Anuradha Reddy
(dr. - she/her)

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Hello! Iโ€™m an independent design researcher with a critical making practice via craftivisms, hardware hacks, and re-appropriation of data technologies.


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I am an independent design researcher with a critical making practice via craftivisms, hardware hacks and re-appropriations of data-driven technologies. 





Open Hardware Project: Moon-phases + Period tracking Calendar



Research Article: Artificial Everyday Creativity




Open Hardware Talk: Knotty Hardware


Research Workshop: Venetian Drawing Conversations

Research Pictorial: Drawing Conversations Mediated by AI



Research Pictorial: Exploring Kolam As An Ecofeminist Computational Art Practice



Open Hardware Project: BOOB-Factor Authentication in Banjara Embroidery



Open Hardware Project: Internet of Towels - Knotty Articulations




Open Hardware Project: Secure Your Home IoT with the CryptoCrochet-Key


Open Hardware Project: Make Your Own Resistor Cushion



Research Article: Making Everyday Things Talk


Research Workshop: More-Than-Human Design & AI


PhD Dissertation: Researching IoT Through Design

Research Workshop: Encountering Ethics In Data-Enabled IoT


Research Article: The Role of Participation in Designing For IoT


Book chapter: Feeling At Home with the Internet of Things


Research Article: Platform Ethics in Technology


Research Article: Where is the Interface?


Research Project: Thing (Data) Perspectives


Research Project: Ethnography of Open Street Mapping


Research Project: Living with a Smart Plug


Research Workshop: Subverting IoT Futures

Where is the Interface? ๐Ÿ‘พ 



EAI Journal Article
Dimitrios Gkouskos, Per Linde, and Anuradha Reddy 2019. Where is the interface? โ€“ Appropriating Interaction with IoT in the Smart Home. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies 19(19): e2

Journal Abstract
With the proliferation of IoT the home is becoming a โ€œsmartโ€ space that provides new opportunities for supporting creative experiences for the user. Adaptable IoT devices offer the possibility for users to appropriate interaction in the home. The objective of this paper is to explore the use of a configurable, placeable, IoT enabled button as a way for users to appropriate interaction with the smart home. The study employs the methods of technology probes, photography, and contextual interviews. Our findings show that our users configured the IoT enabled button to manage automation in the home, to install place-significant shortcuts for relevant smart home features, and to create interaction points for tasks that support the userโ€™s daily routines. We propose that IoT should not only be seen as a way to increase efficiency in the home but also as a vehicle for user-created interaction opportunities that can creatively support rising needs in each userโ€™s daily life.

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