| Unit name | Past, Present and Futures |
|---|---|
| Unit code | INOV20001 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Malé Lujan Escalante |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Centre for Innovation |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The unit will explore key theoretical lenses as a means to consider socio-technological systems, including artefacts, services, and experiences. The unit will explore historical technological transformations as they relate to the intersections of art, society, and science.
The unit aims to:
• Develop knowledge and critical understandings of socio-technological systems, through a consideration of their key conceptual and material underpinnings, using a case-study approach in both teaching and assessment;
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the theoretical contexts of socio-technological systems ranging from: material culture, history of innovation, social studies of science and technology (STS), and future-oriented frameworks;
• Develop students’ abilities to analyse and evaluate competing perceptions of artefacts, services, experiences, systems, and networks as socio-technological systems;
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of key theoretical lenses to consider socio-technological systems;
2. analyse and evaluate competing perceptions of socio-technological systems;
3. develop skills to work constructively and creatively in a group-based case-study;
4. work independently and reach individual/personal judgements within a collaborative context;
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, including lectures and practical activities supported by collaborative and self-directed learning.
1500 group case study report detailing the histories, contemporary uses and future implications of a single technology of their choice. To be presented as a PDF, in the style of an industry-facing report. (50%) ILO 4-6
2000-word individual reflexive account of group project, which draws on key historical and theoretical contexts (50%) ILO 1-3. Assessed using I Level Criteria
Suchman, Lucy. 2007. Human-Machine Reconfigurations. Cambridge
University Press.
Jenkins, Henry. 2008. Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media
Collide. NYU Press.
Dunne, A. & Raby, F., 2013. Speculative everything: Design, fiction, and social dreaming,
Forlano, L., & Mathew, A. (2014). From design fiction to design friction: Speculative and participatory design of values-embedded urban technology. Journal of Urban Technology, 21(4), 7-24
Levitas, R. (2013). Utopia as method: The imaginary reconstruction of society. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (2013).
