Infrastructures enable certain types of mobility and transactions to take place. Our primary way of interacting with these infrastructures, however, is through an interface, whether it be a screen, object, or system. What happens when we look beyond their interfaces? What do we learn about the politics and power structures of the systems surrounding us?
Panelists:
Benjamin Bratton (Theorist of Philosophy, Art & Design) - Video contribution
Caroline Nevejan (Chief Science Officer of Amsterdam, Professor of Designing Urban Experience)
Noa Jansma (Communication, BA)
Patricia Reed (Artist & Writer)
Ryan Baker (Information Design, MA) 
Zeniya Vreugdenhil (The Critical Inquiry Lab, MA)
Moderator: Ceola Tunstall-Behrens (The Arena team)
With design research at its heart, The Arena is Design Academy Eindhoven’s (DAE) in-house platform for furthering dialogues on design discourse. It addresses and contextualises aspects of design practice that inform and surpass a final object or outcome.Tune in to DDW TV daily on  ddw.nl  from 14:30-15:30 for panel discussions on the dilemmas of institutional critique, bio-politics and collective care, power structures behind invisible infrastructures, interrogations on cultural heritage and more.
