Design as Worldmaking – technologies, mobilities, architectures
The Technical Doctoral School of IT and Design at Aalborg University
Welcome to Design as Worldmaking – technologies, mobilities, architectures
Description:
Across areas such as design, architecture, urbanism, urban planning, anthropology, geography, and sociology there is a need to understand the social and environmental repercussions of architecture and design. In this PhD course there will be lectures based on ‘exclusionary design’ showing how unhoused and vulnerable citizens are subject to power-ridden designs of urban spaces. There will also be lectures on the ‘super rich’ and how design allows them to dwell in sheltered, luxurious worlds that are simultaneously sealed off from surrounding spaces and exposed (in comfort and safety) to extreme environments .
From these areas, ethnographic, theoretical, and methodological lessons will be drawn into a didactic space where the course participants reflect upon their own research projects. The course contains smaller exercises in empirical research design where the participants try out ways in which to operationalize the theories and concepts presented by the lecturers.
Participants must read a moderate number of readings in advance of the course. There is an option for earing 2 extra ECTS course credits for a successfully evaluated post-course assignment submission.
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