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Diego Maranan
Diego is an artist, academic, and activist who works in the area of human-technology interaction. Through technology research and intermedia artistic practice, he investigates, critiques, and reimagines the relationship between humans and the world we inhabit. He holds a Marie Curie fellowship at Plymouth University; teaches at the University of the Philippines Open University; advises for WeDpro, a feminist nonprofit that empowers marginalized women and youth in the Philippines; and co-founded Curiosity, a Manila-based design strategy firm. As one of SEAD’s core members, Diego worked on an extensive range of Biomodd projects in the Philippines, New York and Europe.
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Innovation in Education: Developing and Assessing Gamification in the University of the Philippines Open University Massive Open Online Courses; Moldez, Cecille; Crisanto, Mari Anjeli; Cerdeña, Ma. Gian Rose; Maranan, Diego S.; Figueroa, Roberto; ASEAN Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 25 August 2024
ARTIFEX: Exoplanet Atmosphere Visualization; Steyaert, Pieter; Braam, Marrick; Balduin, Thorsten; Marshall, Oriel; Maranan, Diego; Bruun, Jesper; EVA London 2024: Electronic Visualisation & the Arts, 8 July 2024
The Wearable Futures Hackathon: Futures thinking, speculative design and wearable technologies in the Global South; Suplemento, Jerome II; Maranan, Diego S.; 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2024), 25 June 2024
Designing for One's Own: Towards Technology Design Education for Home and Family Care; Maranan, Diego S.; Politics of the Machine (POM) 2024, 2024 April 24
Imagining and Prototyping the Future from the Margins; Maranan, Diego S.; , 28 March 2024
Futures Thinking and Futures Literacy Through Design and Technology; Maranan, Diego S.; , 27 March 2024
Understanding Multidisciplinary Contexts Through Research Literature Reviews; Maranan, Diego S.; , 25 March 2024
Posthuman Ecologies in postcolonial times: Biomodd, Biodiversity tower, and Biosignals; Maranan, Diego S.; , 25 March 2024
Imagining and Prototyping the Future from the Margins; Maranan, Diego S.; Communicating the Arts 2023 (CTA27), 22 November 2023
Using Frontier Tech for Environmental Advocacy; Maranan, Diego S.; Communicating the Arts 2023, 21 Nov 2023
The unique potential of hand-illustration to explore art and science interactions in the Engines of Eternity space art project; Wan, Arise; Steyaert, Pieter; Versbraegen, Nassim; Pereira, Frederico Sena; Verschuren, Jeroen; Faber, Nils; Maranan, Diego S.; Doninck, Karine Van; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; 74th International Astronautical Congress, 2023 October 2
Psychopomp I; Maranan, Diego S.; Buxton, Maggie; Alternative Reality Gardening, 2023 Oct
Exploring Student Experiences in a Blended Learning Hackathon: Adapting to Hybrid Learning in Post-Pandemic Education; Suplemento, Jerome A.; Maranan, Diego S.; Vengua, Lucky; International Conference on Open Distance eLearning (ICODeL) 2023, 22 August 2023
Biomodd: the integration of art into transdisciplinary research practices; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Birsel, Zeynep; Maranan, Diego S.; Haines, Agatha; Peeters, Ann; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 2023 May 20
Co-creation towards the post-Anthropocene; Steyaert, Pieter; Vermeulen, Angelo; Holt, Amy; Maranan, Diego S.; Checola, Giusy; Nasser, Mona; Verschuren, Jeroen; Tournaye, Pim; 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art, May 2023
The BUKAS Lab: Opening artscience exploration and futures literacy in the Global South; Maranan, Diego S.; Steyaert, Pieter; Vengua, Lucky; Casauay, Franchesca; Kuchner, Ulrike; Suplemento, Jerome; Holt, Amy; Peeters, Ann; Tournaye, Pim; Nasser, Mona; Gonzales, Yvette; Vermeulen, Angelo; 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art, May 2023
The universe as home: Exploring the tension between climate change and the space race through somatic experiences, speculative design, and interactive performance; Maranan, Diego S.; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Verschuren, Jeroen; Vermeulen, Angelo; Convergence: Seminar on Technological and Somatic Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Artistic Practices, 21 April 2023
Artscience Thinking for the Global South; Maranan, Diego S.; The International Society for Education through Art, "Connecting ways of thinking: Intersections of Art and Science to consider inclusion" Webinar, 22 Feb 2023
The Bukas Lab: Exploring Creative Physical Spaces for a Virtual University; Maranan, Diego S.; 1st World Learning Labs Symposium, 27 January 2023
Raderdieren, klonen, DNA en het in kaart brengen van menselijke ideologie in de ruimte [Rotifers, cloning, DNA and mapping human ideology in space]; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; Maranan, Diego S.; Podium voor Bio-ethiek [Podium for Bioethics], 2023
Wearable Futures Hackathon – Co-creating a Hybrid, Interdisciplinary Learning Experience [Presentation]; Vengua, Lucky Angelo P.; Suplemento, Jerome II; Maranan, Diego S.; 7th National Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning (NCODeL 2022), 2022-11-24
The spread of systematic review methodologies in new disciplines; Nasser, Mona; Maranan, Diego S.; Birsel, Zeynep; Kuchner, Ulrike; Steyaert, Pieter; 3rd Evidence-Based Research Conference, 6-7 October 2022
Meta-futurism: an immersive workshop with science fiction elements to facilitate a conversation on climate change and space exploration; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Maranan, Diego; Knight, Jacqui; Gonzalez, Yvette Marie; Haines, Agatha; Peeters, Ann; 33rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, 20 Sept 2022
Ēngines of Ēternity: An Artistic Inquiry Into Space Settlement Ideology Using Rotifer Experiments on Board the ISS; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; Steyaert, Pieter; Versbraegen, Nassim; Maranan, Diego; Wan, Arise; Verschuren, Jeroen; Sena, Frederico; Peeters, Ann; Faber, Nils; Mirzada, Fattana; Van Doninck, Karine; 33rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, 20 Sept 2022
Biomodd: hybrid practices for sustainability across art and science; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaer, Pieter; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA 2022), 4 Sept 2022
ARTIFEX: Exoplanet Atmosphere Visualization; Steyaert, Pieter; Braam, Marrick; Balduin, Thorsten; Marshall, Oriel; Maranan, Diego; Bruun, Jesper; EVA London 2024: Electronic Visualisation & the Arts, 8 July 2024
The Wearable Futures Hackathon: Futures thinking, speculative design and wearable technologies in the Global South; Suplemento, Jerome II; Maranan, Diego S.; 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2024), 25 June 2024
Designing for One's Own: Towards Technology Design Education for Home and Family Care; Maranan, Diego S.; Politics of the Machine (POM) 2024, 2024 April 24
Imagining and Prototyping the Future from the Margins; Maranan, Diego S.; , 28 March 2024
Futures Thinking and Futures Literacy Through Design and Technology; Maranan, Diego S.; , 27 March 2024
Understanding Multidisciplinary Contexts Through Research Literature Reviews; Maranan, Diego S.; , 25 March 2024
Posthuman Ecologies in postcolonial times: Biomodd, Biodiversity tower, and Biosignals; Maranan, Diego S.; , 25 March 2024
Imagining and Prototyping the Future from the Margins; Maranan, Diego S.; Communicating the Arts 2023 (CTA27), 22 November 2023
Using Frontier Tech for Environmental Advocacy; Maranan, Diego S.; Communicating the Arts 2023, 21 Nov 2023
The unique potential of hand-illustration to explore art and science interactions in the Engines of Eternity space art project; Wan, Arise; Steyaert, Pieter; Versbraegen, Nassim; Pereira, Frederico Sena; Verschuren, Jeroen; Faber, Nils; Maranan, Diego S.; Doninck, Karine Van; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; 74th International Astronautical Congress, 2023 October 2
Psychopomp I; Maranan, Diego S.; Buxton, Maggie; Alternative Reality Gardening, 2023 Oct
Exploring Student Experiences in a Blended Learning Hackathon: Adapting to Hybrid Learning in Post-Pandemic Education; Suplemento, Jerome A.; Maranan, Diego S.; Vengua, Lucky; International Conference on Open Distance eLearning (ICODeL) 2023, 22 August 2023
Biomodd: the integration of art into transdisciplinary research practices; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Birsel, Zeynep; Maranan, Diego S.; Haines, Agatha; Peeters, Ann; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 2023 May 20
Co-creation towards the post-Anthropocene; Steyaert, Pieter; Vermeulen, Angelo; Holt, Amy; Maranan, Diego S.; Checola, Giusy; Nasser, Mona; Verschuren, Jeroen; Tournaye, Pim; 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art, May 2023
The BUKAS Lab: Opening artscience exploration and futures literacy in the Global South; Maranan, Diego S.; Steyaert, Pieter; Vengua, Lucky; Casauay, Franchesca; Kuchner, Ulrike; Suplemento, Jerome; Holt, Amy; Peeters, Ann; Tournaye, Pim; Nasser, Mona; Gonzales, Yvette; Vermeulen, Angelo; 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art, May 2023
The universe as home: Exploring the tension between climate change and the space race through somatic experiences, speculative design, and interactive performance; Maranan, Diego S.; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Verschuren, Jeroen; Vermeulen, Angelo; Convergence: Seminar on Technological and Somatic Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Artistic Practices, 21 April 2023
Artscience Thinking for the Global South; Maranan, Diego S.; The International Society for Education through Art, "Connecting ways of thinking: Intersections of Art and Science to consider inclusion" Webinar, 22 Feb 2023
The Bukas Lab: Exploring Creative Physical Spaces for a Virtual University; Maranan, Diego S.; 1st World Learning Labs Symposium, 27 January 2023
Raderdieren, klonen, DNA en het in kaart brengen van menselijke ideologie in de ruimte [Rotifers, cloning, DNA and mapping human ideology in space]; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; Maranan, Diego S.; Podium voor Bio-ethiek [Podium for Bioethics], 2023
Wearable Futures Hackathon – Co-creating a Hybrid, Interdisciplinary Learning Experience [Presentation]; Vengua, Lucky Angelo P.; Suplemento, Jerome II; Maranan, Diego S.; 7th National Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning (NCODeL 2022), 2022-11-24
The spread of systematic review methodologies in new disciplines; Nasser, Mona; Maranan, Diego S.; Birsel, Zeynep; Kuchner, Ulrike; Steyaert, Pieter; 3rd Evidence-Based Research Conference, 6-7 October 2022
Meta-futurism: an immersive workshop with science fiction elements to facilitate a conversation on climate change and space exploration; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Maranan, Diego; Knight, Jacqui; Gonzalez, Yvette Marie; Haines, Agatha; Peeters, Ann; 33rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, 20 Sept 2022
Ēngines of Ēternity: An Artistic Inquiry Into Space Settlement Ideology Using Rotifer Experiments on Board the ISS; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; Steyaert, Pieter; Versbraegen, Nassim; Maranan, Diego; Wan, Arise; Verschuren, Jeroen; Sena, Frederico; Peeters, Ann; Faber, Nils; Mirzada, Fattana; Van Doninck, Karine; 33rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, 20 Sept 2022
Biomodd: hybrid practices for sustainability across art and science; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaer, Pieter; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA 2022), 4 Sept 2022