Ankit Thesis Proposal

autonomyAnkit ShekhawatMasters in Interaction Design 2007Master ThesisDomus Academy

Project Leaders: Jozeph Forakis and Chiara DianaProject assistant : Katrin Svabo Bech

In collaboration with

[working title] Project Proposal

Joint-less

Continuous

Repetitious

Ubiquitous

Abstract

SEAMLESSNESS

Seamless systems need to continuously sync with our actions and behaviours

Search engines try to be seamless by Attempting to understand our objectives

Our conversation are scanned for key words for relevance

Songdo, S. Korea’s upcoming U-city

For the sake of seamlessness, systems need to get smarter

And they do that by tracking our actions and behaviour

Hence, seamless applications can have their tradeoffs

Deception

Lucrative advantagesSharing and expressivity.

Surveillance

Fast forward>>

Soon there will have surveillance everywhere

And we will be aware about it.

Surveillance will be a social norm.

And we shall adapt to the fact that our every action is being tracked .

Confrontation

We need re-conceptualize “the private sphere”.

How will we preserve and compromise our personal autonomy and sovereignty?

Will we try to escape?

Or we take it as a stage and act out our lives!

#1

Explore the potential confrontations our society could have under a monitor.

And If we accept it as a norm, will we have control over it?

Will we have control over our visibility?

Degree of control within our privacy spheres

Can we control our connectivity statusin both digital and physical realms

#2

Investigate ways of seamless degrees of control over our privacy and connectivity states.

THANK YOU