Mutually assured construction

Authors

  • Usman Haque

Keywords:

V!18, Digital culture, Public space, Participatory process, Art

Abstract

In April 2019 I was invited by V!RUS Journal to contribute a text on the theme of participation and collaboration, which are topics that I've spoken about quite a lot in public lectures. A couple of years ago, I started contemplating how to design for "mutually assured construction" (rather than "destruction" as the 1970s wargames warned us) and in this piece, originally produced to provide further detail to accompany a public talk I had given, I describe what that might look like, and why it seems necessary at this time.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Usman Haque

He is a founding partner of Umbrellium, designing and building urban technologies that support citizen empowerment and high-impact engagement in cities, and Thingful, a search engine for the Internet of Things. Earlier, he launched the Internet of Things data infrastructure and community platform Pachube.com, which was acquired by LogMeIn in 2011. Trained as an architect, he has created responsive environments, interactive installations, digital interface devices and dozens of mass-participation initiatives throughout the world.

Downloads

Published

2019-07-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 18 (2019): V!18 Parti.cipate+Col.laborate Vol. 2

Section

Tapete