INTERACTION DESIGN THEORY SEMINAR 4th semester
Spring 2019
INSTRUCTORS
Dr Joëlle Bitton, joelle.bitton@zhdk.ch
Jean-Baptiste Labrune, jeanbaptisteparis@gmail.com
Verena Ziegler, verena.ziegler@zhdk.ch
Office hours by appointment
Class sessions include a lecture/discussion each Monday from 13.00-15.00 ZT 4.T31
OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES
12 sessions structured around 3 sections:
- Spaces, Artifacts and Ecosystems held by Verena Ziegler
- Technology and Society held by Jean-Baptiste Labrune
- The Design of Trade held by Dr Joëlle Bitton
Session 01 – 18.02 Observation I (Verena Ziegler)
Introduction to course outline and first section: Spaces, Artifacts and Exosystems
Clarification regarding expectations and assignments to accomplish during the seminar
- Georges Perec, “The Street,” in Species of Spaces and Other Pieces, (London: Penguin, 2008).
- William H. Whyte, The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, 1980; Chapter "The street" p. 54-60
Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles, BBC 1972, http://vimeo.com/22488225.
William H. Whyte, The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_-nBr2MuBk.
Session 02 – 25.02 Observations II Spaces and Politics (Verena Ziegler)
- Michel Foucault, “Der Panoptismus” in Überwachen und Strafen: Die Geburt des Gefängnisses (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2008).
- Efe Basturk, "A brief Analyse on Post Panoptic Surveillance: Deleuze&Guattarian Approach", 2017, International Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. VI, No. 2 / 2017)
Session 03 - 04.03. Spaces (Verena Ziegler)
>>> Short presentations of observations (2 min.)
Michel Foucault, “Of Other Spaces: Utopias and Heterotopias”, Architecture /Mouvement/ ContinuiteĢ, October, 1984; (“Des Espace Autres,” March 1967 Translated from the French by Jay Miskowiec)
Didier Faustino, https://didierfaustino.com
Session 04 – 11.03 Artifacts and Politics (Verena Ziegler)
- Langdon Winner, “Do Artifacts Have Politics?” in The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986). http://faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory/Winner-Artifacts-Politics.pdf
- Bruno Latour, “Where are the Missing Masses? The Sociology of a Few Mundane Artifacts,” in Shaping Technology / Building Society , ed. Wiebe E. Bijker and John Law (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992).
Session 05 – 18.03 Ecosystems (Verena Ziegler)
Jane Bennett, "Vibrant Matter - A Political Ecology of Things", Published: January 2010: Pages: 200
Session 06 –
Session 07 –
Session 08 –
Session 09 –
Session 10 – The Design of Trade - Silk Road
Session 11 – The Design of Trade -
Session 12 – The Design of Trade - Tax wars
EXPECTATIONS AND GRADING
The seminar should become a critical dispute, dealing with the political component of design whose influence on human life, thinking and interaction stimulate.
Farther in the seminar the development of relevant literature and the critical examination of and critical examination of textual material as well as methods of scientific working are learned.
Grades will be based on the oral and written presentations and on class participation. Contributing to constructive group feedback is an essential aspect of class participation. Regular attendance is required. Two or more unexcused absences will affect the final grade. Arriving late on more than one occasion will also affect the grade.
Class participation 20%
Journal/Blog 20%
In-class assignments 20%
Final Assignment 40%
Any assignment that remains unfulfilled receives a failing grade.
ASSIGNMENTS
Journal/Blog
A separate 'Journal' is developed by each student that reflects on learnings from the seminar. It should be in the form of an online blog (ie. WordPress, Tumblr or other):
- The journal should be structured in a generally comprehensible manner
- The lecture notes, including annotations, are stored
- Notes, sketches for each lesson should be included as well
Exercise Observation
The theoretical discussion of the subject is substantiated by a practical observation that can be presented in a freely selectable form. However, this should address the following questions:
(1) What is the origin of space?
(2) Why is this political?
(3) How is space observed and perceived?
(4) How changed does space become through observation and perception?
(5) How does the reader perceive space through the nature of the description?
Essay
The final assignment should develop a question from the topics dealt with and include these in form of a critical or argumentative essay.
Extent of the essay about 2500 words with references and bibliography.
The essay can be written in German or English.
Essay deadline: 07.06.2019 uploaded to the IAD server: (folder essay assignment) smb://fileredu.ad.zhdk.ch/DDE/BDE_VIAD/01_ABGABEN/19_FS/
COURSE MATERIALS
Readings are made available in the shared IAD server: smb://fileredu.ad.zhdk.ch/DDE/BDE_VIAD/01_ABGABEN/19_FS/