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Lecturer: Dr Roman Kirschner
roman.kirschner@zhdk.ch
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ABSTRACT
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The class usually takes place on Mondays, from 89.3000-10.30, on Zoom. Please pay attention to the schedule as there might be some exceptions. In each session two teams of two students will give a presentation: one based on readings and the other one based on art and design projects. Each presentation is followed by a discussion and/or an in-class assignment. Each student has to write a final essay based on a topic chosen by the student in relation to a class assignment and his/her practical work in the seminar Soft Architecture.
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The reading-based presentation should include a 2-pages written discussion, made available to the class and instructor via email Paul three days prior to the day of the class to ensure a general discussion.
The paper should include title, author, date, context, summary, bibliography.
Additional sources can be added to inform the discussion if necessary.
The reading-based presentation should include answers to these questions: who are the authors? where do they work? what concepts do they propose? what year was the document published? what was the context at the time of publication? what are other contemporary theorists and practitioners perspectives on the authors proposal? what influence did the proposal have? what was your research process to go over your findings? how can you apply the proposed ideas in your design work or others' design work? how can you challenge the ideas presented? - The presentation should be around 20 min (if there are 2 presentations/class and less in case there are more presentations/class) 15 minutes.
The project-based presentation should include at least 5 projects illustrating each topic, that are gender-balanced, from various countries of origin. Projects can be taken in design, art, ethnography, science and other disciplines. What 'taxonomy' can you provide to categorize the 5+ projects? How these 5+ projects help get a sense of the field that you're presenting? How do they relate to the topic of the week and the readings of that week? - The presentation should be around 10 min (max 15 min.) 5 minutes.
Final Essay
The essay is a final 1500-words essay with a diversity of sources and bibliography (classified by genre: book, book chapter, journal article, conference article, academic thesis, newspaper article, web article, etc).
The topic of the essay is chosen by the student in relation to a class assignment and proposed by Class 8 7 in half a written page explaining the topic and the questions at stake, and in the form of presentation (1min2-3min) to the class. The final essay has to be submitted by Monday, December 914.
The paper can be written in English or German.
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Readings are made available in the shared IAD server on Paul per session.
Additional readings can be proposed to underline a particular aspect and should be considered.
CALENDAR
(NOTE: ideal wäre ein Termin für Einleitung, 8 Termin mit jeweils 2 Texten + 2 Case Studie Präsentationen, 1 Termin zur Vorbereitung der Essays mit Präsentation der ThemenCALENDAR overview
Class 1 - 21.9. - Introduction
Special Date: 23.9. - Microclimates lecture by Prof. Roesler
Class 2 - 5.10. - Systems and Bodies and Spaces
Class 3 - 12.10. - Material and Environmental Dynamics
Class 4 - 19.10. - Systems Services and EnvironmentsInfrastructure
Class 5 - 26.10. -Services and Infrastructure Anthropocene
Class 6 - 2.11. - Anthropocene Wavescapes
Class 7 - 9.11. - Wavescapes Essay preparation
Class 8 - 16.11. - Cybernetics: Conversation and Fabrics Introduction to data and data literacy
Class 9 - 23.11. - Introduction to data and data literacy Artificial Intelligence
Class 10 - 30.11. - Artificial Intelligence Data, Democracy and Surveillance Capitalism
Class 11 - 7.12. - Dopamine Economy + Surveillance Capitalism Class 12 - Essay support
Special Date: 14.12. - Deadline Essay preparation
Personal feedback on your final essays will be given on by January 15, 2020.
DESCRIPTION of the TOPICS and texts in the individual CLASSES
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Guidelines for writing the final essay
Class 2 - Wednesday, 5.10. - Bodies and Spaces
Readings:
a) Hartmann, Klemmer, Takayama. 2006. "How Bodies Matter: Five Themes for Interaction Design". In DIS 2006.
b) Situated interaction / situated cognition (the 10 commandments of ecological psychology
presented by tbc
Project Topics:
- Multisensory spatial experiences
- Haptics and Space
- Sensing through scales (micro-meso-macro)
presented by tbc
Class 3 - Thursday, 12.10.- Systems and EnvironmentsSystems 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) Sprenger, Florian. 2019. "Epistemologien des Umgebens: Zur Geschichte, Ökologie und Biopolitik künstlicher environments". 9-30.
presented by tbcHartmann, Klemmer, Takayama (2006). "How Bodies Matter: Five Themes for Interaction Design". In DIS 2006.
presented by Aathmigan, Gian-Carlo
Project Topics:
- Human-Environment Interactions
- Temporary spaces
- Outdoor Interventions
presented by tbc
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Multisensory experiences, Haptics and Space
- Sensing through scales (micro-meso-macro)
presented by Celina, Alec
Class 3 - 12.10.- 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 tbcAlec, Celina
Project Topics:
- Sourcing materials
- Material-Environment Interactions- Artificial weather systems
presented by tbcDavid, Alessia
Class 5 4 - Saturday, 2619.10. - 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). AUSSCHNITT. Palaces for the people. ??-??Crown: New York, USA. 184-197.
presented by tbcAlessia, Ramona
Project Topics:
- Speculative service design
- Biological services
presented by tbcKimon, Sonia
Class 6 5 - Monday, 226.1110. - Anthropocene
Readings:
a) Latour, Bruno . (2018). "Das terrestrische Manifest". 21-25 , & 35-68.
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“. view article online 2025“. The Guardian, UK.
III) Cook, Gary . (2017). "Clicking clean: Who is winning the race to build a green internet?". view article onlineGreenpeace: Washington (D.C.), USA.
presented by tbcNemo, Andreas
Project Topics:
- Energy low design
- Anthropocene (art & design)
presented by tbcRamona, Daniela
Class 7 6 - Monday, 92.11. - Wavescapes
Readings:
a) HusokawaHosokawa, Shuhei . (1984). "The Walkman Effect". In Popular Music. 4. Performers and Audiences. 165-180.
b) I) Hessler, Stefanie. 2018. "Tidalectics: Imagining an Oceanic World view through Art and Science“. In Hessler (ed.). "Tidalectics". 31-34,43.
II) Tamatoa Bambridge and Stephanie Leyronas. 2018. "The Polynesian Rahui and Global Issues of Climate". In Hessler (ed.). "Tidalectics". 133-141.
or some introduction to Sonic Interaction Design from Karmen's book.
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Franinovic, Karmen and Salter, Christopher (2013). "The experience of Sonic Interaction". In Franinovic and Serafin: Sonic Interaction Design. 39-75.
presented by Daniela, Sonia
Project Topics:
- Sound Art/Design
- The CommonsDevice Art
presented by tbcNemo, Kilian
Class 8 7 - Monday, 219.1011. - Cybernetics: Conversation and Fabrics
Readings:
a) Pask, Gordon: A comment, a case history and a plan, in REICHARDT, Jasia (Hrsg.): Cybernetics, Art, and Ideas, New York Graphics Society 1971, 76–99
b) Beer, Stafford. 1962. "Progress Note on Research into a Cybernetic Analogue of Fabric", in Harnden, R. et al. (Eds.). 1994. "How many grapes went into the wine. Stafford Beer on the art and science of holistic management". 25–32.
presented by tbc
Project Topics:
- Responsive Environments
- Non-human conversation
presented by tbc
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Essay preparation
Hand in (half a written page) and present (
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2-3min) your proposal for the final essay (interests, central question, potential, challenges)!
Class 9 8 - Monday, 416.11. - Introduction to data and data literacy
Readings:
a) Economist , T. (2017). The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data. The Economist: New York, NY, USA.
b) Nick Barrowman, Nick (2018): . Why data is never raw (. The New Atlantis, Summer/Fall edition: 129-135.
presented by Nicola, Kilian
Project Topics:
- information art (historical & latest)
- creative tracking
presented by
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Nicola, Baran
Class 10 9 - Friday, 823.11. - Artificial Intelligence
Readings:
a) Hassabis, Demis (2019). The Power of Self-Learning Systems - IAS - Demis Hassabis:
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presented by tbc
Class 11 - Friday, 15.11. - Dopamine Economy + Surveillance Capitalism
Readings:
a) . Youtube Video, Institute for Advanced Study, 47:30min.
(extra task: explain the most important concepts/methods/algorithms in AI featured in this video!)
b) Lovelock, James (2019). Novacene: The coming age of hyperintelligence. MIT Press: Cambridge (MA), USA. 79-120
presented by Mai, David
Project Topics:
- designing with AI
- AI & environment
presented by Mai, Aathmigan
Class 10 - 30.11. - Data, Democracy and Surveillance Capitalism
Movie:
The Great Hack (2019). Directors: Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim, Documentary, 1h54min.
Additional Readings:
a) Cadwalladr, Carole (2019). The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal - Netflix - oder Guardian artikel..?
b) Has dopamine got us hooked on tech? | Technology | The Guardian / Simon Parkin
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. The Guardian, UK.
b) Naughton, John (2019). 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism. The Guardian, UK.
presented by Baran, Kimon
Project Topics:
- social media interventions/hacks/hoaxes
- citizen activism and digital platforms
presented by Gian-Carlo, Andreas
Class 11 - 7.12. - Essay support
Ask all your questions, talk about challenges, discuss arguments, build up, formulations etc.