Ecological Design Collective | Josh Rubin | Activity https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/members/josh/activity/ Activity feed for Josh Rubin. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:44:24 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.15.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 ee46875071fffc2aaa4bc1889bae265d Josh Rubin created the group Psychology and Design https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/572/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:04:15 -0400 0 9c3170f876f50f39a63b44558e6b91f9 Josh Rubin replied to the discussion Psychology and its relationship to theories of design in the forum Opportunities https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/forums/discussion/the-discipline-of-psychology-and-its-relationship-to-theories-of-design/#post-1928 Sat, 29 Oct 2022 01:47:41 -0400 Reply to Psychology and its relationship to theories of design

Wow yes, I think Münsterberg has a ton to say, much more than most of the commenters on his work let on!

I just heard a talk by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun about the use of sentiment analysis in machine learning algorithms for social media. It was amazing–she traced the rise of sentiment analysis to studies of labor (particularly feminized…

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]]> 3b474f05fb4ace84ac9a167ec5337ca4 Josh Rubin replied to the discussion Psychology and its relationship to theories of design in the forum Opportunities https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/forums/discussion/the-discipline-of-psychology-and-its-relationship-to-theories-of-design/#post-1879 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:21:23 -0400 Reply to Psychology and its relationship to theories of design

Just to say more: I’m thinking here of work like that of Hugo Münsterberg on film and aesthetics! For those who don’t know Münsterberg’s work, I’m learning that he is an incredibly fascinating figure–a popularizer of psychological theories in the domains of education, media, and law. He’s involved in complicated ways in the rise of the lie…

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]]> 576a719e41293a54716553f2b6639616 Josh Rubin started the discussion Psychology and its relationship to theories of design in the forum Opportunities https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/forums/discussion/the-discipline-of-psychology-and-its-relationship-to-theories-of-design/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:18:51 -0400 Psychology and its relationship to theories of design

Hi all! I may be slow on the uptake, but it’s becoming increasingly clear to me in my own research that I need to know more about the roles that the discipline of Psychology has played in shaping how design is theorized and implemented. I thought I would create a forum thread for people with interest in this topic to contribute their…

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]]> 2e5aa05f9a94a085c316afdf8975aaa2 Josh Rubin posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/160/#acomment-233 Mon, 05 Sep 2022 19:22:57 -0400 I see! Proud to be in the we 🙂

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I keep reading the climate news and the amount of cognitive dissonance I am experiencing is just crazy. Like the Emergency is here. The wealthiest think they can buy their way[…]

]]> 55456133f01e8c267aa5fde400f26573 Josh Rubin posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/160/#acomment-220 Sat, 03 Sep 2022 18:01:47 -0400 I can’t help but wonder who the “we” will be in that recognition, too. WII’s growth and the shifts of the Plague were at much more localized scales, no? The pressing topics to me seem to be who will be able to move in what recognition there is and who will not, how that moving will and will not be constrained by the limits of recognition, and…Read more

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I keep reading the climate news and the amount of cognitive dissonance I am experiencing is just crazy. Like the Emergency is here. The wealthiest think they can buy their way[…]

]]> 1ea2405562ab09858f818f16222105f1 Josh Rubin replied to the discussion User research in video game design in the forum Opportunities https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/forums/discussion/conciliation/#post-785 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 15:12:52 -0400 Reply to User research in video game design

To me, reconciliation suggests two things that I don’t think actually happen, in practice: 1) reconciliation suggests a bringing back to unity, but there doesn’t seem to me to be an initial unity to return to. Or, rather, it seems to me that any claim of an initial unity is ideologically suspect. 2) reconciliation suggests to me a…

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]]> 9ddfa8ca0a9268cc73ab9110d0deda88 Josh Rubin posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/121/#acomment-139 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:54:05 -0400 And thanks of course for your lovely kind words about me. I’m just happy to be here and learn from all the incredibly smart people involved in this community. People like you!

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Conciliation.

Hi all! I’m an anthropologist of political aesthetics at Bates College and I wanted to throw out a term I’ve been thinking with lately (both to share it and to test[…]

]]> 9a278e21a6ef304ff9fd8c144e11e3f3 Josh Rubin posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/121/#acomment-138 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:50:37 -0400 Oh, for sure! I’d love to chat with you and other folks about the strengths and weaknesses of Latour for thinking in terms of design.

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Conciliation.

Hi all! I’m an anthropologist of political aesthetics at Bates College and I wanted to throw out a term I’ve been thinking with lately (both to share it and to test[…]

]]> 83feb17706f584e0d237f54935d5c2bd Josh Rubin started the discussion User research in video game design in the forum Opportunities https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/forums/discussion/conciliation/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:45:15 -0400 User research in video game design

Hi all! I’m an anthropologist of political aesthetics at Bates College and I wanted to throw out a term I’ve been thinking with lately (both to share it and to test out this interface). I’m working presently on a project on user research in videogame design, and I’ve come to think of the role of user researchers as one of…

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]]> c416e3552d2d844da459b34237e1ded7 Josh Rubin posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/121/#acomment-136 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:41:36 -0400 Re-conciliation, wow. That just opens up so many possibilities for thought for me. Thank you! And good advice on where to post. I wasn’t sure what qualified as an update, but I’ll hold on to my confusion and pass word along to Eesha when we talk next week.

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Conciliation.

Hi all! I’m an anthropologist of political aesthetics at Bates College and I wanted to throw out a term I’ve been thinking with lately (both to share it and to test[…]

]]> 6ac9cfe1a0fb47ba6401aa0c1a590894 Josh Rubin posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/121/#acomment-135 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:40:29 -0400 Absolutely!!

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Conciliation.

Hi all! I’m an anthropologist of political aesthetics at Bates College and I wanted to throw out a term I’ve been thinking with lately (both to share it and to test[…]

]]> 35d2d9fc4542dc65cf757867219e5bbf Josh Rubin posted an update in the group Life-centered design: One thing I find myself wondering: What is the place of […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/128/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 20:48:45 -0400 One thing I find myself wondering: What is the place of the virtual (or digital) in life-centered design? Is it a place of experimentation, where life can be explored without stakes? Is it life-filled, in itself? A place where life happens? An extension of life, centered elsewhere? A space of dreams, nightmares, fantasies, where projections…

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]]> 1 62905d49833e70a38674cd9d891bf312 Josh Rubin posted an update: Conciliation. Hi all! I'm an anthropologist of […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/121/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:34:38 -0400 Conciliation.

Hi all! I’m an anthropologist of political aesthetics at Bates College and I wanted to throw out a term I’ve been thinking with lately (both to share it and to test out this interface). I’m working presently on a project on user research in videogame design, and I’ve come to think of the role of user researchers as one…

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