Lecture 4 - Sept 24 (15-17) - Jorge Zapico

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Time and place: Tuesday September 24, 15-17 in lecture hall B2. Note: Your schedule will indicate that the lecture is four hours long. That is not the case, the lecture will be given between 15-17!  

Title: "Hacking sustainability: using ICT for sustainability"

By: Jorge Zapico, MID/CESC KTH

Talk: In this lecture we will explore the relationships and effects of ICT and media technologies on sustainability, not only from a technical perspective, but also from a cultural point of view. The focus is on exploring what we can proactively do as media practitioners, coders, designers and users to exploit the positive effects of information technologies, and what we need to beware of. We will look at different areas of opportunities, and go through examples of projects that work in these directions.

About: Jorge Zapico is a researcher and PhD candidate at KTH at Media technology and interaction design, the Centre for Sustainable Communications, and the department of Industrial Ecology. His research concerns the relationship of ICT and sustainability and using data as a tool for sustainability. He is also co-organizer of the Green Hackathon series of events.

Literature:

1) Hilty, L. (2008).  Information Technology and Sustainability: Essays on the relationship between information technology and sustainable development, Chapter 7, "A conceptual framework for ICT effects on sustainability". Available in Bilda.

2) Hilty, L. (2008).  Information Technology and Sustainability: Essays on the relationship between information technology and sustainable development, Chapter 8, "Steps towards a Sustainable Information Society". Available in Bilda.

3) Zapico, J. (2013). The hacker ethic, openness and sustainability. Download here. Chapter in: The open book, Open Knowledge Foundation.

4) Zapico, J., Brandt, N., Turpeinen, M. (2010) Environmental Metrics: The Main Opportunity from ICT for Industrial Ecology. Journal of Industrial Ecology 14, 703-706. Short paper, download here.

Extra/optional literature on these topics:

- The climate group and Gesi (2008) “Smart 2020”  Download.
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