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  1. Creative Coding at the art & craft school Robotti

    I am currently working on an article concerning creative coding at the Käsityökoulu Robotti (art&craft school Robotti). Robotti is a non-profit organization that offers teaching on art&tech for children. Creative coding could be described as a programming that is more interested in expression than function, but in Robotti it is also used as a teaching method to empower children to take control of the surrounding digital world. As such it is a critical pedagogical tool as well as an artistic medium. The article is based on the authors own ethnographic study in Robotti as well as interviews and questionnaires of…

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  2. Spotting a researcher in wild!

    Spring is coming, and even the researchers (like me) living in northern parts of the world begin to wake up from their hibernation. This researcher can first be seen at "Naperot ja nykytaide"(Toddlers and contemporary art) -seminar at Kiasma on 6.4.2016. There he will be speaking about teaching at Arts & Craft School Robotti: understanding technology and making art. Just a week after the first sighting you can spot the said researcher again at ITK 2016 (Interactive Technology in Education 2016) - conference. Where he will first be appearing on Wednesday 13.4.2016 at the researcher meeting, where he will be…

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  3. Maker movement -Creating knowledge through basic intention

    I will be giving a talk at Makerfaire Rome on: "Maker movement -Creating knowledge through basic intention." I will be talking on both Saturday and Sunday at 11:00 AM . If you happen to be in Rome come and say hi! Here's a short abstract of the talk: This talk focuses on the knowledge making process in the maker movement. Following Finnish craft professor Kojonkoski-Rännäli's philosophy on making by hand. For Kojonkoski-Rännäli making by hand is existing in the world. Kojonkoski-Rännäli backs her theory with Martin Heidegger’s philosophical analysis on being. Making by hand is both a bodily experience where…

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