Course: AXM-C1008 - Design Teaching and New Materialism, Lecture, 17.4.2023-21.4.2023

TIMETABLE

Mon 17.4.2023: Afternoon: Opening lecture 1: Critical and experimental perspectives to new materialism and material agency (by Heidi Fast)

Tue 18.4.2023: Morning: Opening lecture 2: Design pedagogy (by Eeva Jokinen) + assignment: experimental project with material (independent or group work). Afternoon: independent or group work

Wed 19.4.2023: Independent or group work (experimental project with material)

Thu 20.4.2023: Independent or group work (experimental project with material) – Eeva and/or Heidi present, possibility for guidance

Fri 21.4.2023: Presentation of the experimental projects with material and discussion

In addition to that, an essay or artwork/material exploration that widens the themes introduced and initiated in the 17.–21.4. course realisation.

Credits: 6

3 credits: Participation in lectures, discussions and completing given individual and group assignments during 17.–21.4. course realisation (minimun 80% attendance) + 3 credits: Essay or artwork/material exploration that widens the themes introduced during the intensive course.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1 comprehend the basics of design thinking and education.
2 utilise sustainable design thinking in their own work
3 build their relationship to materiality and comprehend new materialism

If you have any questions, you can send an email:
heidi.fast@aalto.fi

REFERENCES OF THE THEMES DISCUSSED IN THE COURSE:

Literature (widely) of the themes of new materialism, material agency, affectivity, posthumanism etc. discussed in the course:

Barad, K. (2007). Meeting the universe halfway: Quantum physics and the entanglement of matter and meaning. Duke University Press.

Bennet, J. (2010). Vibrant Matter. A Political Ecology of Things. Duke University Press. https://mycourses.aalto.fi/pluginfile.php/1466221/mod_resource/content/1/Bennett%2C%20Jane-%20Vibrant%20Matter.pdf

Braidotti, R. (Forthcoming). A Becoming-world of Collective Knowledge Practices (Preface). In Methods and Genealogies of New Materialisms, ed. by F. Colman & I. van der Tuin. Edinburgh University Press.

Braidotti, R. (2019). Posthuman Knowlegde. Polity Press.

Braidotti, R. (2013). The Posthuman. Polity Press.

Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1994). What Is Philosophy? Trans. Hugh Tomlinson and Graham Burchell. Columbia UP.

Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1983). Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia, Vol. 1, translated by Robert Hurley, Mark Seem and Helen R. Lane. University of Minnesota Press.

Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1987). A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia, Vol. 2, translated by Brian Massumi. University of Minnesota Press.

Fast, H. (2022). Ihmisääni ja virittäytymisen taito. Sanattoman äänellisen kohtaamisen merkitys psyykkistä apua tarvitsevien ihmisten kokemuksissa. Aalto ARTS Books. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-64-0699-2

Fast, H. (2018). Vocal Nest. Non-verbal atmospheres that matter. Journal for Artistic Research. https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/387047/387048

Groth, C., Jousimäki, V., Saarinen, V-M & Hari, R. (2022). Craft sciences meet neuroscience. In Craft Research, 2(13), pp. 261–283. https://doi.org/10.1386/crre_00079_1

Guattari, F. (1984). “Transversality,” in: Molecular Revolution: Psychiatry and Politics, translated by Rosemary Sheed et al. Penguin.

Hakala, O. (2022). (Re)turn to materiality – Two formulations of the concept of agency. [Masters thesis, Aalto University].

Hinton, P. & Treusch, P. (2015). Introduction: Teaching with feminist materialisms. In (eds.) Hinton, P. & Treusch, P. Teaching with feminist materialisms Teaching with gender. European Women´s studies. In International and Interdisciplinary Classrooms. Atgender.

Jadginski, J. (2017). What is art education? After Deleuze and Guattari. Palgrave Macmillan.

Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. Oxford University Press.

Lloyd, G. (1984). The Man of Reason: Male and Female in Western Philosophy. Methuen.

Massumi, B. (2002). Parables of the virtual. Movement, Affect, Sensation. Duke University Press.

Newmaterialism.eu. (n.d.). New Materialism. Networking European Scholarship on ”How matter comes to matter”. https://newmaterialism.eu/about/cost-action-is1307.html

Newmaterialism.eu. (n.d.). Almanac. Agency. https://newmaterialism.eu/almanac/a/agency.html

Ringrose, Jessica; Warfield, Katie & Zarabadi, Shiva. (2019). Feminist Posthumanisms, New Materialisms and Education. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332345179_Feminist_Posthumanisms_New_Materialisms_and_Education

Springgay, S. & Truman, S. E. (2018). Walking Methodologies in a More-than-Human World: WalkingLAb. Routledge.

Ylirisku, H. (2021). Reorienting environmental art education. Aalto ARTS Books.

Videos and podcasts of the new materialist thematic:

Jane Bennet (2011): ”Artistry and Agency in a World of Vibrant Matter / The New School":

From the roots of materialism: “Selitä mulle” -podcast (in finnish!): https://podtail.com/fi/podcast/selita-mulle/materialismin-riittamattomyys-ja-liiallisuus/

Literature of design education:

Euro, L, Kenttälä M, Kiviranta A & Ilonen P. 2017. Matka Palvelumuotoiluun –opas opettajalle. Laura Euro, Hanna Kapanen, Marjo Kenttälä, Aino Kiviranta ja Petra Ilonen 2017. Opinkirjo.fi https://opinkirjo.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/matka_palvelumuotoiluun-1.pdf
(For Finnish students: Palvelumuotoilun opas opettajalle. Hyviä perusteita ja vinkkejä muotoiluajattelun kehittämiseen.)

Kenttälä, M (Toim) 2009. Muotoiloa –opettajan opas muotoilukasvatukseen. Marjo Kenttälä (Toim.) 2009. Opinkirjo.fi https://opinkirjo.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/muotoiloa.pdf
(Erityisesti sivut 1-28, joissa käydään läpi muotoilun ja muotoilukasvatuksen periaatteita. Loppu kirjasta on jaettu osioihin, joissa tehtävä- ja opetusmateriaalia.)

Kesler, M, 2007. Ideasta ratkaisuun 2. Opinkirjo.fi. https://opinkirjo.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ideasta_ratkaisuun_ii_web.pdf (For Finnish students: Luovan ongelmanratkaisun opas koulutyöhön. Paljon hyviä ideoita siihen miten luovaa ajattelua voi tukea opetuksessa.)

FINNISH Design Education sources:
SUOMU- Suomen muotoilukasvatusseura ry
Aalto-yliopisto Junior
Muotoilupakki

AXM-C1008 - Design Teaching and New Materialism, Lecture, 17.4.2023-21.4.2023

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Welcome to Design Teaching and New Materialism -course!

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