Thursday, February 23, 2017

TODAY'S CLASS: • Project Prototype & LB1: 1/4 grade >> 22 February

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What medium will your final project be in as you imagine so far? 
What DIFFERENT medium did you choose for this first prototyping activity? 
What is diegetic prototyping? Design fiction? 
How do we analyze these? How do we practice these and why?  

• THIS CLASS AND ONE MORE, THEN WORKSHOP 1! 9 MARCH! PAPER & POSTER DUE! 
=YOU AND CLASS BUDDY SHOULD BE MEETING REGULARLY OUTSIDE CLASS. 

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Thursday 22 February, Prototypings
• DUE PROJECT PROTOTYPE & LOGBOOK 1   

>>BEFORE BREAK: 
1) Attendance Portraits: Eva will take charge of these now.
2) Show and tell what you brought today: around the circle:
=What medium will your final project be in as you imagine so far?
=What DIFFERENT medium did you choose for this first prototyping activity?
=What did you learn from this activity so far?
3) Eva introduces Feedback handout and discusses what is at stake.
=How can we use this for general discussion about our prototypes so far?
4) DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK TIME 

>>AFTER BREAK: 
1) Intro to diegetic prototyping and the TAB for it. 
=Kirby, near future lab & Bleecker and Sterling, SF & social justice warriors, Octavia's Brood web

=Design Fiction: diegetic prototypes online here: https://www.wired.com/2011/02/design-fiction-diegetic-prototypes/
=See a pdf of Kirby's original article here: Kirby2010 Prototypes 

=Where are we in the structure of the class? 
• end of experience set 1: Humans questioning everything, including Human; All the rest that exists too
• next time begin set 2: Protest Now! Action, Activist Research & Scholarship, How to do it 
• THIS CLASS AND ONE MORE, THEN WORKSHOP 1! 9 MARCH! PAPER & HANDOUT DUE! 

YOU AND CLASS BUDDY SHOULD BE MEETING REGULARLY OUTSIDE CLASS. 

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WMST488_FeedbackGuide by Eva Peskin on Scribd  



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>>>>>SETS LAID OUT 

Experience Set 1: Humans questioning everything, including Human; All the rest that exists too
Thursday 22 February, DUE PROJECT PROTOTYPE & LOGBOOK 1: Th 22 Feb, attendance required 

Experience Set 2: Protest Now! Action, Activist Research & Scholarship, How to do it  
WORKSHOP 1: Th 9 Mar: Status paper & handout & workshop attendance & LB2  

Experience Set 3: Making and Non-Human Emergences 
WORKSHOP 2: Th 13 Apr: Project & poster & pics & workshop attendance & LB3 

Experience Set 4: Reflection Makes It All Stick: New Knowledges in the World/s
LEARNING ANALYSIS & PROCESS REVIEW: Th 11 May: & attendance last day & FINAL LB4 


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MAJOR READING FOR EXPERIENCE SET 2:
• Kirksey. 2015. Emergent Ecologies. Duke.

Thursday 2 March: hope: 2/3 book in any order you like
Thursday 9 March: multispecies: finish the book up & <WORKSHOP 1>: ACTION! Status paper & handout and attendance

READINGS FOR EXPERIENCE SET 3: 2/3 of each book in any order you like
• Svedmark. 2016. Becoming Together and Apart. Linköping.
• Chen. 2012. Animacies. Duke.
• Marcus. 2015. Self Care for Activists. Mocana.

Thursday 16 March: affectChen
Thursday 23 March spring break: read some of all
Thursday 30 March: techno-emotions: Svedmark
Thursday 6 April: self-care: Marcus
Thursday 13 April <WORKSHOP 2> NON-HUMAN: DUE PROJECT & POSTER

READINGS FOR EXPERIENCE SET 4: finish up all 3 books
• Svedmark. 2016. Becoming Together and Apart. Linköping.
• Chen. 2012. Animacies. Duke.
• Marcus. 2015. Self Care for Activists. Mocana. 

Thursday 20 April: apartSvedmark
Thursday 27 April: spillChen
Thursday 4 May: activisms: Marcus
Thursday 11 May: <LAST DAY!> DUE LA & PROGRESS REVIEW

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