Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

Q&A: Broken Promise Land

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:42:46 GMT

How can we design an internet that works for and not against us?

The Interview Stage by Aktarr – Fadi Barakat

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:39:45 GMT

"There is a lot of profit to be gained from all this diversity. The problem right now is that we're not really good at it."

Q&A: Play

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:27:35 GMT

The notion of "play" is changing. Let's look at the potentials and possible pitfalls of the new playful technologies.

D. Fox Harrell – Impacts of the Avatar Dream

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:13:46 GMT

D. Fox Harrell is Professor of Digital Media and Artificial Intelligence at MIT. His research focuses on the relationship between imagination and computation. He founded the MIT Imagination, Computation and Expression Laboratory (ICE Lab) in order to develop new forms of computational narrative, gaming and digital media.

With an emphasis on equity, Harrell explores how virtual identities both implement and transform persistent issues of class, gender, sex, race, ethnicity and the dynamic construction of social categories.

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Bo Mehr – "Crying"

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:56:48 GMT

Shu Yang Lin – Broken Promise Land

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:55:01 GMT

“We believe we all should have a say in how we make our society.”

TaiwanPDIS co-founder Shu Yang Lin introduces us to rethink the interaction between the government and the civil society. In Taiwan, events for civil hackers are arranged in order for people to participate and together try to improve democracy by means of technology. By changing public websites and making them more democracy friendly, they are able to ”fork” the government and take down all the unwanted sites and make new ones instead. Shu Yang Lin describes this as a non-violent form of communication, an open-space technology that allows the entire society to engage in rational discussions fixed by hackers. It can be seen as an experiment on how to create consensus and gain trust within a large group of people even though they don’t know each other.

Karin Pettersson – Broken Promise Land

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:53:47 GMT

“You don't really know who you are until you're forced to defend it.”

Journalism today is under a lot of pressure. At the same time, more and more hatred have grown on the internet over the past years. This has part to do with populism and other forces that are blatantly undermining the democracy. In her talk, based on years of research, Karin Pettersson examines how social media, Silicon Valley and different threats to democracy are interrelated. She states that the situation is complex, and that public discourses could be the survival of modern journalism.

Ståle Grut – Broken Promise Land

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:52:11 GMT

“This is all feels like a dream now, but technology and society went along really great some years ago.”

Norwegian journalist Stråle Grut’s work for NRKbeta have been described as an experiment on how to make a better comment section. By creating a comment section quiz, it ensures that people know what they are commenting on online. It’s a simple solution to a complex problem, and also a way to improve internet debate by requiring participants to answer these few basic questions first. It also generates people to reflect more, make them become more rational in their thinking and, hopefully, behave better on social medias. The experiment have been referred as ”the best new journalism idea ever” by the American futurist Amy Webb.

Ahd Kamel – Odd Camel from The Magic Kingdom

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:49:54 GMT

"I didn’t want to fight for my already god-given right to live."

This highly personal talk start with actress and filmmaker Ahd Hassan Kamel telling us about her hometown Riyadh in Saudi Arabia (or, as Ahd calls it, the Magic Kingdom). She walks us through childhood traumas and events that has shaped and changed the course of her life so far, with death and rebirth as two constants. She tells us about being broken down and about trying to put her life back together again. It’s a wonderful feat of storytelling, as well as a testament of how you can break stereotypes and make your mark in the world.

Shuli Gilutz – Play

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:43:31 GMT

“The problem is that the industry isn’t working with ethics and childrens rights.”

On the topic of child-centric design, Shuli Gilutz talks about they way that children interact with technology. Many think that the mere interaction is changing the notion of play, but is it? Play, much like motivation, is central to a child’s development (physical, social, emotional and cognitive). All these important factors bring about another pressing matter: ethics. However, most of the industry working with children’s products don’t really have a child-centered design – meaning they don’t conduct enough research using, well, children.

Fredrika Inger – Play

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:42:22 GMT

Play is crucial for a person’s development when it comes to language, problem solving and social interaction (just to name a few examples). Play is also a tool for unleashing creativity and innovation, while at the same time having the perk of being a universal language. But… what is play, really? According to Fredrika Inger, Global Business Area Manager at Children’s IKEA, play is deeply personal. Play has to be spontaneous. Not serious, not obligated. We play to repair, connect, escape, explore, and express.

Magnus Göransson – Play

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:40:33 GMT

"Kids don’t the see the divide between the physical and digital play – but parents do."

The digital world is a new addition to the already wide repertoire of a child’s play landscape, according to Magnus Göransson. During his talk, he speaks about the “fluidity” of kids constant switching between the physical and digital, as well as letting us in on some Lego pilot projects that are dealing with Augmented Reality technology. This, moving forward, will lead to a natural match between “the real” and “the digital” that can spark the playing children’s fantasies even more.

Alexander Silva Lopera – The Brain and How to Build our Future Identities

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:39:04 GMT

“Your brain is modeling reality in real time.”

How do virtual brains and virtual reality affect the way we think, what we do and who we are? Alexander Silva Lopera, a psychologist that specializes in neuroscience at Neurons Inc, guides us through the world of virtual reality and how our brains react to different virtual environments. Our brains are modelling reality in real time and can also create new realities. Virtual reality technology lets us be anyone at any time, unlike any other technology. The way we act or react to things can change with virtual reality, and situations can feel very different in a virtual environment.

Galit Ariel – The Brain and How to Build our Future Identities

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:36:22 GMT

“We believe what we experience first, and we question or check the facts later.”

Our identities are fluent, fragmented and influenced by different processes and influences. They are very much connected to our sense of reality. But then what is 'reality', really? Our reality is the stage on which the 'story' of our lives is played. Typically, we are the main characters, and other people are either participators or spectators.

As emerging technologies such as AR get embedded into our everyday experiences, altering the way we understand and interact with the world, the choices how we believe what we experience, who and what can we really trust?

Jëlly – "Vi har gjort en ocean"

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:35:03 GMT

Indy Johar – The Need for a Boring Revolution

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 10:48:43 GMT

"When we create a precarious society, fear becomes a very powerful political device."

In order to build, create and maintain a sustainable future, we need to start a boring revolution. Believing that talking only about the cool parts of science (like AI, new technology and robots) is not going to help us form this revolution. We need to go back to basics. We need to go over things like bureaucracy, governance och the principles of democracy to create trust. Without this trust simple things go wrong. Democratizing the means of production and innovation is all about building towards a counsciousness. We need to empower people in order to form a new type of government. We need to reinvent the concept of governance, and we need to do it now. To have this, as it were, “boring” conversation is really critical.