Interface and Data Biopolitics in the Age of Hyperconnectivity

by | Sep 6, 2017 | Research Publications

Author:

Aconesi, Salvatore

Abstract:

This article describes their biopolitical implications for design from psychological, cultural, legal, functional and aesthetic/perceptive ways, in the framework of Hyperconnectivity: the condition according to which person-to-person, person-to-machine and machine-to-machine communication progressively shift to networked and digital means. A definition is given for the terms of “interface biopolitics” and “data biopolitics”, as well as evidence supporting these definitions and a description of the technological, theoretical and practice-based innovations bringing them into meaningful existence. Interfaces, algorithms, artificial intelligences of various types, the tendency in quantified self and the concept of “information bubbles” will be examined in terms of interface and data biopolitics, from the point of view of design, and for their implications in terms of freedoms, transparency, justice and accessibility to human rights. A working hypothesis is described for technologically relevant design practices and education processes, in order to confront with these issues in critical, ethical and inclusive ways.

Document:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352896

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