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Block Seminar Design Theory 3rd semester

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• Assignment 0 (before Monday 9.9)
  • Read 
    • Jan Zalasiewicz. 2010. Chapter 1. "Stardust", In The Planet in a Pebble, A Journey into Earth's Deep History. Oxford University Press.
      

• Assignments 1 (prepare on Monday 9.9 afternoon) - send reading notes by email on& post material research on Miro Board on 9.9 by 19.00
  
  
  • Read 
    • Robin Wall Kimmerer. 2018. "MishkosKenomagwen, the Lessons of Grass: Restoring Reciprocity with the Good Green Earth”. In  In Nelson & Shilling (eds), The Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability. Cambridge University Press.
    Write 2-3 paragraphs about your impressions on the paper, remarks (what concept is new to you, inspiring aspects, positions you disagree with, etc..), questions...
    The remarks should capture learning points and possible critiques of the papers.
    
    
  • Investigation of materials from Switzerland or emblematic of Swiss market
    Pick 1 material and conduct a research to find out: where that material comes from, how it has been extracted & by whom, how it is transformed & where, its lifecycle, its history & importance for local population and distant users, its trade, its legislation, its raw price value, and its price value on mainstream market, the companies involved in the supply chain, its availability (or rarity), its uses (or un-uses), and its environmental impact. Post research findings on Miro Board. Bring a sample in class for presenting some of the findings. (Examples: chocolate, mineral water, gold, cement, banking, agriculture...)
    
    
• Assignments 2 (prepare on Tuesday 10.9 afternoon) - send notes by email on 10.9 by 19.00
  
  
  • Read 
    • Giorgi Riello. 2009. "The Globalization of cotton textiles. Indian Cottons, Europe, and the Atlantic World, 1600–1850". In Parthasarathi & Riello (eds), The Spinning World: A Global History of Cotton Textiles, 1200-1850. Oxford University Press.
    •  G. Dobler & Kesselring R. 2019. "Swiss extractivism: Switzerland’s role in Zambia’s copper sector". In Journal of Modern African Studies, 57, 2. pp. 223-245. Cambridge University Press.
    Write 2-3 paragraphs about your impressions for each paper, remarks (what concept is new to you, inspiring aspects, positions you disagree with, etc..), questions...
    The remarks should capture learning points and possible critiques of the papers.
    
    
  • Find 1-2 projects that show how the design & art fields can address those issues and propose alternatives (you will present 1 or 2 of them in class with 1 - 2 sentences each). Post link, author(s), title, date, picture, comment on Miro board.
    
    
• Assignment 3 (prepare on Wednesday 11.9) - send notes by email on 11.09 by 21.00
   
  • Read 

    • Victor Crochet. 2022. "Trade Defence Instruments: A New Tool for the European Union’s Extractivism". In European Journal of International Law, 33, 2. pp381-410. Oxford University Press.

    • Damian White. 2019. "Just Transitions/Design for Transitions: Preliminary Notes on a Design Politics for a Green New Deal". In Capitalism Nature Socialism. Routledge.

    Write 2-3 paragraphs about your impressions for each paper, remarks (what concept is new to you, inspiring aspects, positions you disagree with, etc..), questions...

    The remarks should capture learning points and possible critiques of the papers.
    
    
• Assignment 4 - Final Work: The format of the final outcome is decided by each student- it will be an online representation of your approach of the topic (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.
  • +500 words to give context to the piece.
  • 3-5 mn presentation : why you made it, how it relates to the topic
  • 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
  • who is your desired audience and how do you reach it?
    
    
• Final presentation in class - upload on platform on 13.9 by 11.30 & present in class concisely. Send me as well a hard copy via email / wetransfer by 11.30.

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