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17009
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(30H)
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| Scientific area |
Design
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Entry requirements |
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Learning outcomes |
Acquire in-depth knowledge of the different approaches that characterize contemporary discourses on Design;
Analyze Design as an area of dialogue and disciplinary intersection with the various industries;
Critically examine how current Design is affected and conditioned by the most varied socio-political, economic, cultural, technological, (bio)ethical and/or environmental issues;
Reflect on the active role that the designer has or can have in these contexts; Diagnose the impact that political, social and technological changes have on historical and contemporary Design practices;
Assess the implications and/or possible consequences of Design as an action in the world, identifying scenarios for its strategic action;
Apply appropriate terminology when identifying, describing and analyzing key theories and concepts to express and frame informed views on the articulation of Design with complex realities.
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Syllabus |
1. Contemporary discourses on Design
2. Utopia, dystopia, and technology
3. Design, memory, and change
4. Design, activism, and sustainability
5. Design, body, and senses
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Main Bibliography |
Colomina, B. & Wigley, M. (2016), (Ed). Are we human? Notes on an archaeology of design. Lars Müller Publishers.
Dunne, A. & Raby, F. (2013). Speculative everything. The MIT Press.
Foster, H. (2003). Design and crime and other diatribes. Verso.
Fuad-Luke, A. (2009). Design activism: Beautiful strangeness for a sustainable world. Routledge.
Ihde, D. (2008). The designer fallacy and technological imagination. in Vermaas, P. et al (Ed). Philosophy and design. From engineering to architecture. Springer.
Margolin, V. (2014). Design e risco de mudança. ESAD.
Malpass, M. (2017). Critical design in context: History, theory, and practices. Bloomsbury Academic.
Scherling, L. & Derosa, A. (2014), (Ed). Ethics in design and communication. Bloomsbury.
Van Helvert, M. (2016), (Ed). The responsible object. A history of design ideology for the future. Valiz.
Wood, D. (2023). Craft is political. Bloomsbury.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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