Lecturers
Roman Kirschner (RK), Vinzenz Leutenegger (VL)
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This year’s edition of Spatial Interaction takes place in collaboration with the organization of Labör. Labör is an experimental meeting space in a former coppersmith's workshop near Oerlikon station. It is located on the MFO site, a former machine factory whose conversion and further development is currently being promoted by the city of Zurich. In this development Labör puts an emphasis on circularity.
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Ultimately, the outcomes of the module will envision ways ofreconfiguring the potential of available resources, human interrelations and local knowledge at a specific publicly accessible location. We approach the topic with prototypes and design interventions that leverage our technical skills and designerly perspective. The actual format of the end results will be developed through in-class discussions and steering meetings.
Objectives:
Reflect on AI's Impact: Investigate the current and potential implications of AI on democratic and political processes, considering issues such as privacy, bias, polarisation and social and behavioural manipulation.
Explore Spatial Dynamics: Explore how physical public spaces are being reshaped by AI and how the future might be reimagined using AI to foster inclusivity, civic engagement, greater awareness or critical thinking on the topic.
Prototype Experimental Futures: Create tangible prototypes and/or interventions that embody new ways of living with AI in public spaces and in democratic processes. Record your results extensively with photos, video and audio.
Schedule
(Vinzenz Urlaub: 7.-13.April)
Week 1 | Monday, 21.04. | Tuesday, 22.04. | Wednesday, 23.04. | Thursday, 24.05. |
morning | (Vinzenz: E-Learning) | 9:00 Kick-off & Introduction | 09:00 Task ? Introduction | |
afternoon | (Vinzenz: E-Learning) | → Labör | Task 1 execution | |
Week 2 | Monday, 28.04. | Tuesday, 29.04. | Wednesday, 30.04. | Thursday, 01.05. |
morning | [Beginn 10:40 wegen Theorie] | (Vinzenz: E-Learning) |
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afternoon | Task 2 Initial Investigation 16:00 Task 2 discussion (4.T06 Seminarraum) | (Vinzenz: E-Learning) |
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Week 3 | Monday, 05.05. | Tuesday, 06.05. | Wednesday, 07.05. | Thursday, 08.05. |
morning | [Beginn 10:40 wegen Theorie] (Vinzenz: E-Learning) | 10:30 Task 2 presentation & discussion (Zoom presentations incl. AI chatbots) | Concept Development 10:30 - 12:00 Concept Mentoring (Via Zoom) | [Bits and Atoms bis 12:00] (Vinzenz: E-Learning) |
afternoon | (Vinzenz: E-Learning) | Concept Development | 14:45 - 17:00 Concept Mentoring (Via Zoom) | (Vinzenz: E-Learning) Concept + Prototype Development 16:00 Check-In (Via Zoom) |
Week 4 | Monday, 12.05. | Tuesday, 13.05. | Wednesday, 14.05. | Thursday, 15.05. |
morning | [Beginn 10:40 wegen Theorie] (Vinzenz: E-Learning) | (09-12:00 Painting for BA Finals) Concept + Prototype Development | (09-12:00 Painting for BA Finals) Group work/Production | Group work/Production (Vinzenz: E-Learning) |
afternoon | (Vinzenz: E-Learning) | 14:00 Prototype Presentation & Steering Meeting (ZT 5.F01 Seminarraum) | 13:00 Mentoring (Atelier) Group work/Production | [Bits and Atoms ab 14:15] (Vinzenz: E-Learning) |
Week 5 | Monday, 19.05. | Tuesday, 20.05. | Wednesday, 21.05. | Thursday, 22.05. |
morning | [Beginn 10:40 wegen Theorie] (Vinzenz: E-Learning) | Group work/ Production | Group work/ Production | documentation/ reflection (Vinzenz: E-Learning) |
afternoon | 13:00 Technical Support LF (Atelier) (Vinzenz: E-Learning) | 12:30 Mentoring (Atelier) | Final Presentation 15:00 - 17:30 | documentation/ reflection (Vinzenz: E-Learning) |
Literature
Georges Perec: Träume von Räumen (Auszug dt.), Espèces d'espace (extrait fr.). (via email)
Bourdieu, Pierre (1989) Sozialer Raum, symbolischer Raum. In: Dünne J., Raumtheorie - Grundlagentexte aus Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften, Suhrkamp 2006, 354-368. (via email)
Asenbaum, Hans (2020) Spatial Theory of Democracy. Talk given at Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Webinar 5: “Democracy & Space” [min 06:10-18:08].
Voss, Jan Peter (2020) The McDonaldization of Democracy: Translocal Space-making by innovating “deliberative mini-publics”. Talk given at Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Webinar 5: “Democracy & Space” [min 18:45-35:33].
Mendel, Maria (2019) The spatial ways democracy works: On the pedagogy of common places. Why, why now? https://doi.org/10.1177/0034523719839
Sprenger, Ramona (2023) Do not feed the google.
Morozov, Evgeny (2014) PUBLIC SPACE // Shared Spaces with Evgeny Morozov.
Morozov, Evgeny (2014) The rise of data and the death of politics.
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