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FreeAsInWifi

Published: 13 July 2015 Publication History

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'FreeAsInWifi' is a wifi network and captive portal intended to prompt critical reflection on the multiple meanings of 'free' and 'public' through a set of playful interactions.
At a time when technology is becoming increasingly integral to all aspects of public life, this project aims to provide an opportunity for people to reflect on their own understandings, beliefs and desires of a ubiquitous public technology: freely available public wifi. The portal is designed for a public square in Newcastle upon Tyne and is part of an on-going practice-based research engagement with that space and the people who use it. Inspired by Paulo Freire's radical pedagogy, the research aims to understand how critical design can support people in thinking critically and creatively about the world around them.
While critical design aims to provoke reflection upon social and political issues, it often fails to facilitate people taking an active role in this reflection, something Freire identifies as crucial to gaining a critical understanding. With this in mind, the portal requires people to be actively engaged in reflection by navigating, making decisions and responding creatively to the interface and technology.

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  • (2019)Edu-BUS Wi-Fi: An On-Board Wi-Fi Educational System Using a Raspberry PiMobile Computing, Applications, and Services10.1007/978-3-030-28468-8_6(68-82)Online publication date: 25-Sep-2019

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British HCI '15: Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference
July 2015
334 pages
ISBN:9781450336437
DOI:10.1145/2783446
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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 13 July 2015

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  1. critical design
  2. paulo freire
  3. public space
  4. research through design

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British HCI 2015
British HCI 2015: 2015 British Human Computer Interaction Conference
July 13 - 17, 2015
Lincolnshire, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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British HCI '15 Paper Acceptance Rate 28 of 62 submissions, 45%;
Overall Acceptance Rate 28 of 62 submissions, 45%

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  • (2019)Edu-BUS Wi-Fi: An On-Board Wi-Fi Educational System Using a Raspberry PiMobile Computing, Applications, and Services10.1007/978-3-030-28468-8_6(68-82)Online publication date: 25-Sep-2019

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