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The class usually takes place on Mondays, from 89.3000-10.30, on Zoom. Please pay attention to the schedule as there might be some exceptions. In each session two teams of two students will give a presentation: 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. Each student has to write a final essay based on a topic chosen by the student in relation to a class assignment and his/her practical work in the seminar Soft Architecture.
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Readings:
a) Burnham, Jack (1969). "Systems and Art". In Arts in Society. 6:2. University of Wisconsin, Summer/Fall 1969. 194-204.
b) Hartmann, Klemmer, Takayama (2006). "How Bodies Matter: Five Themes for Interaction Design". In DIS 2006.
presented by tbcAathmigan, Gian-Carlo
Project Topics:
- Multisensory experiences, Haptics and Space
- Sensing through scales (micro-meso-macro)
presented by tbcCelina, Alec
Class 3 - 12.10.- Material and Environmental Dynamics
Readings:
a) Pickering, Andrew (2013). "Being in an environment: a performative perspective". Natures Sciences Sociétés 21. 77-83.
b) Ingold, Tim. (2008). "Bringing Things to Life. Creative Entanglements in a World of Materials".
presented by tbcAlec, Celina
Project Topics:
- Sourcing materials
- Material-Environment Interactions
presented by tbcDavid, Alessia
Class 4 - 19.10. - Services and Infrastructure
Readings:
a) Starosielski, Nicole (2012). "Warning: Do Not Dig’: Negotiating the Visibility of Critical Infrastructures." Journal of Visual Culture. 11:1. April 2012. 38–57.
b) Klinenberg, Eric (2018). Palaces for the people. Crown: New York, USA. 184-197.
presented by tbcAlessia, Ramona
Project Topics:
- Speculative service design
- Biological services
presented by tbcKimon, Sonia
Class 5 - 26.10. - Anthropocene
Readings:
a) Latour, Bruno (2018). "Das terrestrische Manifest". 21-25 & 35-68.
b) I) Gombiner, Joel (2011). "Carbon Footprinting the Internet“. In Consilience: "The Journal of Sustainable Development“. Vol. 5. 119-124.
II) Guardian Environment Network (2017). "‘Tsunami of data’ could consume one fifth of global electricity by 2025“. The Guardian, UK.
III) Cook, Gary (2017). "Clicking clean: Who is winning the race to build a green internet?". Greenpeace: Washington (D.C.), USA.
presented by tbcNemo, Andreas
Project Topics:
- Energy low design
- Anthropocene (art & design)
presented by tbcRamona, Daniela
Class 6 - 2.11. - Wavescapes
Readings:
a) HusokawaHosokawa, 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.
presented by tbcDaniela, Sonia
Project Topics:
- Sound Art/Design
- Device Art
presented by tbcNemo, Kilian
Class 7 - 9.11. - Essay preparation
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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 tbcNicola, Kilian
Project Topics:
- information art (historical & latest)
- creative tracking
presented by tbcNicola, Baran
Class 9 - 23.11. - Artificial Intelligence
Readings:
a) Hassabis, Demis (2019). The Power of Self-Learning Systems. Youtube Video, Institute for Advanced Study, 47:30min.
(extra task: explain the most important concepts/methods/algorithms in AI featured in this video!)
b) Lovelock, James (2019). Novacene: The coming age of hyperintelligence. MIT Press: Cambridge (MA), USA. 79-120
presented by tbcMai, David
Project Topics:
- designing with AI
- AI & environment
presented by tbcMai, Aathmigan
Class 10 - 30.11. - Data, Democracy and Surveillance Capitalism
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Additional Readings:
a) Cadwalladr, Carole (2019). The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal. The Guardian, UK.
b) Naughton, John (2019). 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism. The Guardian, UK.
presented by tbcBaran, Kimon
Project Topics:
- social media interventions/hacks/hoaxes
- citizen activism and digital platforms
presented by tbcGian-Carlo, Andreas
Class 11 - 7.12. - Essay support
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