| Description (ECIAD) | This seminar exposes students to critical and
theoretical contexts within which their
understanding of contemporary design can be
provoked. As the traditional discipline expands
to include hybrid practices that reform the
meanings of culture and society, students are to
examine multiple trajectories through which
designing can intervene. Through a review of
media phenomena, literature and case studies,
students will engage critical debates challenging
the world as they know it.
In addition to required readings, presentations,
writing assignments and discussions, each student
is expected to demonstrate leadership in debates
of choice. Such debates will be shaped around
critical engagement with the pivotal case studies
that make up the thrust of the course content.
Such cases will be chosen for the depth of their
examination of social, economic, technical,
environmental and aesthetic issues affecting
practice into the future. These case debates will
enable students to consolidate and extend their
knowledge and understanding of design practice as
part of a complex and shifting web of cultural,
political, rhetorical and technological dynamics. |
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