Aesthetics and Ecology in Technological Education

This page details additional open outputs on aesthetics, ecology, care and technology produced during the project. These include conference presentations, public talks, exhibitions and artworks, Additional outputs will be added as they become available.

The full context of each outputs is detailed in the project’s work packages (PRs), the learning and teaching events (ISPs), and the project multipliers throughout this website.

Type of OutputTitleAuthorsEvent/PublicationDate
Conferences & Talks
Conference paperPresentation & panel discussionMcGarrigle C.; O’Sullivan J.; Moldovan S.The 2nd European Culture and Technology Lab+ Annual Conference. Techne logos, Care and the (Neg) Anthropocene, Dublin, Ireland.
Conference paperPerception of Aesthetics of Care. Text-to-image AI generation.Moldovan I., Moldovan S., Ilieș N., Câmpian C.The 2nd European Culture and Technology Lab+ Annual Conference. Techne logos, Care and the (Neg) Anthropocene, Dublin, Ireland.Jan 2023
Conference paperRosia Montana. The Journey of ‘Care’ of an Endangered Site.Moldovan I., Moldovan S., Ilieș N., Câmpian C.The 2nd European Culture and Technology Lab+ Annual Conference. Techne logos, Care and the (Neg) Anthropocene, Dublin, Ireland.Jan 2023
Art Festival panelAesthetics of Care Panel DiscussionFornet A., Perez S., Duggan B., Moldovan I.Festival de Arte Emergente Mucho Mas Mayo, Cartagena, Spain.May 2023
Conference paper‘Care’ understood by AI. Biases and controversiesMoldovan I., Ilieș N.18th DRC (Danube Rectors’ Conference) Summer School on Regional Cooperation “Transformation of post-war Europe: Challenging universities and research in the Danube Region”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.July 2023
Conference paperAesthetics of Care. Controversies in text-to-image modelsMoldovan I., Moldovan S.Human – a measure of all things? The challenge of the post-industrial information society, Sofia, Bulgaria.November 2023
Conference paperUtopian Visions or Dystopian Realities? The Role of Sci-Fi Imagery and Technological Innovations in Contemporary Urban MegaprojectsCecălășan I., Moldovan I., Moldovan S.Human – a measure of all things? The challenges of the post-industrial information society, Sofia, Bulgaria.November 2023
ChapterImperfections, Curated Decay in Architectural and Public Art MemoriesMoldovan I., Vaughan C., O’Hara M., Moldovan S., Cecălășan I.EAAE Transactions on Architectural Education. CONSERVATION / CREATION The contribution of Conservation to urban futurespending
Conference proceedingsObjects becoming subjects of care: integration of Emotionally Durable Design strategies for a careful Circular EconomyPerez S., Pavlova Y., Moldovan S., Moldovan I., Duggan B., Cecălășan I., Koutsomichalis M.Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E&PDE 2025 -Fostering Human-Centred Products and Services Designpending
Journal ArticleOn aesthetics and technology: reflections from a case study on integration of Aesthetics of Care and Ecology in technological educationPerez, S., McGarrigle, C., McCabe, H., Duggan, B., O’Hara, M., Moldovan, I., Moldovan, S., Klaus, S., Briones, a., Koutsomichalis, M., Pavlova, Y., Vaughan, C.Pedagogy, Culture & Societypending
poster presentationAesthetics of care and sustainability in technological education: implementing a game-based methodologyPerez S., Pavlova Y., Fornet A., Koutsomichalis M., Georgallis T., McCabe h., Duggan B.AesThiCo Multiplier Event, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.Jan 2025
Conference paper
Aesthetics of care and sustainability in technological education: implementing a game-based methodology
Perez S., Pavlova Y., Fornet A., Koutsomichalis M., Georgallis T., McCabe h., Duggan B.DS 131: Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2024 – Rise of the Machines: Design Education in the Generative AI Era. Aston University, Birmingham, UK.Sept 2024
poster presentationCircular Economy and Aesthetics of Care
Pavlova Y., Perez S., Simova I. S., Korolova A., Ramon C. M., Briones A. J., Bouslama S.
Jan 2025
Conference ProceedingsTechnē Logos, Care and the (Neg)anthropocene.
ed. Fitzpatrick N., Vaughan C.

Proceedings of the 2nd annual Conference of ECT Lab+
2024
PresentationPresentation of AesThiCo – European Culture and Technology Laboratory (ECT Lab+), the first ERI in EUt+. Activities & Projects
Moldovan I., Moldovan S.

70th Year Anniversary Conference of the Faculty of Civil Engineering from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca “Tradition and Innovation-70 Years of Higher Education in Civil Engineering in Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Nov 2023
SeminarExploring the Aesthetics of Care in Contemporary Architectural DesignCecălășan I., Ilieș N., Moldovan I., Moldovan S.
Mid-term international seminar Exploring the Aesthetics of Care, AesThiCo (online).
Nov 2023
Type of OutputTitleAuthorsEvent/PublicationDate
Exhibits
Exhibit Machines of Sentient Resonance [Relics] Koutsomichalis M. AesThiCo Exhibition, Limassol, Cyprus. Nov 2024
ExhibitImperfections, Curated Decay in Architectural and Public Art Memories [Genoa case study]Moldovan I., Vaughan C., O’Hara M., Moldovan S., Cecălășan I.AesThiCo Exhibition, Limassol, Cyprus.Nov 2024
Exhibit#RiseandGrind, generative video (AI)McGarrigle, C.AesThiCo Exhibition, Limassol, Cyprus.Nov 2024
ExhibitRepairthon Video InstallationAesthico TeamAesThiCo Exhibition, Limassol, Cyprus.

AesThiCo Multiplier Event, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Nov 2024

Jan 2025
ExhibitDer Hörweg / The Listening PathVejnovic A., Herrmann O.,
Löw R., Herrmann M., Kitaeva X., Wilka E.,Breitsameter S.,
Anyaorah E., Fekry, Bakr N., Bogale Y. A., Cheema M., Hassinger N., Hoxha E., Kitaeva X., Leiding H. M., Munoz M. C.,
Shahid R.
AesThiCo Exhibition, Limassol, Cyprus.

AesThiCo Multiplier Event, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Nov 2024

Jan 2025
ExhibitFrom Emotions to SustainabilityPerez,S.AesThiCo Exhibition, Limassol, Cyprus.

AesThiCo Multiplier Event, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Nov 2024

Jan 2025
ExhibitHyperstition Bot [Relic]Koutsomichalis M.AesThiCo Exhibition, Limassol, Cyprus.Nov 2024
ExhibitScars, Curated Decay in Architectural and Public Art Memories [Nicosia case study]Moldovan I., Vaughan C., O’Hara M., Moldovan S., Cecălășan I.AesThiCo Multiplier Event, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaJan 2024
Type of OutputTitleAuthorEvent/PublicationDate
Dissemination/ publicity
Radio /PodcastSeeing Care In the Neganthropocene | Culture FileMoldovan ICulture File, RTE Lyric FMFeb 2023
Radio /PodcastEntrevista a Marinos, Brenda y José. (en directo y podcast)Duggan, B., Koutsomichalis M., Serrano, JHoy Por Hoy, Cadena SERMay 2023
OnlineEstudiantes de EUt+ arreglan pequeños electrodomésticos en un hackathon/reparathon que se celebra en el FabLabUniversidad Politécnica de CartagenaMay 2023
OnlineEstudiantes de EUt+ arreglan pequeños electródomésticos hoy, en un hackathon/reparathon que se celebra en la UPCTSerrano, JCartagena ActualidadMay 2023
OnlineEstudiantes de doctorado de la UPCT se convierten en técnicos de electrodomésticos en un ‘reparathonSerrano, JLa 7May 2023
OnlineEstudiantes de EUt+ arreglan pequeños electródomésticosMurcia.comMay 2023
OnlineExposición, espectáculo escénico y Semana Corta, entre las propuestas de Mucho Más Mayo para este jueves Achilleos, A. , Koutsomichalis,, McGarrigle, C., M., McCormack, S., Nolan, K.Ayuntamiento CartagenaMay 2023
OnlineArte, cortos y escena se dan cita en la primera jornada de Mucho Más Mayo en Cartagena Achilleos, A. , Koutsomichalis,, McGarrigle, C., M., McCormack, S., Nolan, K.Murcia PlazaMay 2023
Type of OutputTitleAuthorEvent/PublicationDate
Teaching
Visiting LectureFive reasons to revisit Schafer’s The Tuning of the World: Reflections on the future viability of soundscape and acoustic ecologyProf Sabine Breitsameter (h_da)
SFU School of Communication

More information & video of the lecture
May 2025
SymposiumEx\ Immersio VI
Soundscapes & Listening in Change – Caring for Sustainability
h_da School of MediaMuseum Schloss Fechenbach, Dieburg
Ex\ Immersio symposia series:
Soundscapes & Listening in Change – Caring for Sustainability’
July 2024
WorkshopSustainability: a story of durability and careSantiago Perez (UTT),
Ondrej SVOBODA ( EUt+ WPA6 Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
Maël JAMBOU (EUt+ Green Office)
Anthony CARON (EUt+ WPA4 Technology studies, engineering and design school)
Stephen LE COCHE ( EUT+ TA2.4 Fostering inter-culturality and multilingualism)
Miguel LOPEZ ( research unit INSYTE, UTT)
EUt+ Task2.2 Digital Transformation Workshop Sustainability: a story of durability and careFeb 2025