The climate and ecological emergency (CEE) is depicted as far in space and time to the (yet) unaffected human through politics not acting according to it as well as media not doing the topic justice. No experiences or experiences only through media depiction are created which the human bases its reality on. This is not only problematic but also mediates a distorted reality of not being and feeling affected by the CEE. (Climate) activism can be seen as a counter-perspective of politics. Extinction Rebellion (XR) – a decentralized movement – mostly aims for polarization, actions in the physical space, and disruptions. Decentral XR groups practice close-making of the CEE through different strategies and affect-mediations in the public space. Nevertheless, like most climate activist actions, it also deals with the dilemma of media depictions. The reach of the action within the public space as an affect-mediation is lesser than the reach through the media translation. If most humans are negatively affected through the media reach, what happens if affect-mediations are executed in the coded infrastructure(s) that surrounds the humans? As human entanglements with the coded infrastructure(s) can be seen as a body-mind-life extension, I aim with this work to intervene in it. By proposing to seed digitally induced disruptions as affect-mediations in the human entanglements with coded infrastructures(s) surrounding them, the work is aiming to practice close-making and enhance the notion of feeling affected. The approach was explored by mapping out the coded infrastructure(s) of the author, making it public through two workshops as well as setting up affect-mediation prototypes. By empowering local (XR) activist groups to explore and generate disruptive ideas based on my proposal, the research question emerged: How can local activist (Extinction Rebellion) groups be empowered to create affect-mediations and therefore affecting bodily experiences with the CEE through executing digitally induced disruptions to support their local demands? While conceptualizing a platform for XR as the Design Project – incorporating and digitally translating the workshop as well as other elements – the concept aims to host a collective pool of digitally induced disruption actions and approaches.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-123281 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Jirmann, Natalie |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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