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17012
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
15
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| Workload |
S(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Design
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Entry requirements |
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Learning outcomes |
The main objective of the curricular unit Themed Seminars is to promote students contact with relevant and current themes in the context of advanced training in Design and with the most recent research in the area, from a specific or transdisciplinary perspective, unfolding as follows:
Know and contact the thematic and disciplinary diversity in the most recent advanced knowledge in Design; Understand the complexity of the topics covered and their transdisciplinary contaminations;
Analyze and critically interpret current knowledge in Design;
Communicate advanced knowledge and problematize complex topics;
Develop autonomy in integrating their research interests in the context of scientific debates in Design.
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Syllabus |
Thematic contexts in Design:
Thematic diversity and diverse approaches to advanced knowledge in Design;
Academic research topics in Design and related areas;
Project practices that interrogate the Design field;
Historical contexts and concepts;
Intersections and thematic contaminations between design practices and academic research.
Thematic sessions:
The contents to be covered will be defined each academic year by professors and invited guests in agreement with the course leader. Each seminar will be integrated into a set of themes simultaneously arising from Design areas of UBI and from other topics of advanced knowledge in Design and of interest to this doctoral program. In this sense, the syllabus preserves its openness and flexibility, articulating itself with the impetus to remain relevant in the face of the needs to update the program and train students based on the main current advances.
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Main Bibliography |
Brennan, K. & Krattenmaker, K. eds (2019). Designs for Different Futures. Yale University Press;
Christensen, M. Michel, R. Jonas, W. eds. (2022). NERD - New Experimental Research in Design 2. Birkhäuser;
Walker, J. A. (1990). Design History and the History of Design. Pluto Press;
The remaining bibliography must be indicated on a case-by- case basis, depending on the topic covered in each Seminar and the themes developed by the students.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The sessions of Themed Seminars will mostly be taught by invited individualities, national and international,
with recognized research or complex project practice, and also by UBI professors on topics related to their area of research. These sessions may take the form of lectures, small workshops, or organized days or conferences. A set of mandatory sessions and another set of optional sessions will be programmed, form which students can choose having the development of their individual research project in mind. The list of sessions that each student chooses must add up to a number of contact hours equivalent to that of the curricular unit.
The methodologies used in each session may be as diverse as the number of people delivering the sessions, from oral exposition to the use of advanced technologies, e.g. virtual reality, using more common strategies, such as presentation of multimedia materials, or even other more specific methodologies, such as hiking or others.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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