Genevieve Bell
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Genevieve Bell is a cultural anthropologist, technologist and futurist best known for her work at the intersection of cultural practice and technology development.
After completing her PhD in cultural anthropology at Stanford University in 1998, she spent 18 years in Silicon Valley helping guide Intel’s product development by developing the company’s social science and design research capabilities.
As Director of the School of Cybernetics at The Australian National University, Genevieve is interested in telling hopeful stories about futures that are actively built in the present and informed by the past. #NewCybernetics builds on the original ideas of cybernetics, where the steering of technological objects is driven by the influence of humans and the ecological environment.
Genevieve is the inaugural appointee to the Florence Violet McKenzie Chair at the ANU, named in honour Australia’s first female electrical engineer, which promotes the inclusive use of technology in society.
Genevieve is a Non-Executive Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Board, Member of the Prime Minister’s National Science and Technology Council, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE), Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH), SRI International Engelbart Distinguished Fellow and an Officer of the Order of Australia.
Prior to becoming the first new school at ANU in over 30 years, Genevieve established the 3A Institute, with a mission of building a new branch of engineering to effectively and ethically manage the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on humanity through better design and management of technology.
Articles by Genevieve
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Responsibility to a beautiful land and its peoples
Responsibility to a beautiful land and its peoples
By Genevieve Bell
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A brilliant day at the Stripe Tour Sydney, crammed with insight into the most important trends in payments and financial technology. A key…
A brilliant day at the Stripe Tour Sydney, crammed with insight into the most important trends in payments and financial technology. A key…
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I’m honored and humbled to become the first Chief AI Officer at Leidos, where I’ll lead the execution of our AI strategy, including internal efforts…
I’m honored and humbled to become the first Chief AI Officer at Leidos, where I’ll lead the execution of our AI strategy, including internal efforts…
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I read somewhere that if we are lucky that we will get 8 incredibly important people in our lives. Let me tell you about one of mine named Richard…
I read somewhere that if we are lucky that we will get 8 incredibly important people in our lives. Let me tell you about one of mine named Richard…
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Publications
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The Secret Life of Data
Prickly Paradigm Press, In Press, 2015
Chapter: “The Secret Life of Data.” in Boellstorff and Maurer’s (eds) Data: Now Bigger and Better. Prickly Paradigm Press. In press (publication date March 2015).
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“Resistance is futile”: reading science fiction alongside ubiquitous computing
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
bDesign-oriented research is an act of collective imagining—a way in which we work together to bring about a future that lies slightly out of our grasp. In this paper, we examine the collective imagining of ubiquitous computing by bringing it into alignment with a related phenomenon, science fiction, in particular as imagined by a series of television shows that form part of the cultural backdrop for many members of the research community. A comparative reading of these fictional narratives…
bDesign-oriented research is an act of collective imagining—a way in which we work together to bring about a future that lies slightly out of our grasp. In this paper, we examine the collective imagining of ubiquitous computing by bringing it into alignment with a related phenomenon, science fiction, in particular as imagined by a series of television shows that form part of the cultural backdrop for many members of the research community. A comparative reading of these fictional narratives highlights a series of themes that are also implicit in the research literature. We argue both that these themes are important considerations in the shaping of technological design and that an attention to the tropes of popular culture holds methodological value for ubiquitous computing.
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Divining a Digital Future: mess and mythology in ubiquitous computing.
MIT Press
Ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) is the label for a "third wave" of computing technologies. Following the eras of the mainframe computer and the desktop PC, ubicomp is characterized by small and powerful computing devices that are worn, carried, or embedded in the world around us. The ubicomp research agenda originated at Xerox PARC in the late 1980s; these days, some form of that vision is a reality for the millions of users of Internet-enabled phones, GPS devices, wireless networks, and…
Ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) is the label for a "third wave" of computing technologies. Following the eras of the mainframe computer and the desktop PC, ubicomp is characterized by small and powerful computing devices that are worn, carried, or embedded in the world around us. The ubicomp research agenda originated at Xerox PARC in the late 1980s; these days, some form of that vision is a reality for the millions of users of Internet-enabled phones, GPS devices, wireless networks, and "smart" domestic appliances. In Divining a Digital Future, computer scientist Paul Dourish and cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell explore the vision that has driven the ubiquitous computing research program and the contemporary practices that have emerged--both the motivating mythology and the everyday messiness of lived experience.Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the authors' collaboration, the book takes seriously the need to understand ubicomp not only technically but also culturally, socially, politically, and economically. Dourish and Bell map the terrain of contemporary ubiquitous computing, in the research community and in daily life; explore dominant narratives in ubicomp around such topics as infrastructure, mobility, privacy, and domesticity; and suggest directions for future investigation, particularly with respect to methodology and conceptual foundations.
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Unpacking Anthropology at Intel
AnthroNotes. Vol 32: 2
A description of my latest research project, designed to understand how cars around the world can serve as windows into the future of mobile technology and computers.
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Be naked as often as possible: lessons from the field as lessons for life.
Commencement Address, School of Information, UC Berkeley
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Back to the Shed: Gendered visions of technology & domesticity
Personal & Ubiquitous Computing: At Home with IT. 11(5), 373-381.
One of the tropes of the age of ubiquitous computing is the migration of computation into new
spaces. Domestic environments have been a particular focus of attention for many. However, these spaces are neither empty nor neutral. They are already populated by people and practices which shape both their physical form and cultural meaning. We want to consider here some questions of technology and domesticity. In order to give some critical perspective, we want to approach
domestic space from…One of the tropes of the age of ubiquitous computing is the migration of computation into new
spaces. Domestic environments have been a particular focus of attention for many. However, these spaces are neither empty nor neutral. They are already populated by people and practices which shape both their physical form and cultural meaning. We want to consider here some questions of technology and domesticity. In order to give some critical perspective, we want to approach
domestic space from the edge, and in particular, from the shed.Other authors -
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No more SMS for Jesus: Ubicomp, Religion & techno-spirtual practices
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006. Ubicomp 2006, LNCS 4206, pp. 141 –158, 2006.
Over the last decade, new information and communication technologies have lived a secret life. For individuals and institutions around the world, this constellation of mobile phones, personal computers, the internet, software, games, and other computing objects have supported a complex set of religious and spiritual needs. In this paper, I offer a survey of emerging and emergent techno-spiritual practices, and the anxieties surrounding their uptake. I am interested in particular in the ways…
Over the last decade, new information and communication technologies have lived a secret life. For individuals and institutions around the world, this constellation of mobile phones, personal computers, the internet, software, games, and other computing objects have supported a complex set of religious and spiritual needs. In this paper, I offer a survey of emerging and emergent techno-spiritual practices, and the anxieties surrounding their uptake. I am interested in particular in the ways in which religious uses of technology represent not only a critique of dominant visions of technology’s futures, but also suggest a very different path(s) for ubiquitous computing's technology envisioning and development.
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Satu Keluarga, Satu Komputer, [One home, one computer]: Cultural Accounts of ICTs in South and Southeast Asia.
Design Issues, Vol 22:2. MIT Press
Patents
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TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
Issued US 20130335349
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Honors & Awards
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Most Influential Women In Technology
Elle Magazine
For the first time ever, ELLE rounds up the most influential women in the tech industry in our July Social Issue, on newsstands June 24. Beyond Sheryl and Marissa and the man-child zillionaires, what does tech-world power really look like? Many of these 13 women have lots of authority and, yes, money, but they all share one quality: guts—to launch ideas, companies, and even (actual) rockets.
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2013 WOMEN OF VISION ABIE AWARD WINNER FOR LEADERSHIP
Anita Borg Institute
The ABIE Award for Leadership recognizes a leading technical woman who has led an important technology development or innovation, made a significant contribution to the technology industry, and inspires others. Women recognized have included the leader of a team of computer scientists, interaction designers, human factors engineers and social scientists who has fundamentally altered the way products are designed so that they are centered on people’s needs, the first female fellow at a major…
The ABIE Award for Leadership recognizes a leading technical woman who has led an important technology development or innovation, made a significant contribution to the technology industry, and inspires others. Women recognized have included the leader of a team of computer scientists, interaction designers, human factors engineers and social scientists who has fundamentally altered the way products are designed so that they are centered on people’s needs, the first female fellow at a major technology company, and the Chair of the Mozilla Foundation, who organized and motivated a massive, worldwide collective of employees and volunteers to launch the Firefox browser.
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Jury Chair, IXDA
IXDA
The 2014 Interaction Award recipients brilliantly demonstrate how the practice of Interaction Design is dedicated to the improvement of human lives,” said IxDA President Nick Gould. “These projects, and indeed all the submissions we received, are evidence of the exciting and inspiring ways in which designers can change the world for the better. In addition to recognizing the award winners’ achievement, we at the IxDA look forward to the continuing global conversation about what constitutes…
The 2014 Interaction Award recipients brilliantly demonstrate how the practice of Interaction Design is dedicated to the improvement of human lives,” said IxDA President Nick Gould. “These projects, and indeed all the submissions we received, are evidence of the exciting and inspiring ways in which designers can change the world for the better. In addition to recognizing the award winners’ achievement, we at the IxDA look forward to the continuing global conversation about what constitutes excellence in interaction design.”
http://awards.ixda.org/juror/2014-dr-genevieve-bell/
The Future Voice Award, selected by Interaction Award Jury Chair Dr. Genevieve Bell from Intel, was awarded to The World Building Media Lab at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The Future Voice Award is selected from outside the Interaction Awards submissions, recognizing work demonstrating the profound potential of Interaction Design and evidence of what Interaction Design could become.
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Women in Technology International Hall of Fame
WITI
The WITI Hall of Fame was established in 1996 by WITI to recognize, honor, and promote the outstanding contributions women make to the scientific and technological communities that improve and evolve our society.
http://www.witi.com/center/witimuseum/halloffame/248075/Genevieve-Bell,-Ph.D.-Intel-Fellow;-Director,-User-Interaction-and-Experience,-Intel-Labs-Intel-Corporation/
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Ella McCarthy and I are giving a Sci_Burst talk on #climatechange #fables and their calls to action next Friday 🦊📚🌏 We’ll be speaking about…
Ella McCarthy and I are giving a Sci_Burst talk on #climatechange #fables and their calls to action next Friday 🦊📚🌏 We’ll be speaking about…
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Before pivoting my career fully toward my passion for the outdoor lifestyle, I worked many years in the tech industry in the fields of Industrial…
Before pivoting my career fully toward my passion for the outdoor lifestyle, I worked many years in the tech industry in the fields of Industrial…
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I'm still buzzing after this morning's kick-off meeting for the ADM+S's Generative Authenticity project. I'm proud to be co-leading this project with…
I'm still buzzing after this morning's kick-off meeting for the ADM+S's Generative Authenticity project. I'm proud to be co-leading this project with…
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