Block Seminar Design Theory 5th semester

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• Assignment 0 (before Monday 54.9)
  • Read Inventing the Expert. Technological Literacy as Social Currency (pp.9-32) by Carolyn Marvin (attached in email and linked in Literature section below)
    
    
• Assignment 1 (prepare on Monday 4.9 afternoon) - send notes by email on 4.9 by 19.00
  • Watch La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962, 28')
  • Answer with 1-2 paragraphs the question: What do you fear?
  • Read Making Kin with the Machines - write 2-3 paragraphs about your impressions, remarks (what concept is new to you, inspiring aspects, positions you disagree with, etc..), questions - send notes by email by on 4.9 by 19.00...
    The remarks should capture learning points and possible critiques of the papers.
    
    
• Assignment 2 (prepare on Tuesday 5.9 afternoon) - send notes by email on 5.9 by 19.00
  • Find 2 3 design projects that has for you all the qualities you ambition for yourself (you will present 1 or 2 of them in class with 1 - 2 sentences each) 
  • Read Undesigning Technology: Considering the negation of design by design. 
    
    
• Assignment 3 (prepare on Wednesday 76.9):  - send notes by email on 6.09 by 19.00 
  • Read in depth 1 of those papers and browse through the other one: Changing Education for the 21st century and Decolonising the Games Curriculum: Interventions in an Introductory Game Design Course - send notes by email on 6.09 by 17.00 
  • Design your own curriculum: imagine how you would like to reinvent your design education
  • Prepare final work - ideation, sketches, tests, etc.
    
    
• Assignment 4 - Final Work: The format of the final outcome is decided by each student- it will be an online representation of your reboot ideas (possibly 1-page website, written essay, video, or use of hosting platform such as TikTok, filmed performance, games, new object). Individual work (some works can be in connection with one another). Your work needs to be in adequacy with the intention and the process. The collection of works from each student will constitute together an online exhibition.
  • +150 500 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. Ask yourself the question of 'what you would like to reboot' (in your studies, life, design field, in societal conventions, etc..), respond to the proposals of the papers you read (for instance, about undesigning, or considering unconventional ways to address a topic), go back to the initial questions at the beginning of the week (what would you do differently in your studies?), etc.... The final assignment is a statement or positioning or response to those provocative questions
  • 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: other people in the design fields or?upload online your statement and send me as well a hard copy via email / wetransfer

• Final presentation in class - upload on Instagram platform on the 8.9 by 12.00 & present in class concisely. Send me as well a hard copy via email / wetransfer

Expectations, Gradings and Attendance

Grades for this class are passing or failing. Assignments expected are general class participation, in-class exercises, reflections on readings through response notes, and final work.
Any assignment that remains unfulfilled receives a failing grade.  
Contributing to constructive group discussion is an essential aspect of class participation. 
Regular attendance of 80% is required although attending all the inputs sessions are imperative. Arriving late may also affect the passing grade.
The first two sessions are online (Zoom link provided by email) - the last two sessions are in presence. *Classes online and in presence at the same time are not possible.

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