written on 19th may 2024
Going into the incubator, I was unpacking a lot of information. I had to find an easy way to present it and engage the audience. Keeping it to comparing two popular platforms definitely helped with this process. My concern now coming out of it, is that presenting large chunks of legal data is not productive in changing minds or engaging the audience to introspection. A lot of these systems (social networks, media and ownership rights) have existed for some time and there are clearly more experienced minds working on both sides of the discourse. My engagement felt in that sense, a bit boring. As I proceed with this project I need to pull my subject of research out of the realm of data and security and into the realm of culture and application. I feel I need to make my interventions in the future more engaging and fun. This is something I will look into as I progress further. I don’t think it will be an excuse to say, this subject is new for everyone including myself and that it has little prior examples on how to be approached. Because of the contemporary nature of my subject, I need to search for directions and perspectives that are niche or yet unknown to create a more interesting way of generating interest.