Below is a basic outline of the activities you’ll engage in as part of this course.
The first week will coordinate teams across both courses in building a common understanding of the challenges and opportunities involved in designing technologies that suppport memory.
| Assignments | Type | Due |
|---|---|---|
| Introductions: Digital Selfie | Independent | Thursday, January 17 |
| Introductions: Think Piece I | Independent | Tuesday, January 22 |
We will follow a three-week cycle of research, investigation, design and review. Each design exploration module will include an introduction lecture, a guest speaker, reading discussions, screenings, desk crits and a final project critique. The projects will involve a speculative prompt for critical making.
| Assignments | Type | Due |
|---|---|---|
| A: Investigation - Objects of Memory | Independent | Thursday, Feb 7 |
| B: Investigation - Forgotten Objects | Collaborative | Thursday, Feb 28 |
| C: Investigation - Hybrid Memorial | Collaborative | Tuesday, Apr 2 |
Following the investgations, we’ll take stock, reflect on the outcomes to date and examine where we’re at. This will lead to a synthesis of ideas into a full scale proposal which blends memory, space and technology as an installation/intervention.
| Assignments | Type | Due |
|---|---|---|
| Synthesis Report | Independent | Thursday, April 4 |
| Integrated Proposal | Collaborative | Tuesday, April 9 |
The remainder of the semester will be used to build a full-scale physical prototype for deployment at CMU. The organization of schedules, build time, and delegation of tasks will be accomplished by the student teams.
| Assignments | Type | Due |
|---|---|---|
| Final Project | Collaborative | Thursday, May 2 |
| Date | Activities | Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| Tues, Jan 15 | Introduction to the course and concepts Memory Exercise & Discussion of memory Digital Memory |
Intro Assignment I Given |
| Thurs, Jan 17 | Screening on Memory Lecture and Discussion: From Memory to Digital Memory Intro Assignment II review |
Intro Assignment II given |
| Date | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tues, Jan 22 | Intro | Topic: Objects of Memory |
| Thur, Jan 24 | Screening | ‘Total Recall’ Screening: The Entire History of You |
| Tues, Jan 29 | Methods | Critical Engineering |
| Thur, Jan 31 | Tech | Tools for Sousveillance & Creating Tangible Memories |
| Tues, Feb 4 | Desk Crits | Feedback on creative project development; 5 mins per person + office hours |
| Thur, Feb 7 | Review | ZipCrit of creative project. Prepare a lightning Demo - 2 mins per student. |
| Date | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tues, Feb 14 | Intro | Forgetting in a Networked Age In Class Exercise |
| Thurs, Feb 19 | Screening | Rituals for Forgetting Screening - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| Tues, Feb 21 | Methods | Diagetic Prototypes + Futurescapes In Class Exercise |
| Thurs, Feb 26 | Tech | Tech Talk: Designing networked objects |
| Tues, Feb 28 | Desk Crits | Feedback on creative project development; 5 mins per person + office hours |
| Tues, Mar 5 | Desk Crits | Feedback on creative project development; 5 mins per person + office hours |
| Thurs, Mar 7 | Review | ZipCrit of creative project. Prepare a lightning Demo - 10 mins per group; 10 mins discussion |
| Date | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tues, Mar 19 | Intro | Digital Legacy and Sites of Remembrance In Class Exercise |
| Thurs, Mar 21 | Design Exercise | Exploring digital legacy with a hands-on brainstorming exercise. |
| Tues, Mar 26 | Methods | Developing Futures & Backcasting In Class Exercise |
| Thurs, Mar 28 | Group Work | Tech Talk: Designing networked spaces |
| Tues, Apr 2 | Tech | Meet in teams develop project / concepts |
| Thurs, Apr 4 | Desk Crits | Feedback on creative project development; 5 mins per person + office hours |
| Tues, Apr 9 | Review | Crit of creative project. Prepare a lightning Demo - 10 mins per group; 10 mins discussion |
| Date | Activities | Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| Tues, Apr 9 | Introduction to Final Project | Synthesis Report given |
| Thur, Apr 11 | Introduction to Final Project | Synthesis Report given |
| Tues, Apr 16 | In-Class Synthesis Reports - 3 minutes per student |
| Date | Activities | Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| Thurs, Apr 18 | Proposal Reviews In Class Activity |
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| Tues, Apr 23 | Milestone checkin In Class Activity |
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| Thurs, Apr 25 | Desk Crits/Group Work | Milestone II Assigned |
| Tues, Apr 24 | Milestone checkin In Class Activity |
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| Tues, Apr 30 | Milestone checkin. | |
| Thurs, May 2 | Internal Crit | Milestone IV Assigned |
| TBC | Final Presentation | Documentation of Outcomes |