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The class usually takes place on Mondays, from 15.0015-16.3045, on Zoom (with exceptions during the parallel seminar Soft Architecture). In each session four students will give a presentation: two based on readings and the other two 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 or Data Visualization.
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CALENDAR overview
Class 1 - 1819.9. , 09:00 - Introduction
Class 2 - 19.09. - Material and Environmental Dynamics
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DESCRIPTION of the TOPICS and texts of the individual CLASSES
Class 1 - 18.9. , 09:00-10:30 - Introduction
Introduction to the course, explanation and organisation of tasks/dates
Class 2 - 19.09., 16:30-18:00- 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".
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Readings:
a) Starosielski, Nicole (2012). "Warning: Do Not Dig’Dig: Negotiating the Visibility of Critical Infrastructures." Journal of Visual Culture. 11:1. April 2012. (1): 38–57.
b) Klinenberg, Eric (2018). "Palaces for the people". Crown: New York, USA. 184-197.
presented by ?? by Jin (Starosielski) and ?? and Basil (Klinenberg)
Project Topics:
- Speculative service design
- Biological services
presented by Elia (SSD), ?? Dario (BS)
Class 4 - 02.10. - Anthropocene
Readings:
a) Chakrabarty, Dipesh (2018). "Planetary Crises and the Difficulty of Being Modern". Millennium: Journal of International Studies: 1–24.
b) Internet and Energy (to be slimed down to max. 2 texts by july 11, 2023)covered by 2 students: create discussion!):
I) Gombiner, Joel (2011). "Carbon Footprinting the Internet“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.
IV) Andreu, Javier F. et al. (2022). "Big data on a dead planet. The digital transition's neglected environmental impacts.Note: I, II, III and IV are one package!presented by ?? (Latour) and ?? (Internet"
presented by Aisha (Chakrabarty) and Luca (Gombiner) & Stepan (Andreu)
Project Topics:
- Energy low design
- Anthropocene in art & design
presented by ?? by David (ELD) and ?? and Luca (AAD) & Dario (catch-up from class 3)
Class 5 - 09.10. - 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 ?? by Raman (Burnham) and ?? and David (Klemmer)
Project Topics:
- Multisensory experiences, Haptics and Space
- Sensing through scales (micro-meso-macro)
presented by ?? by Andreas (MEHS) and ?? and Raman (STS)
Class 6 - 16.10. - 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 ?? by Laberi (Hosokawa) and ?? and Tara (Franinovic et al.)
Project Topics:
- Sound Art/Design
- Device Art
- Sound and Ecologies
presented by ?? by Basil (SA/D) and ?? , Laberi (DA) and Jin (S&Eco)
Class 7 - 23.10. - Essay preparation
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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 ?? by Tanya (Economist) ?? Cyril (Barrowman)
Project Topics:
- information art (historical & latest)
- creative tracking
presented by ?? - tbc (boundaries of data worlds)
presented by Cyril (Information Art) ??, Stepan(CT), Aisha (tbc)
Class 9 - 13.11. - Artificial Intelligence
Readings:
a) Russell, Stuart and Nerving Peter. "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach", 4th ed. Extract from Introduction and conclusion. (covered by 2 students: create discussion!)
b) Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin of the Institute of Humane Technology: "The AI dilemma". Youtube video of lecture in San Francisco on March 9th, 2023. presented by ?? (covered by 2 students: create discussion!)
presented by Ege & Anja (Russel) ?? (LaunchburyJeanne & Andreas (Harris, Raskin)
Project Topics:
- designing with AI
- AI & environment
- AI & ethics
presented by ?? Ege (designing with AI), ?? Anja (AI & envrionmentenvironment), ?? Jeanne (AI & ethics)
Class 10 - 20.11. - Data, Democracy and Surveillance Capitalism
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a) Zuboff, Shoshana (2015) "Big other: surveillance capitalism and the prospects of an information civilization". Journal of Information Technology 30: 75–89.
b) Ryser, Daniel and Sprenger, Ramona (2023) "Do not feed the google (to be specified by july 11, 2023)
presented by ?? (Zuboff), ?? (Cadwalladr", news report in 10 parts on republik.ch (covered by 2 students: create discussion!)
presented by Elias (Zuboff), Dario, Luca (Ryser/Sprenger)
Project Topics:
- social media interventions/hacks/hoaxes
- citizen activism using digital platforms
- participatory projects in Switzerland (mixing digital and real world)
presented by ?? Luca (interventions), ?? Elias (activism), ?? Tanya (Switzerland)
Class 11 - 27.11. - Essay support
Ask all your questions, talk about challenges, discuss arguments, build up, formulations etc.