Fall 2025
...
Class 1 - 15.09. - Introduction (4.T08)
Class 2 - 1615.09. - Spaces and Atmospheres (4.T08)
...
Class 8 - 10.11. - Introduction to data and data literacy
Class 9 - 17.11. - Generative Artificial Intelligence (oder BioDesign und Information)
Class 10 - 24.11. - Data, Democracy and Surveillance Capitalism
...
Introduction to the course, explanation and organisation of tasks/dates
Class 2 - 1615.09. - Spaces and Atmospheres(4.T08)
Böhme, Gernot (20002017). "Leibliche Anwesenheit im RaumWhat is the space of bodily presence?". In Ästhetik und Kommunikation 108. 67-76. (ENGLISH VERSION???)Atmospheric Architectures: The Aesthetics of Felt Spaces. 86-95.
in class reading and discussion
...
Class 5 - 13.10. - Anthropocene
Readings:
a) ChakrabartyBoes, Dipesh Tobias (20182014). "Beyond Whole Earth: Planetary Crises Mediation and the Difficulty of Being ModernAnthropocene". Millennium: Journal of International Studies: 1–24Environmental Humanities (2014) 5 (1): 155–170.
b) Internet and Energy:
I) Gombiner, Joel (2011). "Carbon Footprinting the Internet.“ In Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development. 5: 119-124.
II) Andreu, Javier F. et al. (2022). "Big data on a dead planet. The digital transition's neglected environmental impacts."
(ATLAS of AI - Environment?)
presented by ???
Class 6 - 20.10. - Wavescapes
Readings:
a) Hosokawa, Shuhei (1984). "The Walkman Effect". In Popular Music. 4. Performers and Audiences. 165-180.
b) Franinovic, Karmen and Salter, Christopher (2013). "The experience of Sonic Interaction". In Franinovic and Serafin: Sonic Interaction Design. 39-75) Helmreich, Stefan (2007) “An Anthropologist Underwater: Immersive Soundscapes, Submarine Cyborgs, and Transductive Ethnography”. In American Ethnologist, Vol. 34, No. 4. 621-641.
presented by ???
Class 7 - 27.10. - Services and Infrastructure
Readings:
a) Starosielski, Nicole (2012). "Warning: Do Not Dig: Negotiating the Visibility of Critical Infrastructures." Journal of Visual Culture. 11(1): 38–57.
b)KlinenbergBria, Eric Francesca (20182015). "Palaces for the people". Crown: New York, USA. 184-197.“EuroStack – A European Alternative for Digital Sovereignty”. Bertelsmann Stiftung. 20-41. (choose and introduce 3 points from section 2 as well)
presented by ???
Class 8 - 10.11. - Introduction to data and data literacy
Readings:
a) Economist (2017). "The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data". The Economist: New York, NY, USA.
b) Barrowman, Nick (2018). "Why data is never raw". The New Atlantis, Summer/Fall edition: 129-135.
presented by ???
Class 9 - 17.11. - Generative Artificial Intelligence or BioDesign und Information
Readings:
a) Russell, Stuart and Nerving Peter. "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach", 4th ed. Extract from Introduction and conclusion.
b) Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin of the Institute of Humane Technology: "The AI dilemma". Youtube video of lecture in San Francisco on March 9th, 2023.
...