Co-designing Joyful Nature Technology Futures From-the-Wild

UNITE GamiFOREST Coffee Talks #7: Co-designing Joyful Nature Technology Futures From-the-Wild

How can we design human-nature-technology interaction futures that are not only efficient and smooth but also caring, joyful, sustainable, and experientially rich? In this talk, I will discuss my research into the co-design of joyful nature technology futures.

Building on a range of case studies, I’ll propose that the technologies that will mediate our future interactions with(in) the forest should be envisioned from the forest itself rather than from a lab; I will also share some of the ideas and reflections that emerged from a series of actions where I situated technology design research into the wild. Overall, I hope to stimulate a conversation around the values and drivers behind nature tech innovation, as well as how they can lead to novel technology designs.