The Poetics of Socio-Technical Space: Evaluating the Internet of Things Through Craft
summary
Semi-structured interviews and cognitive maps with 14 craftspeople analyze embodied workshops and tools and find five concrete themes: embodiment (a glassblower arranges everything within reach, a ceramicist builds a custom stool), provenance (bandsaw salvaged from a toy factory), insecurity (studio moves, breakage), flow (maps showing orchestral workflows), and companionability. The argument uses actor-network theory to show IoT should be seamful and repairable, recommending policies that preserve individual agency, material accountability, and right-to-repair.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 2:54Craftspeople as research focus
- 6:23Technology in everyday work
- 8:16Workspaces shaped by bodies
- 10:00Tools and materials provenance
- 12:28Prevalence of precarity
- 14:58Companion ability in craft
- 16:23Rethinking the Internet of Things
- 19:32Q&A on flow and autonomy
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