This decal will focus on questioning the relationship between technology, design, and our inherited ideologies. We will use design as a critical lens to understand current technological developments and how they embody our values and beliefs. Topics we want to cover are critical theory, science and technology studies, design ethics, postcolonial design, and speculative design. We hope that students will walk away with a new perspective on how the objects they use in daily life and their entire environment is designed and constructed, and how those design choices are justified or not.

Classes will be held weekly on Mondays from 5-7pm. The first hour will be discussion-based, focusing on the assigned reading. The second hour will be either a guest lecture or design exercise where students will apply concepts from their readings to ideate a type of service, tangible media, web application, art piece, or game (etc.) Grading will be based on attendance, participation in discussion, homework and in-class exercises, and a final project.