Book Chapter on Rethinking Peace

My recent essay “Zona Intervenida: Performance as Memory, Transforming Contested Spaces” will be published as a chapter in the book Rethinking Continue reading →

Audio Journaling for Self-Reflection among Teens in Participatory Media

In this project we examined the use of “Audio Journaling” as a multi-faceted practice and participatory research method to engage Continue reading →

Zona Intervenida: Performance as Memory, Transforming Contested Spaces

Traces of war and injustice often disappear from physical sites of conflict, lingering only in the fragmented memories of witnesses Continue reading →

MicroActs: Civic Engagement through DIY Urbanism

In Moscow I have investigated how forms of tactical citizen activism addressing urban issues had begun to emerge. In summer 2012 Continue reading →

Youth Agency through Participatory Media and Maker Cultures

I have conducted participatory media programs and examined their outcomes with Palestinian youth in refugee camps from 2006-2011, however upon Continue reading →

Auditory Computing for Engaging User Experiences

While Visual Computing has been a dominant paradigm in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), I believe the role of sound and Continue reading →

Aware Community Portals: Situational Interaction in Transitional Spaces

As a researcher at the MIT Media Lab (1996-2003), I conducted HCI and ethnographic research on Situational Interaction in Transitional Spaces examining Continue reading →