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Manuhuia Barcham

Associate Professor

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PhD
Australian National University

Bio

Manuhuia Barcham, PhD (Ngāti Hori, Ngāti Hinewaerea) is a designer, technologist and futurist. He specializes in interaction design, service design, strategic design and futuring. His expertise in computing and technological systems lies in spaces of interactivity and designing systems. In addition to his more general work, he has developed a specific expertise working with historically marginalized and under-served communities – particularly Indigenous peoples. He runs his professional practice through the Strategic Design and Futuring Studio - Archetekt.

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Research Interests

Interaction design, human-computer interaction, service design, strategic design, futuring.

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Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Graduate Studies Design GSMD 502 26/FA

Description

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.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Interaction Design INTD 400 26/FA

Description

This team-taught course offers exposure to key aspects (values, concepts and skills) of 2D, 3D, and 4D Design. Students independently engage in design research and methods, analyze, design, present and evaluate ideas to meet required objectives through individual and group projects. Discussion and reflection help students make informed decisions about their personal and professional development. Collaborative and contextual project work is emphasized in order to develop students' community-based multidisciplinary teamwork, project management and client management skills.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.