Cybernetic Lenses for Designing and Living in a Complex World

Josh Andres; Alexandra Zafiroglu; Katherine Daniell; Paul Wong; Mina Henein; Xuanying Zhu; Ben Sweeting; Michael Arnold; Delia Pembrey MacNamara; Ariella Helfgott

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Cybernetic Lenses for Designing and Living in a Complex World

Josh Andres, Alexandra Zafiroglu, Katherine Daniell, Paul Wong, Mina Henein, Xuanying Zhu, Ben Sweeting, Michael Arnold, Delia Pembrey MacNamara, Ariella Helfgott

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Cybernetics has an exciting history that profoundly influenced HCI theory and practice. However, today, designers, engineers, and researchers are often unaware of how to engage with this powerful approach to inform technology design. We believe a cybernetic lens is vital to investigating and designing technologies for today's complex environments. In this in person, half-day workshop called "Cybernetic Lenses for Designing and Living in a Complex World", we present three cybernetic lenses demonstrated in two case studies: "From mundane objects to systems - asking better questions for technology design", and "Transportation networks, from human-computer interaction to socio-cultural consequences". Our goal is to offer an inclusive environment to provide theory and practical exercises for participants to gain and incorporate a cybernetics lens into their practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 34th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Connected Creativity, OzCHI 2022
Editors	Charles Martin, Dana Mckay, Melissa Rogerson, Bronwyn Cumbo, Greg Wadley, Penny Sweetser, Jennyfer Lawrence Taylor, Luke Hespanhol, Jess Tsimeris, Mingze Xi, Jane Turner, Soojeong Yoo, Ned Cooper, Jessica Rahman, Josh Andres, Ajit G. Pillai, Cat Kutay
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	348-351
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400700248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3572921.3576209
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2022
Event	34th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Connected Creativity, OzCHI 2022 - Canberra, Australia Duration: 29 Nov 2022 → 2 Dec 2022

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Conference	34th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Connected Creativity, OzCHI 2022
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Canberra
Period	29/11/22 → 2/12/22

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Andres, J., Zafiroglu, A., Daniell, K., Wong, P., Henein, M., Zhu, X., Sweeting, B., Arnold, M., MacNamara, D. P., & Helfgott, A. (2022). Cybernetic Lenses for Designing and Living in a Complex World. In C. Martin, D. Mckay, M. Rogerson, B. Cumbo, G. Wadley, P. Sweetser, J. L. Taylor, L. Hespanhol, J. Tsimeris, M. Xi, J. Turner, S. Yoo, N. Cooper, J. Rahman, J. Andres, A. G. Pillai, & C. Kutay (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Connected Creativity, OzCHI 2022 (pp. 348-351). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3572921.3576209

Andres, Josh ; Zafiroglu, Alexandra ; Daniell, Katherine et al. / Cybernetic Lenses for Designing and Living in a Complex World. Proceedings of the 34th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Connected Creativity, OzCHI 2022. editor / Charles Martin ; Dana Mckay ; Melissa Rogerson ; Bronwyn Cumbo ; Greg Wadley ; Penny Sweetser ; Jennyfer Lawrence Taylor ; Luke Hespanhol ; Jess Tsimeris ; Mingze Xi ; Jane Turner ; Soojeong Yoo ; Ned Cooper ; Jessica Rahman ; Josh Andres ; Ajit G. Pillai ; Cat Kutay. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022. pp. 348-351 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Andres, J , Zafiroglu, A , Daniell, K , Wong, P, Henein, M, Zhu, X, Sweeting, B, Arnold, M, MacNamara, DP & Helfgott, A 2022, Cybernetic Lenses for Designing and Living in a Complex World. in C Martin, D Mckay, M Rogerson, B Cumbo, G Wadley, P Sweetser, JL Taylor, L Hespanhol, J Tsimeris, M Xi, J Turner, S Yoo, N Cooper, J Rahman, J Andres, AG Pillai & C Kutay (eds), Proceedings of the 34th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Connected Creativity, OzCHI 2022. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 348-351, 34th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Connected Creativity, OzCHI 2022, Canberra, Australia, 29/11/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3572921.3576209

Cybernetic Lenses for Designing and Living in a Complex World. / Andres, Josh ; Zafiroglu, Alexandra ; Daniell, Katherine et al.
Proceedings of the 34th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Connected Creativity, OzCHI 2022. ed. / Charles Martin; Dana Mckay; Melissa Rogerson; Bronwyn Cumbo; Greg Wadley; Penny Sweetser; Jennyfer Lawrence Taylor; Luke Hespanhol; Jess Tsimeris; Mingze Xi; Jane Turner; Soojeong Yoo; Ned Cooper; Jessica Rahman; Josh Andres; Ajit G. Pillai; Cat Kutay. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022. p. 348-351 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Andres J , Zafiroglu A , Daniell K , Wong P, Henein M, Zhu X et al. Cybernetic Lenses for Designing and Living in a Complex World. In Martin C, Mckay D, Rogerson M, Cumbo B, Wadley G, Sweetser P, Taylor JL, Hespanhol L, Tsimeris J, Xi M, Turner J, Yoo S, Cooper N, Rahman J, Andres J, Pillai AG, Kutay C, editors, Proceedings of the 34th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Connected Creativity, OzCHI 2022. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2022. p. 348-351. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3572921.3576209

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