Fall 2018
Instructor: Dr Joëlle Bitton
joelle.bitton@zhdk.ch
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Each class session runs on Mondays, from 8.30-10.30, in room 4K11. Starting in week 2 and continuing for the rest of the semester, two teams of two -three students will give a presentation in each session: one based on readings and the other one based on art and design projects. Each presentation is followed by a discussion and/or an in-class assignment.
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From the second week, each course will be structured around two presentations of thirty twenty minutes each and class discussions, with occasionally an additional lecture from the instructor or guest lecturer.
Two sessions will be led within the module Soft Architecture.
EXPECTATIONS AND GRADING
Grades will be based on the oral and written presentations and on class participation. Contributing to constructive group feedback is an essential aspect of class participation. Regular attendance is required. Two or more unexcused absences will affect the final grade. Arriving late on more than one occasion will also affect the grade.
Readings-based presentation 20% 25%
Projects-based presentation 20%25%
Final essay 30%
Class participation 20%
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The presentation should include a 3-pages written discussion, made available to the class and instructor by Monday 9am Friday 12pm prior to the day of the class to insure a general discussion.
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The topic of the essay is chosen by the student in relation to a class assignment and proposed by Week 7 in the form of a short paragraph (100 words) half a written page explaining the topic and the questions at stake, and in the form of presentation (3mn1mn) to the class. The final essay has to be submitted by December 817.
The paper should be written in English.
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Week 1 - Monday, 01.10.18 - Aesthetics
Lecture: Historical overview I - Screens 1994-2007 (given by Joëlle Bitton).
Discussion around words: phenomenology, ontology, epistemology, gestalt, aesthetics, hermeneutics, experience
Reading:
Hartmann, Klemmer, Takayama. 2006. "How Bodies Matter: Five Themes for Interaction Design". In DIS 2006.
Week 2 - Monday, 08.10.18 - ActionActions
Readings:
Dourish P. 2001. "Being-in-the-World: Embodied lnteraction". In Where the Action is, The Foundations of Embodied lnteraction. MIT Press. 127-144.
Kirsh, D. & P. Maglio, 1994. "On Distinguishing Epistemic from Pragmatic Action" (lntroduction and "Epistemic uses of rotation")
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Topics:
- Public Space, in Cognitive Science. 18. 512-549.
presented by Claudia Buck and Mara Weber
Project Topics:
- Performance by & Activism
presented by Lilian Lopez and Michelle Schmid
Week 3 - Monday, 15.10.18 - SpaceYour place in the world
Readings:
Böhme, Gernot. 2000. "Leibliche Anwesenheit im Raum". In Ästhetik und Kommunikation 108. 67-76.
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Topics:
- Notions of Space, Atmosphere
- Bodily PresencebyLindtner, Silvia, Bardzell, S. & Bardzel, J. 2016. “Reconstituting the Utopian Vision of Making: HCI After Technosolutionism”. In CHI ‘16.
Suchman, Lucy. 2011. "Anthropological Relocations and the Limits of Design". In Annual Review of Anthropology. 40. 1-18.
presented by Mélanie Abbet and Edna Hirsbrunner
Project Topics:
- Private & Public Space
presented by Felix Prantl and Janina Tanner
Week 4 - Monday, 22.10.18 - Instability Systems
Readings:
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Topics:
- Anthropocene
- Agency
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Bown, Oliver, Gemeinboeck, P. and Saunders, R. 2014. "The Machine as Autonomous Performer". In L. Candy and S. Ferguson (eds.), Interactive Experience in the Digital Age: Evaluating New Art Practice, Springer Series on Cultural Computing. 75-90.
Burnham, Jack. 1969. “Systems and Art”. In Arts in Society. 6:2. University of Wisconsin, Summer/Fall 1969. 194-204.
presented by Stefan Lustenberger and Michelle Schmid
Project Topics:
- Net Art & Software Art (incl.Blockchain)
presented by Claudia Buck and Fiona Good
Week 5 - Monday, 29.10.18 - Systems Materiality
Lecture: Materiality references (given by Verena Ziegler)
Readings:
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Kuchler,
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Susanne.
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Ackermann, Edith K. “Programming for the Natives: What is it? What’s In It for the Kids?”. In Child Research Net, Japan. September 28, 2012.
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Topics:
- Net Art, Software Art
- Blockchain
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2008. "Technological Materiality Beyond the Dualist Paradigm" in Theory Culture Society. 25. 101-120.
Hui, Yuk. 2014. “Form and Relation. Materialism on an Uncanny Stage”. In Intellectica. 1:61. 105-121.
presented by Duy Bui and Simon Fischer
Project Topics:
- Wearables & Material research
presented by Mélanie Abbet and Martial Koch
Week 6 - Monday, 05.11.18 - MatrixLecture: Historical overview II - Modern TimesThe Cyborg in me
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Readings:
Foucault, Michel, Martin, L. H., Gutman, H., & Hutton, P. H. 1988. Technologies of the self. A seminar with Michel Foucault. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. pp16-39.
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Topics:
- Game & Realities
- Artificial Intelligence
Bettelheim, Bruno. 1959. “Joey: A ‘Mechanical Boy". In Scientific American, March 1959. 116–127.
Nass, C and Moon, Y. 2000. "Machines and Mindlessness: Social Responses to Computers", in Journal of Social Issues. 56:1. 81-103.
presented by Jennifer Duarte and Janina Tanner
Project Topics:
- Artificial Intelligence
presented by Andrin Gordi and Stefan Lustenberger
Week 7 - Monday, 12.11.18 - MaterialityTrafic
Lecture: Arash Adel, ' Encoding Design'Movie excerpt: Jacques Tati. Trafic. 1971.
Readings:
Susanne Kuchler. "Technological Materiality Beyond the Dualist Paradigm"
Hui, Yuk. 2014. “Form and Relation. Materialism on an Uncanny Stage”. In Intellectica. 1:61. 105-121.
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Husokawa, Shuhei. 1984. "The Walkman Effect". In Popular Music. 4. Performers and Audiences. 165-180.
Starosielski, Nicole. 2012. “Warning: Do Not Dig’: Negotiating the Visibility of Critical Infrastructures.” Journal of Visual Culture. 11:1. April 2012. 38–57.
presented by Marcial Koch and Colin Schmid
Project Topics:
- Wearables Sonic Art
- Smart City by Cities
presented by Randy Chen and Edna Hirsbrunner
Essay Proposal Deadline:
On half-page, present the topic area with reference to literature, an abstract of approx. 8-10 sentences, and the rough structure of the essay in key points. You'll present in class your essay proposal in a couple sentences (1mn each).
Week 8 - Monday, 19.11.18 - Disruption - Modern Times (room change - Hörsaal 1)
Lecture: Historical overview II - Modern Times
Movie excerpt: The Clock
Readings:
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Turner,
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Fred.
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Feynman, Richard F. 1960. “There’s plenty of room at the bottom”. In Engineering and Science Magazine. 23. February 1960. 22–36.
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Topics:
- Bio Hacking
- Disobedience
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2005. "Where the Counterculture Met the New Economy: The WELL and the Origins of Virtual Community". In Society for the History of Technology.
Youngblood, Gene. 1970. Expanded Cinema. P. Dutton&Co, Inc. Excerpt.
--- no student presentation – Session runs in parallel with Design History seminar 1st semester. Room Hörsaal 1. --
Week 9 - Monday, 26.11.18 - Matrix
Readings:
Dyer-Witheford, Nick and de Peuter, G. 2009. "Immaterial Labor: A Workers’ History of Videogaming". In Games of Empire : Global capitalism and Video Games. Univ. of Minnesota Press. 3-33.
Irani, Lilly C., and M. Six Silberman. 2013. “Turkopticon: Interrupting Worker Invisibility in Amazon Mechanical Turk.” In CHI ’13.
presented by Fiona Good and Felix Prantl
Project topics:
- Game & Realities
presented by Dui Buy and Dominik Szakacs
Week 10 - Monday, 03.12.18 - The Body
Readings:
Foucault, Michel, Martin, L. H., Gutman, H., & Hutton, P. H. 1988. Technologies of the self. A seminar with Michel Foucault. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. 16-39.
Malafouris, Lambros. 2008. "At the Potter’s Wheel: An Argument for Material Agency". In C. Knappett, L. Malafouris (eds.). Material Agency. Springer Science+Business Media.
presented by Randy Chen and Dominik Szakacs
Project topics:
- Bio Hacking & DIY medicine
presented by Jennifer Duarte and Mara Weber
Week 11 - Monday, 10.11.18 - Disruption
Readings:
Feynman, Richard F. 1960. “There’s plenty of room at the bottom”. In Engineering and Science Magazine. 23. February 1960. 22–36.
Guins, Raiford. 2008. "Hip Hop 2.0". In A. Everett (ed). Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media.The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning. MIT Press. 63-80.
presented by Andrin Gordi and Lilian Lopez
Project topic:
- Disobedience
presented by Simon Fischer and Colin Schmid
Week 12 - Monday, 17.12.18 - - Hacking Values (time and room change. Viaduktraum)
Seminar. Program tba. Room Viaduckraum.
-- no student presentation --
Essay Deadline: 17 December 2018 (posted on IAD server)
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