Ferment Media Research is an undergraduate and graduate seminar organized by Dominique Chen and an interdisciplinary research body run with his collaborators at Waseda University's Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
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“Design Theory: Beyond Problem Solving and Future Visioning”— Book Review, The Yomiuri Shimbun
“Design Theory: Beyond Problem Solving and Future Visioning”— Book Review, The Yomiuri Shimbun
Eighth Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Eighth Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Twelfth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Twelfth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
"The AI Mirror" — Book Review, The Yomiuri Shimbun
"The AI Mirror" — Book Review, The Yomiuri Shimbun
Seventh Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Seventh Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Eleventh Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Eleventh Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Sixth Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Sixth Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
"Shoulder to Shoulder" — Book Review, The Yomiuri Shimbun
"Shoulder to Shoulder" — Book Review, The Yomiuri Shimbun
Tenth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Tenth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Fifth Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Fifth Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Ninth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Ninth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Fourth Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Fourth Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Eighth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Eighth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Third Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Third Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Seventh Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Seventh Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Second Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Second Installment of the Series Published in Sekai (Iwanami)
Sixth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Sixth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Fifth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Fifth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
New Series “Lessons with the Non-human: an auto/ethnography of Entanglements”
New Series “Lessons with the Non-human: an auto/ethnography of Entanglements”
Fourth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Fourth Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Third Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Third Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Pickles at Microwave International New Media Arts Festival 2025
Pickles at Microwave International New Media Arts Festival 2025
Second Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Second Installment of the Series Fermentation and Generation: The “Desire Path”
Launch of the New Series, “Fermentation and Generation: The ‘Desire Path’”
Launch of the New Series, “Fermentation and Generation: The ‘Desire Path’”
JST RISTEX “Planetary Care for Humans and Nonhumans” FY2025-2030
JST RISTEX “Planetary Care for Humans and Nonhumans” FY2025-2030
“Science, Technology, and Democracy.” Institut français “Philosophy Evening: Agir pour le vivant”
“Science, Technology, and Democracy.” Institut français “Philosophy Evening: Agir pour le vivant”
Paper on Synlogue accepted at CHI24 (with Honorable Mention)
Paper on Synlogue accepted at CHI24 (with Honorable Mention)
Nukabot selected at SIGGRAPH Emering Technologies 2024
Nukabot selected at SIGGRAPH Emering Technologies 2024
World Design Assembly Tokyo 2023 Design Conference - Humanity Panel
World Design Assembly Tokyo 2023 Design Conference - Humanity Panel
“La fermentation comme source du bien-être humain”
“La fermentation comme source du bien-être humain”
“Fermentative Wellbeing and Technology” at Food 4 Future 2023 Bilbao
“Fermentative Wellbeing and Technology” at Food 4 Future 2023 Bilbao
