39 min
Technobiophilia - Nature and Wellbeing in the Digital Age Journal of Biophilic Design
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- Documentary
Can technology and nature go hand in hand, can we use technology to embrace nature? If so, how? Technobiophilia is a new term coined by writer and researcher Sue Thomas. We speak with her about her book of the same name and also about Nature, Wellbeing in the Digital Age. Quotidian use of our device interaction throws up the most surprising benefits it seems, who would have thought that Grand Theft Auto or FarmVille would give us a potential escape route after work into nature, or how nature found its way into our metaphorical library to be an unspoken lexicon for cyberspace terminology. When we use our devices we step into another world, another geography even. Allowing ourselves the grace to embrace technology could provide a transition or an accessible portal for us to enter into the natural world. We talk webcams, Blue Mind, AVs in healthcare, screen savers, the geography of cyberspace and environmental psychology. An interesting and thought-provoking listen to anyone working with nature in their practice, from urban planning to architecture and interior design.
Can technology and nature go hand in hand, can we use technology to embrace nature? If so, how? Technobiophilia is a new term coined by writer and researcher Sue Thomas. We speak with her about her book of the same name and also about Nature, Wellbeing in the Digital Age. Quotidian use of our device interaction throws up the most surprising benefits it seems, who would have thought that Grand Theft Auto or FarmVille would give us a potential escape route after work into nature, or how nature found its way into our metaphorical library to be an unspoken lexicon for cyberspace terminology. When we use our devices we step into another world, another geography even. Allowing ourselves the grace to embrace technology could provide a transition or an accessible portal for us to enter into the natural world. We talk webcams, Blue Mind, AVs in healthcare, screen savers, the geography of cyberspace and environmental psychology. An interesting and thought-provoking listen to anyone working with nature in their practice, from urban planning to architecture and interior design.
39 min