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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 7 - 24.10. - Essay preparation
Class 8 - 0714.11. - Introduction to data and data literacy
Class 9 - 1421.11. - Artificial Intelligence
Class 10 - 2128.11. - Data, Democracy and Surveillance Capitalism
Class 11 - 2805.1112. - Essay support
Special Date: 1219.12. - Deadline Essay
Personal feedback on your final essays will be given by January 16, 20222023.
DESCRIPTION of the TOPICS and texts of the individual CLASSES
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Introduction to the course, explanation and organisation of tasks/datesGuidelines for writing the final essay
Class 2 - 20.09. - 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 ??Luis (Pickering), Lars (Ingold)
Project Topics:
- Sourcing materials
- Material-Environment Interactions
presented by ??Mo (SM) and Matthias (MEI)
Class 3 - 2627.09. - 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 ??Lea (Starosielski) and Matthias (Klinenberg)
Project Topics:
- Speculative service design
- Biological services
presented by ??Lars (SSD), Sonja (BS)
Class 4 - 03.10. - Anthropocene
Readings:
a) Latour, Bruno (2018). "Das terrestrische Manifest". 21-25 & 35-68. Or alternative from new catalogue "Critical Zones!!
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.
Note: I, II and III are one package!
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
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 ??Sonja (Burnham) and Tanja (Klemmer)
Project Topics:
- Multisensory experiences, Haptics and Space
- Sensing through scales (micro-meso-macro)
presented by ??Luis (MEHS) and Loïc (STS)
Class 6 - 17.10. - Wavescapes
Readings:
a) Hosokawa, 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 ??Elena (Hosokawa) and Carina (Franinovic et al.)
Project Topics:
- Sound Art/Design
- Device Art
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 - 0714.11. - 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 - 1421.11. - 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 - 2128.11. - 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) Tanja
presented by ??
Class 11 - 2805.1112. - Essay support
Ask all your questions, talk about challenges, discuss arguments, build up, formulations etc.