Block Seminar Design Theory 5th semester
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- Assignment 1 (for Tuesday 1.9)
- Watch La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962, 28')Watch artist Sanford Bigger's presentation Moon Medicine (2016 - first half mostly)
- Answer with 1-2 paragraphs the question: What do you fear?
- Find 1 -or 2 design projects that has for you all the qualities you ambition for yourself (you will present them the next morning with 1 - 2 sentences each)
- Read Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence (read intro + pick one of the case studies to browse further) - write one paragraph about what your takes
- Assignment 2 (for Wednesday 2.9):
- Reading response notes: short remarks should be written on papers provided that capture learning points and possible critiques. See Literature section for the papers.
- Final Work: The format and platform of the final outcome is decided together with the students- it will be an online representation of your reboot ideas (possibly 1-page website, video, or use of hosting platform such as SnapChat, written essay, filmed performance, games, new object). Preferably individual work (the works can be in connection with one another). Your work needs to be in adequation with the intention and the process. The collection of works from each student will constitute together an online exhibition.
- +150 words to give context to the piece.
- 3-5 mn presentation : why you made it, how it relates to the topic
- reboot ideas: design education, the notion of the future, expanding the design field, exploring the perception of design in the world, specific technologies/designs, biases and stereotypes, fostering inclusiveness and equity, opportunities of undesign/untechnologize
- the ideas could represent your position on a topic above or on a case study discussed in class, your new proposal, or your interpretation of an issue
- potential audience: zett, population of zhdk, design/tech communities, social media users
- Final presentation at Pavillon Le Corbusier pursuit.stars.front. Meeting at 12.50 in front of the Pavillon. (Beer afterwards).on Zoom, ideally from a location related to your topic.
Final outcomes presented by the students are collected on thisone page.
Expectations and Gradings
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| Mon 6.09 - Imagineers | Tu 7.09 - Futurisms | We 8.09 - | Th 9.09 - (...) | Fr 10.09 - |
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Independent study - Prepare assignment | Independent study - Prepare assignment |
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| 5.H02 | 5.H02 | 5.H02&Online | Online |
Literature/References
- To prepare for Monday 6.09:
Carolyn Marvin. 1990. When Old Technologies Were New. Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press.
1st chapter. "Inventing the Expert. Technological Literacy as Social Currency" (pp.9-32)
To read for Wednesday 8.09 (underline 2-3 points that sparked questions and possibly points that you felt should have been addressed in the paper) - Changing Education for the 21st centuryIndigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence (read intro + pick one of the case studies to browse further)
- Undesigning Technology: Considering the negation of design by design
- How (not) to write about global health (the author speaks here of global health but this could also be about design projects)
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