Crafting Environmental Justice 

Im Rahmen der „Shared Campus Summer Schools 2023
Nummer und TypZMO-ZMO-L021.2.23H.001 / Moduldurchführung
ModulCrafting Environmental Justice 
VeranstalterZ-Module
LeitungProf. Michael KROHN, Professor at the Department of Design,
Head of CAS Atmospheric Design, Head of Center of Sustainability (ZHdK)
Zeit
Mi 21. Juni 2023 bis Sa 8. Juli 2023
2 Wochen
Anzahl Teilnehmende6
ECTS4 Credits
VoraussetzungenProficient in English
LehrformSeminar
ZielgruppenLevel: BA, MA, MPhil, PhD
Lernziele / Kompetenzen• Develop knowledge about craft practices for social transformation, in particular with regard to environmental justice
• Demonstrate a critical awareness of conceptual and theoretical debates related to socially transformative craft practices
• Develop enquiry and practice recognising the value of digitalisation for craft practitioners, designers, producers, and users in understanding and addressing societal issues
• Address relationship between digital tools and the hand-made for the creation of new types of objects
• Critically articulate and carry out appropriate approaches to research with purpose to transform ideas from cultures to experiments and vice versa while reflecting on the future role of craft
• Develop individual project work in a culturally mixed group, articulate own modes of expression and present ideas using digital and analogue design methods
• Develop creative practice engaging with digitally affected cultures of objects, considering how they look, feel and work
InhalteThe Summer School at the School of Creative Media in Hong Kong will explore ecologies of repair via craft to build a future survivable to all as a reparative strategy of care. We will start from the basic human right to breathe, addressed by the Smogware project initiated in 2021 by Lab Air, a design studio by Dutch designers Annemarie Piscaer and Iris de Kievith. It includes ceramic cups, bowls and plates in subdued colors, ranging from ochre to jet black, which are created from common air pollution particles collected from the streets of cities that suffer pollution levels above WHO safe limits.
Repair will be explored as a physical and symbolic act alongside decolonising narratives of restitution and discourses of selected historic “truths” and silencers to counter environmental injustices that threaten survival of all bodies. The patient and persistent labor of repair is embodied within craft practices that are labor intensive, meticulous and time consuming. The Summer School will invite participants to engage repair, attentive noticing and care as potential healing gestures within craft techniques towards a future we all hope for.
We will collaborate with local museums/galleries, as well as with craft and repair industries in different aspects. On-site visits, sessions and talks will give a deeper understanding of how repair is understood.
Leistungsnachweis / Testatanforderung80% Anwesenheit
Termine21 June – 8 July 2023
Bewertungsformbestanden / nicht bestanden
BemerkungNo course fee for students from Shared Campus partner institutions. ZHdK will cover its students’ accommodation expenses up to a certain amount. Students travelling to Hong Kong will need to cover the following costs by themselves:
• Travel expenses
• Living expenses, no accommodation costs
• Visa fees (whenever applicable)