Category: seminar

DM-GY 9113 Generative and AI Art from Daedalus to Midjourney

This course traces the evolution of generative and artificial intelligence art from myth to machine. Beginning with Daedalus, the mythic craftsman who animated statues, we follow the lineage of autonomous creation through algorithmic drawing, cybernetic aesthetics, early computer art, and contemporary neural networks. You will explore the philosophical, technical, and cultural shifts that have defined… Read more DM-GY 9113 Generative and AI Art from Daedalus to Midjourney

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DM-GY 9003 Doctoral Seminar in Technology, Culture, and Society

This doctoral-level seminar course will act as an introduction to key thinkers, discourses, texts, and issues that have been influential in informing how non-architectural designers think about practice and research, as well as in theorizing design as a domain of human activity, its epistemologies, its concerns and interests, its disciplinary, political and ethical commitments, and… Read more DM-GY 9003 Doctoral Seminar in Technology, Culture, and Society

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DM-GY 9113 Design for Social Impact

The social impact of technologies is typically thought about fairly late, if ever, in the design process. Indeed, it can be difficult at design time to predict what effects technologies will have. Nevertheless, design decisions can inadvertently “lock in” particular values early on. In this course, we will draw on science & technology studies, technology… Read more DM-GY 9113 Design for Social Impact

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DM-GY 9113 Race, Culture, Design & Technology

This seminar course is a survey on the work done on thinking about the politics and ethics of design and technology, particularly with regards to the politics of race and culture. Drawing from a range of fields and disciplines that study cultural and racial difference in nuanced ways: anthropology, cultural studies, Black studies, settler-colonial and… Read more DM-GY 9113 Race, Culture, Design & Technology

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DM-GY 9113 Histories, Theories & Practices of Haptics

Since at least the 1980s, haptics technologies have teased us with a seductive promise to transform the landscape of digital communication. However, contemporary deployments of haptics remain limited primarily to vibration feedback emanating from video game controllers, smartphones, and wearable fitness trackers, still falling far short of reaching the ‘perfect haptics’ sought after by those… Read more DM-GY 9113 Histories, Theories & Practices of Haptics

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DM-GY 9113 Science, Technology, and Society

What makes something a scientific fact? What is the social impact of new technologies? Who in society benefits and who is harmed by the rapid development of modern science and technology? These are just some of the questions tackled by researchers in the field of Science and Technology Studies, an interdisciplinary field that studies the… Read more DM-GY 9113 Science, Technology, and Society

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DM-GY 6043 Theories and Cultural Impact of Media & Technology

In this course, students will analyze the history and theoretical discourse of media and technology, connecting these studies to contemporary trends and assessing their cultural impact. Discussion, reading, research, and writing constitute the body of the course. As we explore the theories of media and technology and the stakes of this inquiry, we will move… Read more DM-GY 6043 Theories and Cultural Impact of Media & Technology

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