Block Seminar Design Theory 4th semester
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Mon 9.2 - | Tu 10.2 - | We 11.2 - | Th 12.2 - | Fr 13.2 - |
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9.00 - 12.30
| 9.00 - 12.30
| 9.00 - 12.00
| All day: Independent study - *Self-organized discussion - optional | Morning: Upload assignment 4 |
Afternoon: | Afternoon: | 13.30 - 14.30
| 13.00 - 16.30
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5H01 | Online | Online (Morning) - Field (Afternoon) | 5H01 |
Literature/References
To prepare before class starts (optional):
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 Monday 9.2:
J. E. Lewis, N. Arista, A. Pechawis, S. Kite. 2019. Making Kin with the Machines. Journal of Design and Science.
To read Tuesday 10.2
James Pierce. 2012. Undesigning Technology: Considering the negation of design by design. CHI 2012.
To read Wednesday 11.2 (choose two in depth + glance at the other two)
A. Rowe. 2024. A Necessary Shift in Design Education: From Outputs to Outcomes. In International Journal of Art & Design Education.
K. Song & E. Paulos. 2021. Unmaking: Enabling and Celebrating the Creative Material of Failure, Destruction, Decay, and Deformation. CHI 2021
D. van der Linden. 2023. Animal-centered design needs dignity: a critical essay on ACI’s core concept.
In Proceedings of ACI '22View file name ACI.pdf I. Bin Rofi, M. Mahjabin Eshita, A. Chakma, Md. Sabbir Ahmed, S M Taiabul Haque, and J. Noor. 2025. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: The Opportunities, Challenges and the Mitigation Strategies of the Young Indigenous Social Media Users of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh.
In Proceedings of the CHI 2025.View file name SocialMedia.pdf
+ Optional readings:Joëlle Bitton, Future Perfect - Das Rätsel entschlüsseln.
*Available in DDE collab with Wohnrevue, Dec. 2025.Graham Burnett, Permaculture: A Beginners Guide. Spiralseed, 2008.
Carolyn Marvin "Inventing the Expert. Technological Literacy as Social Currency", pp.9-32.
Reminder: For each paper, you need to send response notes: underline 2-3 points that sparked questions and possibly points that you felt should have been addressed in the paper or that you want to challenge.
Use the Reading guideline to comment on the texts.