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 18th, noon |
| Introductions: Think Piece I | Independent | Tuesday, January 23rd, noon |
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 8th |
| B: Investigation - Forgotten Objects | Collaborative | Thursday, Mar 1st |
| C: Investigation - Hybrid Memorial | Collaborative | Tuesday, Apr 3rd |
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 | Tuesday, April 3rd |
| Integrated Proposal | Collaborative | Tuesday, April 5/10th |
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 4th |
| Date | Activities | Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| Tues, Jan 16 | Introduction to the course and concepts Memory Exercise & Discussion of memory Digital Memory |
Intro Assignment I Given |
| Thurs, Jan 18 | Screening on Memory Lecture and Discussion: From Memory to Digital Memory Intro Assignment II review |
Intro Assignment II given |
| Date | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Jan 23 | Intro | Topic: Objects of Memory |
| Thursday, Jan 25 | Screening | ‘Total Recall’, Screening: [The Entire History of You]http://rme2018.daraghbyrne.me/modules/investigation-1#screening) |
| Tuesday, Jan 30 | Methods | Critical Engineering |
| Thursday, Jan 1 | Tech | Tools for Sousveillance and Tangible Memories |
| Tuesday, Feb 6 | Desk Crits | Feedback on creative project development; 5 mins per person + office hours |
| Thursday, Feb 8 | Review | ZipCrit of creative project. Prepare a lightning Demo - 2 mins per student. |
| Date | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tues, Feb 13 | Intro | Forgetting in a Networked Age In Class Exercise |
| Thurs, Feb 15 | Screening | Rituals for Forgetting Screening - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| Tues, Feb 20 | Methods | Diagetic Prototypes + Futurescapes In Class Exercise |
| Thurs, Feb 22 | Tech | Tech Talk: Designing networked objects |
| Tues, Feb 276 | Desk Crits | Feedback on creative project development; 5 mins per person + office hours |
| Thurs, Mar 1 | Review | ZipCrit of creative project. Prepare a lightning Demo - 10 mins per group; 10 mins discussion |
| Date | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tues, Mar 6 | Intro | Digital Legacy and Sites of Remembrance In Class Exercise |
| Thurs, Mar 8 | Screening | The Final Cut (2004) |
| Tues, Mar 20 | Methods | Developing Futures & Backcasting In Class Exercise |
| Thurs, Mar 22 | No Class | Meet in teams develop project / proposal |
| Tues, Mar 27 | Tech | Tech Talk: Designing networked spaces |
| Thurs, Mar 29 | Desk Crits | Feedback on creative project development; 5 mins per person + office hours |
| Thurs, Apr 2 | Review | Crit of creative project. Prepare a lightning Demo - 10 mins per group; 10 mins discussion |
| Date | Activities | Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| Thurs, Apr 5 | In-Class Synthesis Reports - 3 minutes per student Introduction to Final Project |
Synthesis Report due |
| Tues, Apr 10 | Proposal Discussion |
| Date | Activities | Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| Tues, Apr 10 | Proposal Reviews In Class Activity |
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| Thurs, Apr 12 | Desk Crits/Group Work | Milestone I Assigned |
| Tues, Apr 18 | Milestone checkin In Class Activity |
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| Thurs, Apr 20 | Desk Crits/Group Work | Milestone II Assigned |
| Tues, Apr 25 | Milestone checkin In Class Activity |
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| Thurs, Apr 27 | Desk Crits/Work session | Milestone III Assigned |
| Tues, May 2 | Milestone checkin. | |
| Thurs, May 4 | Internal Crit | Milestone IV Assigned |