Spring 2019: March 26 - May 3.Spring 2019: March 26 - May 3.
Instructors:
Dr Joëlle Bitton
joelle.bitton@zhdk.ch
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Guest Lecturer:
Dr Jean-Baptiste Labrune
Project Partner:
Psychiatrie St.Gallen Nord, Ateliers-Living Museum, Zürcherstrasse 30 CH-9501 Wil (SG)
with Rose Ehemann and Nicole Ottiger
Office hours by appointment
The module takes place from March 26 - May 3, over 6 weeks, including a production week (5), from Tuesday to Friday each week, 9.30-17.00, see detailed hours in calendar below.
Room is 4K15 for most of the module, except during production week (5), from Tuesday to Friday each week, 9.30-17.00access to photo studio 3.F18) and final week (4.E08). Exceptions made be added in the calendar.
Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, home assignments and independent study blocks.
Projects are conducted in groups of 4 students.
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The topic for this class addresses the typical design premice of people-centered design at the core of interaction design studies and human-computer interaction research. What does this premice actually mean? What are the limitations, frustrations, realities of designing on the ground? Is participatory design an actual possibility or is it a fallacy where designers end-up imposing their views unto "users". This class will challenge the assumption that interaction designers design for people as a mantra perpetuated in diverse institutions and corporations, and uncover the contradictions of a designer's agency. In particular, we'll work within the boundary of designing for/with people on the margins, with special needs, or that don't always fit the mainstream types of usersthe margins, with special needs, or that don't always fit the mainstream types of users.
During the course the student will learn:
- how to design through personal exploration and in communication with others (participatory design)
- how to search for new possibilities/opportunites/alternatives for interactive products, rather than responding to a set of given requirements
- how to use a variety of methods and tools which can be existing design practices, can be borrowed from other disciplines and can be developed by designers themselves
- how to apply ethical guidelines in co-design
The student is expected to produce these final deliverables:
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Interval group presentations each week present the advancement of the group's project and highlight the specific requirements of that week.
Each presentation are structured so that each group member will introduce an aspect of the project. On average, the presentation should be 10 minutes.
The format is open:
- Live sketching
- Demo with prototyping
- Classic Slides presentation
- etc.sketching
- Demo with prototyping
- Classic Slides presentation
- etc.
- Week 2 Presentation requirements:
Name of group/project
Knowledge Inquiry
5 related works
Lessons learned from the field / probes
Where do you want to go
How do you get there (identify roles, needs, actions)
- Final Work
The final outcome of the class is a project proposal in the form of a working prototype, user-tested and represented to an external audience in the form of a film and/or a medium of your choice (installation, website, demo, etc...). For this class, there will be an emphasis on the film narrative as a way to disseminate your proposal.
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Additional readings can be provided as the class progresses.
Teams projects
Calendar
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Week 1 | Tuesday 26.3 | Wednesday 27.3 | Thursday 28.3 | Friday 29.3 |
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Monday 25.03 Morning |
Introduction about the modules, Presentation of the topic, Note on Documentation
(jb, nf)
7.46 9.15 | 9:30 - |
12:00 | 09.30 - 11.30 | Field Research |
Afternoon |
15.15-17.00, room 5.G02. | Back to Toni. |
16. |
00 |
14.30
Ethnographic study
(nf)
Renting Equipment | Field Research
| Field Research | 13.00 - 14.00 14.30-16.30 | |
Week 2 | Tuesday 2.4 | Wednesday 3.4 | Thursday 4.4 | Friday 5.4 |
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Morning | 09.30-09.45 |
10. |
40-11. |
25 11. |
25-12. |
00 | Field Research or Desk-based Research | Field Research |
11.30-12.30
Guest Lecture - open to all: Jean-Baptiste Labrune
Web Dev module
Desk-based Research or Field Research | |
Afternoon | Desk-based |
Research |
14.00- |
17. |
00 | Field Research | 13.00-15.00 | ||
Week 3 | Tuesday 9.4 | Wednesday 10.4 | Thursday 11.4 | Friday 12.4 |
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Morning | 09.30 - 11.30 | Independent |
Study 12.00-13.00 | Independent Study | Web Dev module |
Afternoon | 13.00-16.00 | 13. |
30 - 15.00 | Independent Study | 13.00-15.00 | ||
Week 4 | Tuesday 16.4 | Wednesday 17.4 | Thursday 18.4 | Friday 19.4 |
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Morning | 09.30 - 12.30 |
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) | Independent Study | Independent Study | Holiday |
Afternoon |
14.00 - 16.00 |
14. |
30- |
16.00 | 12.30-14.00 Group presentations: Storytelling (jb, jbl) | Holiday | ||
Week 5 | Tuesday 23.4 | Wednesday 24.4 | Thursday 25.4 | Friday 26.4 |
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Production Week | Production Week | Production Week | Production Week | |
Week 6 | Tuesday 30.4 | Wednesday 1.5 | Thursday 2.5 | Friday 3.5 |
Morning | 09.30-11.30 Group presentations: Back from the production |
| week // at Living Museum (jb, nf, jbl) | Independent Study | Independent Study | Web Dev module |
Afternoon | 13.00-16.00 Mentoring: Editing (nf) | Independent Study | 13. |
15- |
15.30 |
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Work
14.00 - 17.00 Documentation |
JB: Dr. Joëlle Bitton, NF: Nicole Foesterl, JBL: Jean-Baptiste Labrune
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