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- ISEA2011: 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art
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- Serendipity is Dead…. Long Live Serendipity
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Chair Person: Mel Woods
Presenters: Geraint Wiggins, Aleks Krotoski & Clive GillmanMany scientific and artistic innovations have been attributed to serendipity, the faculty of making and recognising fortunate and unexpected discoveries by accident. The phenomenon is widely regarded across disciplines as a valuable way of sparking research ideas and triggering new connections. However, while there is a widespread understanding that serendipity is a major contributor to innovation, there is disagreement as to whether digital technologies promote or stifle serendipity. The Worldwide Web has allowed us to make many positive changes in our society and environment, for example through social networking and e-publishing, but it also presents problems, by its very nature. Recently serendipity, and the role that the worldwide web and social networks now play in search query for information seeking, has received attention from library and information science, psychology, and computer science, art and design. This renewed interest and dialogue across art and science seeks to understand, support and facilitate serendipity across digital and physical environments. The panel will explore the notion of serendipity, from the understanding of its role in art and science in digital domains. The debate will explore of the social and intellectual nature of serendipitous interaction, with people and computers; new developments in products, technologies and practices such as those that are redefining literacy and reshaping how we discover, record and innovate; the use and enhancement of Semantic Web technology; and the role of new media and digital arts in transforming and presenting information and ideas.