Ingmar Rothe

University of Leipzig · Institute of Communication and Media Studies

In this practice insight contribution, we reflect on our learnings from configuring and upholding a living lab as a third place in an urban and distinctively non-academic environment. Trying to make space for an empowering hospitality necessitated withholding our schemes and workshop plans so to facilitate grassroots endeavors on the side of the pe...

Living Labs galore. Involving citizens and other stakeholders in science endeavors and integrating them in the design of new technologies and scientific inquiry is a core aim of contemporary research and development. Living labs are prime places in the quest of science to be more inclusive and to open up to people from all walks of life, including...

This article looks at artistic impressions of future robotics and considers how they inspire research into human–machine interaction. Our analysis of visual scientific practices and the epistemic ramifications of these speculative drawings emerges from a long-term participant observation study in a multi-disciplinary project on smart and autonomous...

The persuasive dimension of design can be revealedby a detailed view on objects in spaceThis paper discusses the concepts of interactional architecture and interactional space as a base for analyzing interaction on multi-touch tabletops. It aims at showing how to develop questions for a future analysis of interactive actions through the analysis of...