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The topic of the essay is chosen by the student in relation to a class assignment and proposed by Class 7 in half a written page explaining the topic and the questions at stake, and in the form of presentation (2-3min) to the class. The final essay has to be submitted by Monday, December 1219.
The paper can be written in English or German.
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Class 11 - 05.12. - Essay support
Special Date: 1219.12. - Deadline Essay
Personal feedback on your final essays will be given by January 16, 2023.
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Introduction to the course, explanation and organisation of tasks/dates
Guidelines for writing the final essay
Class 2 - 20.09. - Material and Environmental Dynamics
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presented by Mo (SM) and Matthias (MEI)
Class 3 - 2627.09. - Services and Infrastructure
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presented by Mo (Latour) and ??Matilda (Internet)
Project Topics:
- Energy low design
- Anthropocene in art & design
presented by Carina (ELD) and ?? Matilda (AAD)
Class 5 - 10.10. - Systems and Bodies
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presented by Luis (MEHS) and ?? Loïc (STS)
Class 6 - 17.10. - Wavescapes
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presented by Elena (SA/D) and ?? PJ (DA)
Class 7 - 24.10. - Essay preparation
Hand in (half a written page) and present (2-3min) your proposal for the final essay (interests, central question, potential, challenges)!
Guidelines for writing the final essay
Class 8 - 14.11. - Introduction to data and data literacy
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 ??Beni (Economist) Loïc (Barrowman)
Project Topics:
- information art (historical & latest)
- creative tracking
presented by ??Lyv (Information Art) Beni(CT)
Class 9 - 21.11. - Artificial Intelligence
Readings:
a) Russell, Stuart and Nerving Peter. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 4th ed. Extract from Introduction and conclusion.
b) Launchbury, John (2107) The 3 waves of AI (A DARPA Perspective on Artificial Intelligence)
presented by ??Aubrey (Russel) PJ (Launchbury)
Project Topics:
- designing with AIAI Audrey- AI & environment
- AI & ethics
presented by ??
ethics Luke
Class 10 - 28.11. - Data, Democracy and Surveillance Capitalism
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b) Cadwalladr, Carole (2018-2020). I) Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach. II) ‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower. III) Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’. The Guardian, UK.
Note: I, II and III are one package!
presented by ??Lyv (Zuboff) Luke (Cadwalladr)
Project Topics:
- social media interventions/hacks/hoaxeshoaxes Lea(- citizen activism using digital platforms)
- participatory projects in Switzerland (mixing digital and real world)
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Tanja
Class 11 - 05.12. - Essay support
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