Elizabeth Chin and I ran our robot-making workshop as part of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropolgy.
From the program description of our workshop: Hey, Do You Want to Make a Robot? We will make toothbrush robots! This is a fun, arts-based activity that introduces basic electronics. Appropriate for all ages. Robots take about 15 minutes, start to finish — but you can stay as long as you like, making more robots, or decorating your robot to make it extra special."
The archived conference program can be found here.
Casey Anderson (they / them) is designing and repurposing technologies to activate participatory practice, primarily involving explorations of sound, in diverse cultures and communities. Performances, exhibitions, and residencies include MOCA - Los Angeles (CA), ISSUE Project Room (NY), STEIM (NL), Atlantic Center for the Arts (FL), Mass MOCA (MA), The Walker Art Center (MN), and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (CA). Over the last two decades they have lead numerous initiatives at the intersection of arts programming and community organization, including hybrid web-journal/festivals (the Experimental Music Yearbook, with John P. Hastings and Scott Cazan), as well as community arts centers/venues like Trade School (with Arden Stern), the wulf., BETALEVEL, and Machine Project. As an educator they have taught at ArtCenter College of Design and UCLA. They currently live in Los Angeles, California, own and operate the organizational initiative a wave, and teach at KAOS Network.
Elizabeth Chin is an anthropologist and ethnographer with a varied practice that includes performative scholarship, collaborative research, vernacular electronics, and experimental writing. Her work interrogates race and racism with fieldwork in the US and in Haiti. Currently she is Editor in Chief of American Anthropologist.
KAOS Kids empowers Los Angeles through A-STEAM workshops, where Arts redefine access to science, tech, engineering, and math for ages 9 months to 99 years. Our open-source model fosters business growth and networking, aligning with Sankofa principles—looking seven generations forward and back. United in creativity-driven pathways, families and individuals cultivate innovation, become educators linked by KAOS Network’s 40-year legacy, and engage in monthly art walks to showcase and profit from their designs, nurturing future innovators.
KAOS Network, led by Ben Caldwell, is an artistic oasis in Leimert Park, cultivating shared experiences in BlackDesign, music, and technology. We empower South LA through trans-media arts and a city-supported zero-emissions initiative to enhance community health and mobility.
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