{"425491":{"#nid":"425491","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Andrew Quitmeyer","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle: Digital Naturalism: Designing a Digital Media Framework to Support\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEthological Exploration\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EAndrew Quitmeyer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Digital Media PhD Program\u003Cbr \/\u003E Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Date: August 4th, 2015\u003Cbr \/\u003E Time: 12pm EST\u003Cbr \/\u003E Location: TSRB Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Committee:\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Principle Advisor: Michael Nitsche\u003Cbr \/\u003E Committee:\u003Cbr \/\u003E Carl DiSalvo\u003Cbr \/\u003E Ali Mazalek\u003Cbr \/\u003E Stephen Pratt (ASU)\u003Cbr \/\u003E Garnet Hertz (Emily Carr)\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E This research aims to develop and evaluate a design framework for creating\u003Cbr \/\u003E digital devices that support the exploration of animal behaviors in the\u003Cbr \/\u003E wild. \u0026nbsp;In order to carry out this work, it both studies ethology\u2019s\u003Cbr \/\u003E foundational ideas through literature and also examines the contemporary\u003Cbr \/\u003E principles at a rainforest field station through on-site ethnographies,\u003Cbr \/\u003E workshops, design projects, and interactive performances.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Based upon these personal and practical investigations, this research then\u003Cbr \/\u003E synthesizes a framework to support digital-ethological practice. Finally,\u003Cbr \/\u003E this framework is utilized to design additional ethological expeditions and\u003Cbr \/\u003E activities in order to assess the framework itself. The resulting framework\u003Cbr \/\u003E encourages digital technology that supports four key concepts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Technological Agency pushes for devices that promote understanding of their\u003Cbr \/\u003E own internal functions. The tenet of Contextual Crafting leads designers\u003Cbr \/\u003E and ethologists to create devices in close proximity to their intended use.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Behavioral Immersion promotes visceral interactions between the digital and\u003Cbr \/\u003E organismal agents involved. \u0026nbsp; Finally, Open-Endedness challenges\u003Cbr \/\u003E researchers to create adaptable tools which strive to generate questions\u003Cbr \/\u003E rather than answering them. Overall, this research, referred to as Digital\u003Cbr \/\u003E Naturalism, explores a developing design space for computers in the wild.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Digital Naturalism: Designing a Digital Media Framework to Support"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2015-07-16 11:10:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:12:30","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-08-04T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-08-04T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-08-04T15:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-08-04 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-08-04 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-08-04 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}