Advancing the Value of Ethnography

Tag: agency

Robots and the Fallacy of Agency

Robots and the Fallacy of Agency

PechaKucha Presentation What if I told you, that humans are not very special? That the very qualities that make us human are not pre-given features but are rather properties generated by our participation in the world at large. In this view, humans are not mere expressions of blueprints. Rather,...

Creating Agency: What Ethnography Can Learn from Storytelling

Creating Agency: What Ethnography Can Learn from Storytelling

PechaKucha Presentation This PK explores the relationship between ethnography and post-modern storytelling techniques that shift the locus of agency towards the audience and away from the protagonist. The presentation builds on insights from a project about the future of storytelling, and explores...