Course pages 2015–16
Theories of Interaction and Socio-digital Design
Seminar 8:
We will be reading:
Designed in Shenzhen: Shanzhai Manufacturing and Maker Entrepreneurs by Silvia Lindtner, Anna Greenspan and David Li
Lindtner, S., Greenspan, A. and Li, D. Williams, K. (2015). Designed in Shenzhen: Shanzhai Manufacturing and Maker Entrepreneurs In Proceedings of Critical Alternatives: the 5th Decennial Aarhus Conference, pp. 85-96.
Link to online copy
Please read in advance of the seminar, and bring a marked-up copy with you for discussion.
Seminar 7:
The reading was:
An Anxious Alliance by Kaiton Williams.
Williams, K. (2015). An Anxious Alliance. In Proceedings of Critical Alternatives: the 5th Decennial Aarhus Conference, pp. 121-132.
Link to online copy
Seminar 6:
The reading was:
Not The Internet, but This Internet: How Othernets Illuminate Our Feudal Internet by Paul Dourish
Dourish, P. (2015). Not The Internet, but This Internet: How Othernets Illuminate Our Feudal Internet In Proceedings of Critical Alternatives: the 5th Decennial Aarhus Conference, pp. 157-168.
Link to online copy
Seminar 5:
The reading was:
Material Speculation: Actual Artifacts for Critical Inquiry by Ron Wakkary, William Odom, Sabrina Hauser, Garnet Hertz and Henry Lin
Wakkary, R., Odom, W., Hauser, S., Hertz, G. and Lin, H. (2015). Material Speculation: Actual Artifacts for Critical Inquiry. In Proceedings of Critical Alternatives: the 5th Decennial Aarhus Conference, pp. 97-108.
Link to online copy
Seminar 4:
The reading was:
Charismatic Technology by Morgan Ames
Ames, M. G. (2015). Charismatic Technology. In Proceedings of Critical Alternatives: the 5th Decennial Aarhus Conference, pp. 109-120.
Link to online copy
Seminar 3:
The reading was:
Why Play? Examining the Roles of Play in ICTD by Pedro Ferreira
Ferreira, P. (2015). Why Play? Examining the Roles of Play in ICTD. In Proceedings of Critical Alternatives: the 5th Decennial Aarhus Conference, pp. 41-52.
Link to online copy
Seminar 2:
Class visit to Inside Snowden’s Suitcase, an event convened by the Cambridge Ethics of Big Data Research Group.
Link to event
Seminar 1:
The reading was:
Toward a Critical Technical Practice: Lessons Learned in Trying to Reform AI by Philip E. Agre
Agre, P. E. (1997). Towards a Critical Technical Practice: Lessons Learned in Trying to Reform AI. In Bowker, G. Star, S. L & Turner, W. (Eds) Social Science, Technical Systems and Cooperative Work, Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ, pp. 131-157.