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[Installation] Counter-acting lexicons for the Terms of Service
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå Institute of Design. Umeå University, Umeå Centre for Architecture, Design and the Arts (UmArts). (DCODE Network)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8388-3915
2024 (English)Artistic output (Refereed)
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Three dimensional object
Description [en]

The installation consists of 18 words engraved on plexiglass pieces that are attached to 18 windmills in growing heights arranged in a circular organization. The first letter of each word make the expressions 'eco-social contracts'. In the center of the circle there is a unit storing the accompanying zines to be picked up by the audience.

Abstract [en]

Digitally textured everyday is controlled by Terms of Service agreements. These documents are used to legitimize extractivist data practices of technology companies. To do so, they tap into the power of words. By gathering words in a specific flow and structure for a specific purpose, these create a specific type of narrative. They define who is who, who can do what, who can’t do what and set the rules of the game serving to the benefit of the technology companies. Through these tactics, they make a specific type of world for us to live in and control our sense of being online and offline. 

Counter-acting lexicons for the Terms of Service is an exploration into the power of words in shaping our worlds. At the garden of BioArt Labs, lexicons that attempt to change the conversation for imagining eco-social contracts as alternatives for the Terms of Service will be exhibited. Using the letters of ‘eco-social contracts’ as a starting point, the installation presents counter-acting vocabularies that think with humans and nonhumans rather than only with corporations. How about ‘E’ for ‘entanglement’, ‘C’ for ‘care’, ‘N’ for 'negotiation'? This exhibition is a conversation starter to change the conversation for imagining eco-social contracts.

Place, publisher, year, pages
2024.
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Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands, October 19-27, 2024
Keywords [en]
terms of service, eco-social contracts
National Category
Design Human Computer Interaction
Research subject
design; human-computer interaction
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-231390OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-231390DiVA, id: diva2:1910108
Conference
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands, October 19-27, 2024
Projects
Designing alternatives for the Terms f Service
Funder
EU, Horizon 2020, 955990Available from: 2024-11-04 Created: 2024-11-04 Last updated: 2024-11-20Bibliographically approved

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