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Lecturer: Dr Roman Kirschner
roman.kirschner@zhdk.ch 


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ABSTRACT


This seminar proposes to investigate the aesthetics of interaction design by connecting theory and practice.   Students will learn how to contextualise their practical projects within current discourses and reflect on how their design practice may transform their theoretical assumptions and knowledge.   The students will will examine relevant readings and concepts both through discussions and through their practical work.   The theory seminar is connected with two studio courses, Soft Architecture and Interactive Visualisation.   Related to the Soft Architecture coursethese courses, each student will write an essay on a topic related to their project. Within the Interactive Visualisation course, topics such as data literacy, AI and blockchain will be discussed and connected to the practical exercises. interweaving and mutually questioning conceptual work and studio practice.

The seminar will explore the aesthetics of interaction including topics such as as ecological design, performative experimentation, public interventions, spatial and political design, speculative design, bio design, creative coding, data literacy, surveillance capitalism and AI and blockchain. We will address these aesthetics from the perspective of their origins, cultural contexts and case and case studies. 


COURSE OUTLINE 

The class usually takes place on Mondays, from 8.30-10.30, in room 4K11 - yet with many exceptions(!). So please pay attention to the schedule. The course is structured in two parts. the first (class 2 - 8) is connected to the Soft Architecture Studio and the second (class 9-11) to the Interactive Visualisation Studio. In class 2 - 8 two In each session two teams of two students will give a presentation in each session: one based on readings and the other one based on art and design projects. Each presentation is followed by a discussion and/or an in-class assignment. Each student has to write a final essay based on a topic chosen by the student in relation to a class assignment from part oneand his/her practical work in Soft Architecture or Interactive Visualisation.


EXPECTATIONS AND GRADING

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The reading-based presentation should include answers to these questions: who are the authors? where do they work? what concepts do they propose? what year was the document published? what was the context at the time of publication? what are other contemporary theorists and practitioners perspectives on the authors proposal? what influence did the proposal have? what was your research process to go over your findings? how can you apply the proposed ideas in your design work or others' design work? how can you challenge the ideas presented? - The presentation should be around 25 20 min (if there are 2 presentations/class and less in case there are more presentations/class).

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Additional readings can be proposed to underline a particular aspect and should be considered.



CALENDAR 

(NOTE: ideal wäre ein Termin für Einleitung, 8 Termin mit jeweils 2 Texten + 2 Case Studie Präsentationen, 1 Termin zur Vorbereitung der Essays mit Präsentation der Themen

Class 1 - Monday, 16.9.19 - 13:30-15:30 - Introduction

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Class 2 - Wednesday, 2.10.19 - 9:00-11:00 - Systems and Environments

Class 3 - Thursday, 3.10.19 - 9:00-11:00 - Material and Environmental Dynamics

Class 4 - Friday, 4.10.19 - 9:00-11:00 - Bodies and Spaces

( Class 5 - Saturday, 5.10.19 - 9:00-11:00 - Services and Infrastructure - DIESES MIT EINEM ANDEREN KOMBINIEREN??)

( Class 6 - Monday, 7.10.19 - 9:00-11:00 - Wavescapes )

Class 7 - Monday, 14.10.19 - 8:30-10:30 - 4K11- Anthropocene

( Class 8 - Monday, 21.10.19 - 8:30-10:30 - 4K11 - Cybernetics: Conversation and Fabrics

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Classes connected to Interactive Visualisation Studio (instructor TG )

Class 9 - Monday, 4.11.19 - 8:30-10:30 - Introduction to data and data literacy

Class 10 - Friday, 8.11.19 - full day - Data literacy I 8:30-10:30 - Artificial Intelligence

Class 11 - Friday, 15.11.19 - full day - Data literacy II- 8:30-10:30 - Dopamine Economy + Surveillance Capitalism


Personal feedback on your final essays will be given on January 15, 2020.



DESCRIPTION of the TOPICS and texts in the individual CLASSES
connected to Soft Architecture Studio (instructor RK):

Class 2 - Wednesday, 2.10.19 - 8:30-10:30 - Systems and Environments

Readings:
a) Burnham, Jack. 1969. "Systems and Art". In Arts in Society. 6:2. University of Wisconsin, Summer/Fall 1969. 194-204.
b) Sprenger, Florian. 2019. "Epistemologien des Umgebens: Zur Geschichte, Ökologie und Biopolitik künstlicher environments". 9-30. (Gut genug??)

presented by Andreas F. and Damaris tbc


Project Topics:
- Human-Environment Interactions
- Temporary spaces
- Outdoor Interventions

presented by Sophie, Andreas. B and Roman tbc


Class 3 - Thursday, 3.10.19 - 8:30-10:30 - Material and Environmental Dynamics

Readings:
a) Pickering, Andrew. 2013. "Being in an environment: a performative perspective". Natures Sciences Sociétés 21. 77-83.
b) Ingold, Tim. 2008. "Bringing Things to Life. Creative Entanglements in a World of Materials".

presented by Pamela and Tamara tbc

Project Topics:
- Sourcing materials
- Material-Environment Interactions
- Artificial weather systems

presented by Tim, Yamzom/Yami and Zoe tbc


Class 4 - Friday, 4.10.19 - 8:30-10:30 - Bodies and Spaces

Readings:
a) Hartmann, Klemmer, Takayama. 2006. "How Bodies Matter: Five Themes for Interaction Design". In DIS 2006.

b) Böhme, Gernot. 2000. "Leibliche Anwesenheit im Raum". In Ästhetik und Kommunikation 108. 67-76.

presented by Roman and Sonjoi tbc

Project Topics:
- Multisensory spatial experiences
- Haptics and Space
- Sensing through scales (micro-meso-macro)

presented by Fabian, Pamela and Danu  tbc


Class 5 - Saturday, 5.10.19 - 8:30-10:30 - Services and Infrastructure

Readings:
a) Starosielski, Nicole. 2012. "Warning: Do Not Dig’: Negotiating the Visibility of Critical Infrastructures." Journal of Visual Culture. 11:1. April 2012. 38–57.
b) Orsini, Krisitan & Ostojić, Vukašin. 2018/2019. "Croatias Tourism Industry I+II (Beyond the Sun and Sea, Curse or Blessing?)". European Economic Brief 036 + 047 (RAUS!!!)

presented by Andy and Danu  tbc

Project Topics:
- Speculative service design
- Biological services

presented by Shafira and Tamara  tbc

Class 6 - Monday, 7.10.19 - 8:30-10:30 - Wavescapes

Readings:
a) Husokawa, Shuhei. 1984. "The Walkman Effect". In Popular Music. 4. Performers and Audiences. 165-180.

b)    I) Hessler, Stefanie. 2018. "Tidalectics: Imagining an Oceanic World view through Art and Science“. In Hessler (ed.). "Tidalectics". 31-34,43.  (KEINE GUTEN TEXTE - oder doch?)
       II) Tamatoa Bambridge and Stephanie Leyronas. 2018. "The Polynesian Rahui and Global Issues of Climate". In Hessler (ed.). "Tidalectics". 133-141.

presented by Pascal, Yangzom/Yami and Fabian  tbc

Project Topics:
- Sound Art/Design
- The Commons

presented by Sonjoi and Andreas F.  tbc



Class 7 - Monday, 14.10.19 - 8:30-10:30 - 4K11- Anthropocene

Readings:
a) Latour, Bruno. 2018. "Das terrestrische Manifest". 21-25, 35-68.
b)    I) Gombiner, Joel. 2011. "Carbon Footprinting the Internet“. In Consilience: "The Journal of Sustainable Development“. Vol. 5. 119-124
       II) "‘Tsunami of data’ could consume one fifth of global electricity by 2025“. view article online
       III) Cook, Gary. 2017. "Clicking clean: Who is winning the race to build a green internet?". view article online

presented by Sophie, Yao/Charlotte, Andreas B. and Shafira tbc

Project Topics:
- Energy low design
- Anthropocene (art & design)

presented by Damaris and Pascal tbc

Guidelines for writing the final essay will be presented.


Class 8 - Monday, 21.10.19 - 8:30-10:30 - 4K11 - Cybernetics: Conversation and Fabrics (KÖNNTE AUCH VERSCHWINDEN... oder doch behalten?)

Readings:
a) Pask, Gordon: A comment, a case history and a plan, in REICHARDT, Jasia (Hrsg.): Cybernetics, Art, and Ideas, New York Graphics Society 1971, 76–99
b) Beer, Stafford. 1962. "Progress Note on Research into a Cybernetic Analogue of Fabric", in Harnden, R. et al. (Eds.). 1994. "How many grapes went into the wine. Stafford Beer on the art and science of holistic management". 25–32.

presented by Zoe and Tim tbc

Project Topics:
- Responsive Environments
- Non-human conversation

presented by Yao/Charlotte and Andy tbc

Don't forget on this date, 21.10.19 : hand in (half a written page) and present (1min) your proposal for the final essay!

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Class 9 - Monday, 4.11.19 - 8:30-10:30 - Introduction to data and data literacy, Room 4K.11

Readings: 

a) Economist, T. (2017). The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data. The Economist: New York, NY, USA. 

Class 10 - Friday, 8.11.19 - full day - Data literacy I, Room 5.D01

Readings:  b) Nick Barrowman (2018): Why data is never raw (The New Atlantis, Summer/Fall edition: 129-135)

presented by tbc


Class 10 - Friday, 8.11.19 - 8:30-10:30 - Artificial Intelligence, Room 5.D01

Readings:  

a) The Power of Self-Learning Systems - IAS - Demis Hassabis:

Widget Connector
urlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxis9FrCHbw

b) TBC

presented by tbc


Class 11 - Friday, 15.11.19 - full day - Data literacy II 8:30-10:30 - Dopamine Economy + Surveillance Capitalism , Room 5.D01

Readings:  Quartz (2018): The Quartz Guide to Bad Data

a) The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal - Netflix - oder Guardian artikel..?
b) Has dopamine got us hooked on tech? | Technology | The Guardian / Simon Parkin

presented by tbc