. http://www.mediaevolution.se en-us Visualplatform http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution Videos generated by Media Evolution Media Evolution is a membership organization that help media industries to innovate and grow. The videos in this podcast are generated at our annual conference The Conference and lectures we arrange throughout the year. http://www.mediaevolution.se media, music, games, publishing, future, social, tv, film, 334841 episodic no https://videos.theconference.se/files/rv0.0/sitelogo.gif https://videos.theconference.se http://videos.theconference.se/kristina-hook-being-well-body-and <p><p><b>“The tools we have change us fundamentally. They change our feelings and our cultures.”</b></p><p><br>Have you wondered why video conferencing still sucks? Because we are not just visual and auditory beings. The movements of our body are linked to our emotional processes. The tools we use impact our muscles, nervous systems, feelings, experiences and even our culture. Kristina Höök works at the Royal Institute of Technology where she studies Soma design, aesthetic and ethical wellness. Soma focuses on the fact that mind and body are not separate – how engaging with your senses will make you more present and will give you a richer life. She has been test designing products to develop this skill.&nbsp;</p><p><br>As designers, you leave a set of sedimented movements in design. You ask users to move, think and feel in certain ways. Somaesthetics is an approach to design that sees the mind and body as one. It is about designing with oneself, using one’s own soma in designing. It’s about being present in the world giving us a possibility to have richer experiences of the world we are living in. How might a lamp, a mat or even a corset help us change our way of being in the world?</p></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/kristina-hook-being-well-body-and"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968558/77195744/228060e6b9a88a32aec4424fc950b8db/standard/download-10-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://videos.theconference.se/photo/77195744 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:04:39 GMT Kristina Höök – Being well – body and place “The tools we have change us fundamentally. They change our feelings and our cultures.”Have you wondered why video conferencing still sucks? Because we are not just visual and auditory beings. The movements of our body are linked to our emotional processes. The tools we use impact our muscles, nervous systems, feelings, experiences and even our culture. Kristina Höök works at the Royal Institute of Technology where she studies Soma design, aesthetic and ethical wellness. Soma focuses on the fact that mind and body are not separate – how engaging with your senses will make you more present and will give you a richer life. She has been test designing products to develop this skill.As designers, you leave a set of sedimented movements in design. You ask users to move, think and feel in certain ways. Somaesthetics is an approach to design that sees the mind and body as one. It is about designing with oneself, using one’s own soma in designing. It’s about being present in the world giving us a possibility to have richer experiences of the world we are living in. How might a lamp, a mat or even a corset help us change our way of being in the world? “The tools we have change us fundamentally. They change our feelings and our cultures.”Have you wondered why video conferencing still sucks? Because we are not just visual and auditory beings. The movements of our body are linked to our emotional... Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution 20:40 <p><p><b>“The tools we have change us fundamentally. They change our feelings and our cultures.”</b></p><p><br>Have you wondered why video conferencing still sucks? Because we are not just visual and auditory beings. The movements of our body are linked to our emotional processes. The tools we use impact our muscles, nervous systems, feelings, experiences and even our culture. Kristina Höök works at the Royal Institute of Technology where she studies Soma design, aesthetic and ethical wellness. Soma focuses on the fact that mind and body are not separate – how engaging with your senses will make you more present and will give you a richer life. She has been test designing products to develop this skill.&nbsp;</p><p><br>As designers, you leave a set of sedimented movements in design. You ask users to move, think and feel in certain ways. Somaesthetics is an approach to design that sees the mind and body as one. It is about designing with oneself, using one’s own soma in designing. It’s about being present in the world giving us a possibility to have richer experiences of the world we are living in. How might a lamp, a mat or even a corset help us change our way of being in the world?</p></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/kristina-hook-being-well-body-and"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968558/77195744/228060e6b9a88a32aec4424fc950b8db/standard/download-10-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> 2022 being well - body and place http://videos.theconference.se/ewa-westermark-being-well-body <p><span><p><b>&nbsp;“Spaces change people's behaviour.”&nbsp;</b></p><p><b><br></b></p><p>Urban Misery or Urban Joy - a matter of place</p><p>The context we find ourselves in influences us as human beings. It influences our choices. It influences how we feel. We are humans that are sensitive beings and social animals. Meeting other people is the essence of the city. How can the environment help us get out and meet other people rather than hinder us? And how is urban joy a matter of the everyday place?&nbsp;</p></span><p><br></p><p>Ewa Westermark explores what it is like to be in a city today, discussing the difference between urban misery and urban joy. What she found is that “Spaces change people's behaviours.” Trying out temporarily removing cars and traffic from the city streets she is showing us how we can bring back life to our cities. Ewa shares examples of changing the urban space and ultimately culture to foster social connection and wellbeing and demonstrates how rebuilding the city centre of Christchurch after the 2014 earthquake could be done by tapping into people’s memories and dreams to make the place better than it was.</p></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/ewa-westermark-being-well-body"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968559/77196320/5878c9b3644e1700f6bda61c4259937d/standard/download-8-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://videos.theconference.se/photo/77196320 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:04:30 GMT Ewa Westermark – Being well – body and place “Spaces change people's behaviour.”Urban Misery or Urban Joy - a matter of placeThe context we find ourselves in influences us as human beings. It influences our choices. It influences how we feel. We are humans that are sensitive beings and social animals. Meeting other people is the essence of the city. How can the environment help us get out and meet other people rather than hinder us? And how is urban joy a matter of the everyday place?Ewa Westermark explores what it is like to be in a city today, discussing the difference between urban misery and urban joy. What she found is that “Spaces change people's behaviours.” Trying out temporarily removing cars and traffic from the city streets she is showing us how we can bring back life to our cities. Ewa shares examples of changing the urban space and ultimately culture to foster social connection and wellbeing and demonstrates how rebuilding the city centre of Christchurch after the 2014 earthquake could be done by tapping into people’s memories and dreams to make the place better than it was. “Spaces change people's behaviour.”Urban Misery or Urban Joy - a matter of placeThe context we find ourselves in influences us as human beings. It influences our choices. It influences how we feel. We are humans that are sensitive beings and... Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution 21:47 <p><span><p><b>&nbsp;“Spaces change people's behaviour.”&nbsp;</b></p><p><b><br></b></p><p>Urban Misery or Urban Joy - a matter of place</p><p>The context we find ourselves in influences us as human beings. It influences our choices. It influences how we feel. We are humans that are sensitive beings and social animals. Meeting other people is the essence of the city. How can the environment help us get out and meet other people rather than hinder us? And how is urban joy a matter of the everyday place?&nbsp;</p></span><p><br></p><p>Ewa Westermark explores what it is like to be in a city today, discussing the difference between urban misery and urban joy. What she found is that “Spaces change people's behaviours.” Trying out temporarily removing cars and traffic from the city streets she is showing us how we can bring back life to our cities. Ewa shares examples of changing the urban space and ultimately culture to foster social connection and wellbeing and demonstrates how rebuilding the city centre of Christchurch after the 2014 earthquake could be done by tapping into people’s memories and dreams to make the place better than it was.</p></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/ewa-westermark-being-well-body"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968559/77196320/5878c9b3644e1700f6bda61c4259937d/standard/download-8-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> 2022 being well - body and place http://videos.theconference.se/qa-being-well-body-and-place <p>Q&amp;A with&nbsp;Kristina Höök and Ewa Westermark during The Conference 2022.</p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/qa-being-well-body-and-place"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968559/77196808/939d0c2d2854c08ed088ca462d014b7d/standard/download-9-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://videos.theconference.se/photo/77196808 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:04:14 GMT Q&A Being well – body and place QA withKristina Höök and Ewa Westermark during The Conference 2022. QA withKristina Höök and Ewa Westermark during The Conference 2022. Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution 11:42 <p>Q&amp;A with&nbsp;Kristina Höök and Ewa Westermark during The Conference 2022.</p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/qa-being-well-body-and-place"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968559/77196808/939d0c2d2854c08ed088ca462d014b7d/standard/download-9-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> 2022 being well - body and place Q&A