The Arts, HCI, and Innovation Policy Discourse (Invited Panel)

Panel

May 7, 2012 @ 16:30, Room: Ballroom D

Chair: Jill Fantauzzacoffin,
The Arts, HCI, and Innovation Policy Discourse (Invited Panel) - Panel
Community: arts
Jill Fantauzzacoffin - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Joanna Berzowska - Department of Design and Computational Arts, Concordia University, Canada
Ernest Edmonds - De Montfort University, UK
Ken Goldberg - Berkeley Center for New Media, College of Engineering, and School of Information, University of California, Berkeley, USA
D. Fox Harrell - Comparative Media Studies Program, and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Brian K. Smith - Rhode Island School of Design, USA
Contribution & Benefit: This panel relates issues in HCI/arts to innovation policy discourse in order to bring a fresh perspective to the STEM/arts divide in HCI.
Abstract » Although both HCI and innovation policy discourse have a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) basis, both also include trends that incorporate the arts. The purpose of this panel is to show how HCI/arts discourse and innovation policy/arts discourse inform each other. We then discuss with the audience how innovation initiatives configure programs and roles for artists and HCI professionals working in HCI/arts.