Pheno-data: Using tomatoes to rethink data and data practice for ecological worlds

Youngsil Lee; Chris Speed; Larissa Pschetz

doi:10.1080/07370024.2023.2300779

Pheno-data: Using tomatoes to rethink data and data practice for ecological worlds

Youngsil Lee
, Chris Speed
, Larissa Pschetz

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Abstract

Notions of data increasingly revolve around digital representations prioritizing the efficiency and productivity of global economic-systems, often side-lining tangible and local information that is crucial for ‘more-than-human’ worlds. To challenge this, we propose the concept of “Pheno-data,” which aims to embody the livingness of the lifeworld through the evolving characteristics and responses of organisms. We also introduce, “Pheno-fication”, as a means to access Pheno-data, and use tomatoes to exemplify the process. Through a fabulation workshop, we integrate these concepts into design practice in order to tangibly explore their potential for shifting perspectives from an anthropocentric to an ecological viewpoint.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-23
Number of pages	23
Journal	Human-Computer Interaction
Early online date	21 Jan 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2023.2300779
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 21 Jan 2024

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pheno-data
living organism
livingness
fabulation
more-than-human
ecologies

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D-CoDE: Fundamentals of Design Competence for Our Digital Future
Pschetz, L. (Principal Investigator), Luger, E. (Co-investigator), Nissen, B. (Co-investigator) & Speed, C. (Co-investigator)
EU government bodies
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research

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