Lecturers
Dr. Roman Kirschner , Florian Brugisser, Kaspar König
Guest
Theun Karelse, Kaspar König
Timeframe
Corona update: The module takes place over 5 weeks, from 24.03.20 to 24.04.20.
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Corona update: At home 
and here: https://zhdk.zoom.us/j/4710337215
Initial information before Corona curfew: ZT 4.K16. (on some few days: 5.K07). Additionally, we have a reservation of Modellbau Projekte ZT 2.E20-UU.
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The module 'Spatial Interaction' challenges students to deepen their practical and conceptual knowledge of human interactions in their immediate surroundings. Starting from a location in Zurich where public life and „tamed nature“ overlap, they will develop spatio-technical frameworks for situated interactions. The student projects will connect people and environmental processes with the aim of investigating local impacts of urban (or everyday?) behavior as well as long-distance effects of individual actions. They will learn how to interface the present mesocosm (collecting environmental data, identifying relationships) and how to experiment with advanced techniques like remote sensing or machine vision. Designing in such situations requires the development of strategies for public outreach and communication as well as basic knowledge about intervening in complex systems. In addition, students learn how to connect spatial and conceptual complexities and structure their approach in relation to their project goals while iteratively adapting their methods. Students will work in groups and in a form of self-governed organization developed specifically for this course.
Schedule
(to be developed on the fly due to the circumstances.)
past ZOOMmeetings:
Zoom with the whole group, Friday, april 24, 10:00 - 12:00
Zoom with the whole group, Friday, april 24, 14:00 - 15:00
Zoom with the whole group, Friday, april 17, 10:00 - 11:30
Zoom with Roman, Tuesday, april 7, 16:00 - max. 17:30
Zoom with Kaspar,Tuesday, april 7, 14:00 - max. 15:30
Zoom with Florian, Friday, april 3, 13:00
Zoom with Roman, Friday, april 3, 10:00 - 11:30
Zoom with Roman, Thursday, april 2, 11:45-12:00
Zoom with Roman, Thursday, april 2, 10:00 - 11:30
Zoom with Roman, Tuesday, march 31, 16:00 - max. 16:15
Zoom with Kaspar, Tuesday, march 31, 14:00 - max. 15:30
Zoom with Florian, Tuesday, march 31, 11:45
Zoom with Florian, Tuesday, march 31, 10:00
Zoom with Florian, Friday, march 27, 10:00
Zoom with Theun, Wednesday, march 25, 10:00
Kickoff Q&A sesssion on Tuesday, March 24, 12:15-13:00
| Week 2 | Tuesday, 24.03. | Wednesday, 25.03. | Thursday, 26.03. | Friday, 27.03. |
| morning | - read introduction paper 12:15 ZOOM | 10:00 ZOOM Workshop Theun Karelse | 10:00 ZOOM Workshop Theun | 10:00 ZOOM |
Technology 1: Image & Video Processing (Blob Tracking |
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| afternoon | read Maedows "Leverage Points" | Workshop Theun 17:00 ZOOM | Workshop Theun |
15: |
00 ZOOM | Technology 2: Computer Vision ( |
OpenCV) | ||||
| Week 3 | Tuesday, 31.03. | Wednesday, 01.04. | Thursday, 02.04. | Friday, 03.04. |
| morning |
10:00 ZOOM + 11:45 ZOOM Technology 3: Depth Sensing / Machine Learning (Deep Vision) | Individual Work: "Leverage Points" |
group building via interests.
presentation of phase 1
10:00-11:30 ZOOM Presentation Task "Leverage Points" 11:45-12:00 ZOOM Start Task phase 1: action-effects research + related art & design projects | 10:00- |
11:30 ZOOM Presentation Task phase 1 Start Task phase 2: concept development | |
| afternoon | 14:00-15:30 ZOOM Kaspar König: Deep Listening |
- 16:00-16:30 ZOOM Start Task "Leverage Points" |
phase 1: action- effects research + related art & design projects
(in groups of 2)
phase 2: concept development: think of how to make these effects directly experienceable (visualisation as exception)
Individual Work: "Leverage Points" | Individual work: Task phase 1 | 13:00 ZOOM Technology 4: Data Analysis | ||
| Week 4 | Tuesday, 07.04. | Wednesday, 08.04. | Thursday, 09.04. | Friday, 10.04. |
| morning |
Individual work: Task Phase 2 | group building + concept preparation | individual mentoring (round 1 compulsory) | KARFREITAG | |
| afternoon | 14:00-15:30 ZOOM Kaspar König: Deep Listening 16:00-17:00 ZOOM Presentation Task Phase 2 Concepts | group building + concept preparation | individual mentoring (round 1 compulsory) | |
| Week 5 | Tuesday, 14.04. | Wednesday, 15.04. | Thursday, 16.04. | Friday, 17.04. |
| morning | individual mentoring (round 2 compulsory) | free mentoring | free mentoring | 10:00 - 11:30 milestone presentation |
| afternoon | individual mentoring (round 2 compulsory) | free mentoring | free mentoring | |
| Week 6 | Tuesday, 21.04. | Wednesday, 22.04. | Thursday, 23.04. | Friday, 24.04. |
| morning |
| free mentoring | free mentoring | free mentoring | 10:00- |
| 12:00 final presentations |
| afternoon | free mentoring | free mentoring | free mentoring | 14:00 feedback session |
Literature
- Theun Karelse: Spatial Interaction Random Forests Reader.
- Donella Meadows: Leverage Points - Places to Intervene in a System.
- Franinovic & Kirschner: Microbiospherians. (to come)
Technical Inputs
- Image & Video Processing (Blob Tracking / OpenCV)
- Computer Vision (YOLO & Pose Estimation)
- IoT and Communication Protocols (OSC, MIDI, MQTT)
- Data Analysis / Sensor Networks (Data Aggregation)
Exercises
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Further Reading
- Jakob von Uexüll: Streifzüge durch die Umwelten von Tieren und Menschen. Ein Bilderbuch unsichtbarer Welten. (1956)
- Gillian Barker et al.. Entangled Life. Organism and Environment in the Biological and Social Sciences. (2014)
(provided on request)
Technical Inputs
Please have a look at the special page about Computer Vision.
Mentoring
We will prepare doodles for mentoring with time slots of different length depending on the progress of the overall project. Reserve your slot and try to be on time. Questions can be asked anytime – also via email.
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