Block Seminar Design Theory 5th semester
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- Assignment 1 (for Tuesday 1.9.20)
- Watch La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962, 28')
- Watch artist Sanford Bigger's presentation Moon Medicine (2016 - first half mostly)
- Answer with 1-2 paragraphs the question: What do you fear?
- Find 1-2 design projects that has for you all the qualities you ambition for yourself
- Assignment 2 (for Wednesday 2.9):
- Reading response notes: short remarks should be written on
- papers provided that capture learning points and possible critiques. See Literature section for the papers.
- Final Work: The format and platform of the final outcome will be is decided together with the students- it will be in any case an online representation of your reboot ideas (possibly 1-page website, video, or use of hosting platform such as SnapChat, written essay, filmed performance, games, new object). Preferably individual work that could have work (the works can be in connection with one another). Your work needs to be in adequation with the intention and the process. The collection of works from each student will constitute together an online exhibition.
- +150 words to give context to the piece.
- 3-5 mn presentation : why you made it, how it relates to the topic
- reboot ideas: design education, the notion of the future, expanding the design field, exploring the perception of design in the world, specific technologies/designs, biases , and stereotypes, fostering inclusiveness and equity, opportunities of undesign/untechnologize
- the ideas could represent your position on a topic above or on a case study discussed in class, your new proposal, or your interpretation of an issue
- potential audience: zett, population of zhdk, design/tech communities, social media users
- Final presentation at Pavillon Le Corbusier pursuit.stars.front. Meeting at 12.50 in front of the Pavillon. (Beer afterwards).
Final outcomes presented by the students are collected on this page.
Expectations and Gradings
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| Mon 31.08 - Imagineers | Tu 1.09 - Futurisms | We 2.09 - | Th 3.09 - (...) | Fr 4.09 - |
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| Starting at 9.00
| Independent study - Prepare final assignment | |
Independent study - Prepare assignment | Independent study - Prepare assignment | 13.00-14.30
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| 4.T09 | 4.T09 | 4.T09 | Pavilion Pavillon Le Corbusier |
Literature/References
- To prepare for Monday 31.08:
Carolyn Marvin. 1990. When Old Technologies Were New. Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press.
1st chapter. "Inventing the Expert. Technological Literacy as Social Currency" (pp.9-32)
To read for Wednesday 2.08 (underline 2-3 points that sparked questions and possibly points that you felt should have been addressed in the paper) - Changing Education for the 21st century
- Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence (read intro + pick one of the case studies to browse further)
- Undesigning Technology: Considering the negation of design by design
- How (not) to write about global health (the author speaks here of global health but this could also be about design projects)
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