How Interfaces Shape Our Relationship to Tech w/ Zachary Kaiser
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How Interfaces Shape Our Relationship to Tech
Zachary Kaiser
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by Zachary Kaiser to discuss the power of tech interfaces, why data isn’t an accurate reflection of the world, and why we need to discuss democratic decomputerization.
Guest
Zachary Kaiser is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Experience Architecture at Michigan State University. He’s also the author of Interfaces and Us: User Experience Design and the Making of the Computable Subject.
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Links
- Paris is speaking in Auckland on February 18 at an event hosted by Tohatoha.
- Zachary wrote about dream reading technologies for Real Life.
- Zachary mentions specific works by David Golumbia, Ivan Illich, Aaron Benanav, John Cheney-Lippold, Thomas F. Tierney, Marisa Brandt, Arturo Escobar, and James Ferguson.