{"670969":{"#nid":"670969","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Investigating Transdisciplinary Approaches for Community-engagement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EThis talk is part of the GVU Brown Bag Seminar Series brought to you by the Institute for People and Technology at Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFoad Hamidi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAssistant Professor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInformation Systems\u0026nbsp;Department\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EABSTRACT\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv dir=\u0022auto\u0022\u003EParticipatory design (PD) offers powerful and inclusive principles and methods for enabling mutual learning among diverse stakeholders and interested parties. As our society\u2019s aspirations for computational systems and processes that respond to multifaceted needs and desires continue to grow, so does the need to investigate approaches that transcend disciplinarity to achieve broad societal goals. One such goal is to develop the public\u0027s capacity to engage creatively and critically with emerging technologies of interest. In this talk, I draw on several recent projects where I use community-based PD to investigate and interrogate emerging technologies, such as DIY assistive technologies and living media interfaces (LMIs), together with stakeholders. I describe how we develop and use prototypes, design activities, and art installations in these projects to generate conversation about technological and social possibilities, limitations, and implications.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBIO\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFoad Hamidi is an Assistant Professor in Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). His research focuses on several areas within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), including Living Media Interfaces, Participatory Design, and DIY assistive technology. He conducts transdisciplinary community-engaged research and regularly collaborates with community partners. At UMBC, he directs the Designing pARticipatory futurEs (DARE) lab and the Interactive Systems Research Center (ISRC). He has a PhD in Computer Science from York University, Toronto.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECan\u0027t attend in-person? 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