Material Culture I
Alison Jane Clarke
Design, Design History and Theory
2022W, scientific seminar (SEW), 4.0 ECTS, 2.0 semester hours, course number S02856
Description
Lecturer: Mag.art. Nargess Khodabakhshi
Contact: nargess.khodabakhshi@uni-ak.ac.at
Material Culture I “Matter Out of Place”: Design and Discard Studies
Designers today increasingly grapple with urgent issues of waste and climate change while confronting mistakes made by past generations. In this course, students explore how waste shapes the world through an expanded view of discard studies and material culture in twentieth-century history and contemporary contexts. Students will analyze not only the material stuff that humans throw away, but also the wider political, social, and economic systems at play in the creation, concealment, and disposal of waste. In the 1960s, the British social anthropologist Mary Douglas coined the phrase “matter out of place” to describe dirt and pollution. Students will consider this concept in design practice, including issues of conservation and sustainability, social taboos, and purity. The course covers a range of topics including obsolescence, bioclimatic design, media archaeology and tech waste, circular economies of design, and the material culture of waste beyond our planet: space debris. Students will engage with design criticism, digital exhibitions, public history projects, news media, video, and film sources.
Examination Modalities
Regular attendence (6 out of 8 sessions, plus 1 tutorial), active participation in seminar, course presentation (Referat)
Comments
*This course is capped at a maximum of 20 students.
This course takes place in English.
Online registration in Base before the first session is required of all students who wish to enroll in this course.
Any changes to the course location will be announced here and via email to registered students.
Contact: nargess.khodabakhshi@uni-ak.ac.at
Key Words
Waste, trash, landscape design, product design, social design, material culture, green design, sustainability, textile work, environment, environmental art, industrial design, fashion design, interior design, graphic design, interventionist art, cultural politics, design, public space
Dates
17 October 2022, 14:00–15:30 Seminar Room 6
07 November 2022, 14:00–17:00 Seminar Room 6
14 November 2022, 14:00–17:00 Seminar Room 6
28 November 2022, 14:00–17:00 Seminar Room 6
05 December 2022, 14:00–17:00 Seminar Room 6
12 December 2022, 14:00–17:00 Seminar Room 22
19 December 2022, 14:00–17:00 Seminar Room 23
09 January 2023, 14:00–17:00 Seminar Room 22
Course Enrolment
From 01 September 2022, 00:00 to 13 October 2022, 00:00
Via online registration
Curriculum Allocation
Art Education: subject kkp (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80
Art Education: subject kkp (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: IT: Bachelorseminar Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.85
Art Education: subject kkp (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 067/003.80
Art Education: subject kkp (additional subject): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Seminar aus dem Bereich Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften 067/003.25
Art Education: subject kkp (additional subject): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80
Art Education: subject tex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 071/003.80
Art Education: subject tex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: IT: Bachelorseminar Wissenschaftliche Praxis 071/003.85
Art Education: subject tex (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 071/003.80
Art Education: subject tex (additional subject): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Seminar aus dem Bereich Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften 071/003.25
Art Education: subject tex (additional subject): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 071/003.80
Art Education: subject dae (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 072/003.80
Art Education: subject dae (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: IT: Bachelorseminar Wissenschaftliche Praxis 072/003.85
Art Education: subject dae (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 072/003.80
Art Education: subject dae (additional subject): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Seminar aus dem Bereich Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften 072/003.25
Art Education: subject dae (additional subject): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 072/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: IT: Bachelorseminar Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.85
Art Education: subject dex (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 074/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (additional subject): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Seminar aus dem Bereich Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften 074/003.25
Art Education: subject dex (additional subject): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80
TransArts - Transdisciplinary Arts (Bachelor): Theoretical foundations: Theoretical foundations 180/003.01
Expanded Museum Studies (Master): Electives: Design History and Theory 537/080.24
Media Arts: Specialisation in Transmedia Arts (2. Section): Wissenschaft, Theorie und Geschichte : Kulturwissenschaften 566/208.15
Media Arts: Specialisation in Digital Arts (2. Section): Wissenschaft, Theorie, Geschichte: Kulturwissenschaften 567/208.15
Studies in Art and Culture (Master): Electives Area 2: Design History and Theory 568/006.15
Design: Specialisation in Graphic Design (2. Section): Theoretical Basics: Theory and History of Design 576/203.08
Design: Specialisation in Graphics and Advertising (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Theory and History of Design 577/203.08
Industrial Design (2. Section): Design in Context: Theory and Design History 580/202.11
Design: Specialisation in Fashion Design (2. Section): Fashion in Context: Theory and History of Design 584/208.01
Fine Arts (2. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Media Theory,Art&Knowledge Transfer,Th. of Architecture,Th. and Hist. of Design 605/202.02
Fine Arts (2. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Free Electives out of Scientific and Research Practice 605/202.80
Co-registration: possible
Attending individual courses: possible