BA concept seminar structure:
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- what is the context, topic, problem?
- who are the audience / participants?
- who will be impacted by your design (which people/animals/plants, which locations, which systems&infrastructures, which ecologies)?
- what do you want to create and how it should work?
- what values and potential do you want to address / generate?
The essay expands the thesis disposition with observations and conclusions drawn from the two weeks BA concept seminar.
You may use a diversity of sources and bibliography (classified by genre: book, book chapter, journal article, conference article, academic thesis, newspaper article, web article, etc).
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| Week 1 | Monday 1.12 | Tuesday 2.12 | Wednesday 3.12 | Thursday 4.12 | Friday 5.12 |
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| Morning 9.00 - 12.30 (unless otherwise noted) | 9.00 Brief Introduction about the module and quick keywords round 9.30 Exercise 1: 20 ways of description in 20 minutes 10.00 Start Exercise 2: Topic Mapping 11.10-12.00: Exercise 3: Ideation Speed dating / table sketching 12.00 Quick round - 2 highlights | 9.00 10.00 Exercise 5: 11.00-12.30 Highlights "design exploration area" | 9.00 Mentoring (js) Prepare in advance exercise 6: Develop 2-3 "How might we" - Questions
| Develop prototype | Prepare next assignments |
| Afternoon 13.30 - 17.00 | Exercise 4: field study/observations/interviews - put notes on Miro board by 18.00 | Continue exercise 4 Develop prototype - put notes on Miro board by 18.00 | Develop prototype
| 14.00 (jb, js) | Minor |
| Week 2 | Monday 8.12 | Tuesday 9.12 | Wednesday 10.12 | Thursday 11.12 | Friday 12.12 |
| Morning 9.00 - 12.00 | Input/workshop - storytelling send choice of mentoring team by 17:00 | Mentoring storytelling - Prepare storyboard (on Zoom) | Mentoring on request (jb) | 11.00 Presentations 2: Develop narrative | Work on final assignments |
| Afternoon 13.00 - 17.00 | Develop narrative /Field Study | Mentoring on request (js) Develop narrative | Continued Presentations 2: | Minor |
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Write down and/or sketch out twenty ways to define your thesis project as if a journalist would write an article about it (so it has to have several elements of description). Write on post its and later sort them into categories. Define two or three most important statements.
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Exercise 3: Ideation Speed Dating / Table sketching
5-minutes exchange around the table, talk, be concise in your feedback, draw & move fast...
Exercise 4: Observation / Field inquiry
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