Doctoral Student
E-mail: seda.ozcetin@umu.se
Background
I grew up in Ankara Turkey in the 80s in an environment
characterized by contrasts and struggles. My everydays were filled
with music, design, politics, people with very vibrant storytelling
skills, food, play and lots of studying, observation, worrying, and
caring. These eventually directed me to study design where I could
combine the artistic, social, and technical.
I studied industrial design at Middle East Technical University
(METU) and received my bachelor degree in 2005 and master of
science degree in 2008. My master thesis was on the role of design
exhibitions in Turkey. On the side I worked as an industrial
designer in the industry and eventually decided that I should find
another direction. My Scandinavian life started in 2009 as I joined
a one-year master program in entrepreneurship at Lund University. A
year later in 2011, I returned to Scandinavia this time to
Copenhagen.
In 2012, together with my sister Şeyda, I started a design
studio called Hamide, carrying our dying mother's name and legacy
as a homage to her and recognizing her as a designer. Having to
return to Turkey in 2018, alongside my remote design work, I
started teaching design at various design schools in Ankara (METU,
TOBB ETU, TEDU). I created service design course as an elective to
industrial design students and also participated in studio courses
in first and third year studies. Since 2021 June, I have been
working at UID as a Marie Skłodowska Curie research fellow as part
of the DCODE Network.
What I do at UID
I am a member of DCODE, a European network and PhD Program that
collaborates with various associated and academic partners -of
which UID is part. We will be collectively rethinking the role of
design in response to the digitalization of society.
Research
As part of DCODE Network's work package 4 "Democratic data
governance", I am specifically conducting research on how we might
design alternatives for the Terms of Service (ToS). Currently I am
looking at existing ToSs to understand and critique them with the
aim to offer design interventions. My overall goal however is to
shift to new forms of social contracts that are based on democratic
data governance principles, better distribute power and control
among stakeholders, and are dynamic and negotiable.
Exhibitions
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I Feel From Passport i within Study Group on Migration
Presents, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, January 2017
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It's Time For Interactive Installation, 3rd
International Conference on Time Perspective in Copenhagen, August
2016
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As Time Goes By Interactive Installation, 3rd
International Conference on Time Perspective in Copenhagen, August
2016
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Deleby Exhibition organized by Dansk Arkitektur Center,
Copenhagen Rådhuspladsen, June 2016
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Taipei Design & City Exhibition 2015 in Taipei
Taiwan, Soul of City_Copenhagen Exhibition, August-September
2015
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Pomegranate #1, Gallery VESS Copenhagen, June - July
2015 (**)
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2nd Hamide Days, Leftovers, DANSK Made for Rooms, February -
March 2015
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(**) Organized by Hamide Design Studio
Talk
to me about
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Design, art, music
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Design process: methods and tools
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Service design
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Inclusive design
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Data governance and AI
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Design in relation to urban context, immigration, and
sustainability
