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
!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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