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+ | ===== Manus Et Machina ===== | ||
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+ | |**Course Title: | ||
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+ | |**Course Credit: | ||
+ | |**Course Weeks: | ||
+ | |**Contact Hours/ | ||
+ | | |Day 2, Seminar: 75 min| | ||
+ | | |Day 3, Seminar: 75 min| | ||
+ | |**Prerequisite: | ||
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+ | ===== Fall Semester 2017 ===== | ||
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+ | Please find the [[: | ||
+ | Here is the 2017 list of [[: | ||
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+ | Task for 2017: Every participating student will have to create a machine that fits into a white box, that will be handed out to each student (see above). The boxes will be inter connected with a signal cable. A //signal// will be handed over from one machine to the next (from one students' | ||
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+ | ===== Course Description ===== | ||
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+ | The Core Competency Course »Manus Et Machina« explores how technology has influenced our life, and investigates the use of machines by human and the influence of machines on human over the ages. The course further explores how technology has influenced the fields of arts and design, and investigates this inspirational source for new technological developments. | ||
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+ | Lecture and discussion will be the breeding ground for concept development of new machines: Every student will realise a prototype of a machine executing a certain task. There is no specification for the nature of the machine, nor the task to be performed. The project will be complemented by lectures and case-studies, | ||
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+ | ===== Place in the NYUAD Curriculum ===== | ||
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+ | The course »Manus Et Machina« is a Core Competency Course in the field of Art, Design, and Technology. It is cross-listed with the [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Learning Outcomes ===== | ||
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+ | Students in the course will learn to develop critical thinking skills and be trained in concept development. As the project contains practical elements, interested students will also be trained in using machines like laser-cutter or 3D-printer, and other rapid prototyping tools. At the end of this course, students will: | ||
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+ | * be able to have a basic understanding of the fundamental differences between humans and machines. | ||
+ | * learn and understand basic concepts of human-machine interactions. | ||
+ | * analyse whether machines can become socially aware, and have a basic understanding of the technologies and what it takes to make machines have and articulate feelings and emotions. | ||
+ | * be forced to think about ethical issues in the digital age. | ||
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+ | These outcomes will be assessed through reports, class participation, | ||
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+ | ===== Teaching and Learning Methodologies ===== | ||
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+ | This (very intense !) course is a mix of theory and practice. Students will be involved in a lot of reading, discussion and writing, as well as the __completion of a practical project__. There are two modes of delivery: 1st. Seminar and 2nd. Projectcolloquium: | ||
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+ | This course adopts a **__SEMINAR__** | ||
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+ | The course makes use of an online sites – NYU Classes – that will serve as a repository for required readings, assignments, | ||
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+ | If possible there will be a two days class trip offered. During this trip several workshops will happen: e.g. drawing, photography, | ||
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+ | ===== Required Text Books ===== | ||
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+ | * Kevin Kelly, What Technology Wants, Kevin Kelly, New York, 2010 | ||
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+ | In his book //What Technology Wants// | ||
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+ | * Jaron Lanier, Who Owns the Future?, New York, 2013 | ||
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+ | ===== Required Films ===== | ||
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+ | * Fritz Lang, Metropolis (1927) | ||
+ | * Ridley Scott, Blade Runner (1982) | ||
+ | * Alex Garland, Ex Machina (2015) | ||
+ | * Peter Fischli and David Weiss, The Way Things Go (1987) | ||
+ | * Arthur Ganson, Machines and the Breath of Time (2009) | ||
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+ | As supplemental materials there will be a wide range of online video resources and project documentation. Links will be shared via NYUClasses. | ||
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+ | ===== Assessment ===== | ||
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+ | Students must complete all assigned coursework in order to pass the course. All required papers and other documents must be submitted electronically. No extensions will be given on assignments or papers without sufficient extenuating circumstances and prior approval from the instructor. Any two missing classes will result in (-) minus point to the final grade automatically. | ||
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+ | Marking Scheme: | ||
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+ | |**I.** | ||
+ | | |This essay is designed to teach students how to perform a conceptual outline of a project idea. Length: 1200 to 1500 words. | ||
+ | |**II.** | ||
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+ | |**III.** | ||
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+ | |**IV.** | ||
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+ | |**V.** | ||
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+ | |**VI.** | ||
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+ | |**VII.** | ||
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+ | ===== List of Discussion Topics ===== | ||
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+ | |Week 1 |**Machine Utopia** | | ||
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+ | |Week 2 |**About functionality** | | ||
+ | | |Form follows function (The work of //Hans Gugelot// and //Dieter Rams//)| | ||
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+ | |Week 3 |**Machines in Films** | | ||
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+ | | |//Ex Machina// (director Alex Garland, 2015)| | ||
+ | |Week 4 |**Films about Machines** | | ||
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+ | | |Art projects by Arthur Ganson| | ||
+ | |Week 5 |**The geometry of Motion** | | ||
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+ | | |The Reuleaux Collection of Mechanisms and Machines| | ||
+ | |Week 6 |**Machines and Emotions 1** | | ||
+ | | |The //Gestalt// Principles| | ||
+ | |Week 7 |**Machines and Emotions 2** | | ||
+ | | |Mind Hacks| | ||
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+ | |Week 8 |**Machinae Incredibilae** | | ||
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+ | |Week 9 |**Media** | | ||
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+ | | |The mental model of digital media producers and consumers (Creative Common Licences)| | ||
+ | |Week 10 |**Introduction to media and things** | | ||
+ | | |The difference between auto-activity, | ||
+ | |Week 11 |**Machines around us** | | ||
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+ | | |IoT – The Internet of Things| | ||
+ | |Week 12 |**Who Owns the Future?** | | ||
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+ | |Week 13 |**Realities United** | | ||
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+ | |Week 14 |**Final Prototyping** | | ||
+ | |Week 15 |**Presentations and exhibition of the machine prototype** | | ||
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+ | ===== Appendix ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Case-Study Presentation ==== | ||
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+ | Every student will present two case-study presentations to be chosen randomly during class. The presentation must be submitted as PDF format the day before presentation through NYU Classes and must contain the following attachment: | ||
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+ | **Attachment A:** max. 10 slides (keynote or powerpoint) to be presented in class. The student must use the class presentation template. The file name should follow the same naming standard: casestudy1(2)_YourFirstName_YourLastName.key/ | ||
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+ | ==== Essays ==== | ||
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+ | Your essays must include an introduction, | ||
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+ | **Attachment B:** text document (max of 1200 -1500 words) named according to the following template: essay1(2)_YourFirstName_YourLastName.doc and containing a Header with your complete Name, and Student number | ||
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+ | **Attachment C:** max. 10 slides (keynote or powerpoint) to be presented in class. The file name should follow the same naming standard: essay1(2)_YourFirstName_YourLastName.key/ | ||
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+ | === Essay 1 === | ||
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+ | Understanding the technical world (approximately 3 pages) \\ Deadline: end of week 2 (exact date t.b.a.) \\ Deadline for Rewrite: Sunday Week 4 (exact date t.b.a.) | ||
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+ | Choose a recent (max 1 year old) news story in a popular national or international news source concerning novel technology. Your assignment is to read the news article and then prepare an analytical in-class presentation that you will give. The presentation should a) summarise the article; b) evaluate the news story from technical, rhetorical and sociological points of view. Please include the merit and shortcomings the story has and the possible impact the topic in the article have on society. You should close your essay with an outlook into the future and c.) ideate new use-cases for this technology. | ||
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+ | Your essay should use the format defined by the Modern Language Association: | ||
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+ | === Essay 2 === | ||
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+ | Project Idea/ | ||
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+ | Describe the concept behind your machine; do not describe its technology but its purpose for the mankind. What is the idea behind your machine? Give your view based on the many discussion in this course and on the reading. Close your essay with an artistic statement. | ||
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+ | Your essay should use the format defined by the Modern Language Association: | ||
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+ | ===== Further information ===== | ||
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+ | See some pictures from the semester below… | ||
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