Cooperative Urban AI Ecosystems

Cities today are dynamic urban ecosystems with evolving physical, social, cultural, and technological infrastructures. Cities are increasingly embracing data-driven infrastructures Continue reading →

Ecologies of Contestation in Participatory Design

We presented a talk on our research around contestations in participatory design at the Participatory Design Conference (PDC 2020). Ecologies Continue reading →

Cooperative Crisis Response among Emergency Responders & AI Systems

Emergency responders are increasingly functioning as knowledge workers relying on complex information systems, social media, and digital communication for situational Continue reading →

Performance as Memory, Transforming Contested Spaces

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 Documentary

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 →