Theory 1: Technology and Society Dr. phil. Björn Franke
Max Rheiner
4 CreditsMDE-VIA-MO-1000.01.20F.001
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Max Rheiner
4 CreditsMDE-VIA-ME-1000.01.20F.001
Theory 1: Technology and Society 
| Nummer und Typ | MDE-VIA-MO-1000.01.20F.001 / Moduldurchführung |
|---|---|
| Modul | Theory 1: Technology and Society |
| Veranstalter | Departement Design |
| Leitung | Dr. phil. Björn Franke Max Rheiner |
| ECTS | 4 Credits |
| Voraussetzungen | For DDE Master Interaction Design students: None ZHdK students from other courses or specializations who are interested in this module can contact Björn Franke in order to discuss possibilities for joining the module. |
| Lehrform | Seminar |
| Zielgruppen | Pflichtmodul 1. Semester Master of Arts in Design, Vertiefung Interaktion |
| Lernziele / Kompetenzen | The seminar explores the human relationship with technology and aims to engage students to examine the influence of this for social and political life. It aims to engage students critically with survival strategies and their cultural manifestations. |
| Inhalte | Since the Greek myths of Prometheus and Pandora’s Box, the relationship with technology and the human aspiration to manipulate and control nature has been problematic. On the one hand it is only through technologies that humans can emerge from nature and on the other hand this technologically created second nature often threatens the very existence of the human being. These threats are often less single technologies or technological artefacts but large scale technological systems fuelled through bureaucratic thinking that assemble what Lewis Mumford has called megamachines: the nuclear arms race, for example, ran almost autonomously. This seminar aims to develop an understanding of the relationship between technology and society. Drawing on perspectives from history, anthropology, sociology and philosophy, the seminar explores the co-evolutionary aspects between technology and society. |
| Bibliographie / Literatur | Literature will be announced in the seminar. |
| Leistungsnachweis / Testatanforderung | Active and regular attendance (min. 80%); reading and preparing the weekly reading assignments; term paper; presentations. |
| Termine | 25.02.2020; 09:00–10:30 03.03.2020; 09:00–10:30 17.03.2020; 09:00–10:30 24.03.2020; 09:00–10:30 31.03.2020; 09:00–10:30 21.04.2020; 09:00–10:30 05.05.2020; 09:00–10:30 19.05.2020; 09:00–10:30 26.05.2020; 09:00–10:30 |
| Bewertungsform | bestanden / nicht bestanden |
| Bemerkung | The module will be in English, including discussions and literature. |
