Title: Step 1: Unnerving norms and values Slug: 02-s5-step-1 Date: 2020-11-01 12:01 Summary: Start of the exercise.
*Consider the questions below and write your answers down.* ------------------------ When we talk about digital communication infrastructures, which ones come to mind? Make a list and pick one that you would like to work with. ------------------------ Regarding the norms and values of the infrastructure: * What does the infrastructure bring together? * What kind of interaction is afforded by the infrastructure? * What does the design of the infrastructure render as valuable? * Who has the access and agency to intervene in the making of the infrastructure? * How do these norms relate to power hierarchies, gender, ethnicity, class or race? ------------------------ Regarding the way these are manifested in the design of an infrastructure: * What communication features can be used to interact with others? * How do they shape the mode of conversation? * What does the system emphasise? * What does the system hide? ------------------------