Conflict of Interface (eng)

CONFLICTS of INTERFACE Mushon Zer-Aviv

1. Communication Cycle

2. Protocol

3. Interface for Resistance

1. Communication Cycle

2. Protocol

3. Interface for Resistance2 project examples + 1 post-mortem

Life Online

Online Life

Interface

“a common boundary or interconnection

between systems, equipment, concepts, or human beings”

“a common boundary or interconnection

between systems, equipment, concepts, or human beings”

“a common boundary or interconnection

between systems, equipment, concepts, or human beings”

1. Communication Cycle

A B

Stuart Hall

A B

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ENCODING

A

B

MEANINGFUL DISCOURSE

B

DECODING

B

C

ENCODING/DECODING

DOMINANT/HEGEMONIC

NEGOTIATED

OPPOSITIONAL

?

ENCODING (via interface)

A

B

A

B

CDECODING

B

ENCODING + DECODING (dominant interface)

THE INTERFACE DEMANDS OBEDIENCE

THE INTERFACE TEACHES OBEDIENCE

Lisa Nakamura

!MENU DRIVEN IDENTITIES

2. Protocol

Consistant Protocol

Consistant Protocol

Consistant Protocol

Internet Protocol Layer

Application Layer

Flexible Protocol

Interface

Internet Protocol Layer

Application Layer

The Interface Question = A Governance Question

Marshall McLuhan

!The Medium is the Message

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!The Interface is the Message

!The Interface is the Message

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Donald Rumsfeld

There are Known Knowns

There are Known Knowns There are Known Unknowns

There are Known Knowns There are Known Unknowns

There are Unknown Unknowns

Slavoj Žižek

There are Unknown Knowns

Steve Krug

3. Interface for Resistance

User Generated Content

User Generated ContextContent

ContextUser Generated Interface

Content

1. Tactical Resistance

Interface Layer

Internet Protocol Layer

Application Layer

HIT & RUN

HACKING / CULTURE JAMMING

2. Strategic Resistance

Interface Layer

Internet Protocol Layer

Application Layer

HIT & STAY

SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

3. Logistic Resistance

Interface Layer

Internet Protocol Layer

Application Layer

CHANGE THE PROTOCOL

Evgeny Morozov

Technological defeatism

But that’s just online… It isn’t “REAL”

THE INTERFACE TEACHES OBEDIENCE

24/7

…and not only online.

AFK

dominant interfaces of control

are not new

…but so does the resistance

1. Tactical Resistance

2. Strategic Resistance

3. Logistic Resistance

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Thank you Mushon Zer-Aviv

@mushon / mushon.com

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