‘Computable Bodies: Instrumented Life and the Human Somatic Niche’ by Josh Berson (Bloomsbury, 2015). Josh Berson, an anthropologist and design researcher, as he calls himself, has written one of the first books in a wave of publications that now start to reflect on recent technological developments: the fact that we Read more…
‘Postphenomenological Investigations: Essays on Human-Technology Relations’ edited by Robert Rosenberger & Peter-Paul Verbeek (Lexington Books, 2015). Postphenomenology is a philosophical approach, consisting of a set of ‘tools’ and theories for thinking about human-technology relations. It represents an intermeshing of phenomenology and American pragmatism. First developed by philosopher Don Ihde, it is now a well-established Read more…
The exhibition Group Therapy: Mental distress in a digital age will be showing at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) between 5 March – 17 May 2015. Originating from FACT’s extensive work within mental health and wellbeing, the exhibition explores the complex relationship between technology, society, and mental health. Read more…
One day seminar Diagnosis, technologies and Innovation Part of the ESRC Seminar Series: The role of diagnosis in health and wellbeing: A social science perspective on the social, economic and political costs and consequences of diagnosis Monday 28 january 2013 9:30 – 4.30pm Venue: REED HALL UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Streatham Campus Contemporary Read more…
INNOVIA was established as a non-profit Foundation in the Netherlands in October 2000. Its objective is to facilitate a socially optimal development and deployment of new health care technology through multidisciplinary studies and related activities which focus in particular on the individual and collective experiences, concerns and aspirations of end Read more…