Making Sense of Wearables: Identity and the Qualified Slef

Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

Making Sense of Wearables

ITP, Spring 2015

Class 5

Identity

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Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

Mind

Body

Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

Mind

Body

relationship with self

Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

Mind

Body

relationship with self

otherBodies Minds

Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

Mind

Body

relationship with self

otherBodies Minds

relationship with others

Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

Mind

Body

relationship with self

otherBodies Minds

relationship with others

Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

Mind

Body

relationship with self

otherBodies Minds

relationship with others

Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

Mind

Body

relationship with self

otherBodies Minds

relationship with others

place space

memory

environment

Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

Mind

Body

relationship with self

otherBodies Minds

relationship with others

place space

memory

environment

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on an escutcheon (i.e. shield), surcoat, or tabard. A surcoat, and subsequently a coat of arms was used by medieval knights to cover, protect, and identify the wearer. Thus these are sometimes called coat armory.

Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 05: Identity

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

The Wardrobe Politics of Greece’s New Prime Minister - NYT

Commending Greek PM Tsipras' victory, Mayor @BilldeBlasio went tie-less with him this morning.

http://on.nyc.gov/1ERTgY3

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

The Lessons of the Michelle Obama Head Scarf Hoo-Ha - NYT

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

6 Women Tell the Stories of Their Lives Through the Stories of Their Jewelry

New York Magazine

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

I think therefore I am

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

I (feel) therefore I am

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

I tweet therefore I am?

Twitter Dress, Cute Circuit

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

data leak

Gordon Bell, MyLifeBits

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

data capture

Nicholas Felton, Daytum

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

what make me “me”?

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

online identity

plastic identity

capturing the self

altering / expressing the self

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Armor of George Clifford , Third Earl of Cumberland,

ca. 1580

“What are the new ways of being and seeing yourself when you’re able to blend multiple selves between the virtual and the real?” he asked. “It will be really interesting to see what kind of new social configurations emerge.” Slater’s work points toward a future in which virtual reality will increasingly shape analog reality, in which our illusions will have consequences. Philosophers, ethicists, and even poets will have to adjust accordingly.

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