Capturing the Intangibilities of Virtual and Physical Spaces
EPIC 2008 proceedings / Capturing the Intangibilities of Virtual and Physical Spaces
Design anthropologist at 1508, Katja Øder Schlesinger, is giving a workshop at the annual international Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (called EPIC) together with anthropologist and PhD Bettina Hauge. The aim of the workshop is to capture the field of intelligent housing as a brand new area of ethnographic research. The aim is to explore the crossings between the physical (visible) and abstract (invisible) worlds that make up a particular challenge in this field. This will be done by presenting two cases of ethnographic research that has resulted in new product development within the field of intelligent housing and by exploring a Doll’s House method, which has proven to be a helpful method in order to reveal everyday routines, needs and preferences in relation to light and light control systems at home. By playing with the Doll’s House we hope to gain experience, create methodological reflections and to further develop the method by applying the work areas of the workshop participants.
