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Participatory storytelling to recapture countryside
I had two main reasons for my visit to the UK; sustainability education; and to talk about our development of models of participatory interactive storytelling. Totally unexpectedly (well perhaps not to me!), these two came together when I had a long talk with Beth Davidson from the Mapping the Necklace project at the DoTT07 Festival. […]
Mixing data with community knowledge
October 21, 2007
Much of computing is structured around the hierarchy of data:information:knowledge. Adding structure to data makes it information, using this information in context makes it knowledge. Atthe DoTT07 Festival , the Landscape/Portrait project adds further layers to this – experience, and the combined expression of this. Visitors to the Vital Signs area are asked to leave a […]
Sustainability Movement at DoTT07
October 20, 2007
A great computer-based interactive at the DoTT07 Festival is in the Movement area. A digital map of the roads of the North East shows little dots moving around the area. Colour coded for the type of vehicle and number of passengers, the map clearly shows areas of considerable congestion. A “road” protrudes from the front […]
DoTT marks the TREE
October 20, 2007
At the DoTT07 Festival I found some student work that is quite inspiring . As part of Dott07, design students were challenged to design a “stuff-0-meter”to help us understand more about the”hidden rucksack of everyday products”, cradle to grave, and make informed choices. The award was won by David Foster Smith. His winning entry “TREE”: Total Recyclability […]
Clever twist on “less stuff”
October 20, 2007
The strapline for the DoTT07 Festival is “Better lives with less stuff”. At a display focussing on improved energy management as a means to urban renewal there is an interesting twist on “less stuff”. As part of the process energy consveration measures are supplied in a “saverbox”. At the festival itself the organisers recognise that the “less […]
Computing for Sustainability 
October 21, 2007
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