Design in gesellschaftlichem und politischem Kontext

Alison Jane Clarke
Design, Theory and History of Design
2025S, Ringvorlesung mit Workshop (RVW), 1.5 ECTS, 1.0 semester hours, course number S04976

Description

Design Anthropology in Practice: Design in Social and Political Context

The RVW course  ‘Design in Social and Political Context’ introduces students across the design disciplines to international, leading ideas and voices in the field of design, curation, design writing, design history, social science and practice exploring design in contemporary theoretical context. This  semester’s lecture series will explore the implications of design in relation to the legacies,  futures and controversies of development paradigms.

As this is a co-taught course students must also register with Dr. Heng Zhi

Examination Modalities

For successful completion of this course the following requirements apply: 

  • regular, punctual attendance (minimum 4 out of 5 sessions, 50% of grade) 
  • active participation in the Q&A sessions following the guest lectures (20% of grade) 
  • an essay (+/- 1000 words) in the form of an exploratory "think-piece" of reflections on the students’ own practice in relation to the guest lectures (30% of grade) – we do not accept work generated by AI or created through plagiarism; references in footnotes are strictly required (https://www.scribbr.de/chicago-zitierweise/literaturverzeichnis-chicago-style/) 

 

Course Enrolment

From 03 February 2025, 00:00
Via online registration

Art Education: subject kkp (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80

Art Education: subject kkp (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80

Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80

Art Education: subject dex (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80

TransArts - Transdisciplinary Arts (Bachelor): Theoretical foundations: Theoretical foundations 180/003.01

Design: Specialisation in Communication Design (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Theory and History of Design 577/203.08

Industrial Design (2. Section): Design in Context: Design in Social and Political Contexts 580/202.12

Design: Specialisation in Fashion Design (2. Section): Fashion in Context: Theory and History of Design 584/208.01

Design: Specialisation in Applied Photography and Time-based Media (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Humanities 626/203.02

Co-registration: possible

Attending individual courses: possible