Design and Conflict (Block Seminar)

Design and Conflict / Block Seminar (English / 4 SWS / 5 ECTS)

Dates: 04.-07.10.2022, 10:00-17:00 / 10.-12.10.2022, 10:00-17:00

Registration: Please register by emails by latest the 01.06.2022 to: michelle.christensen@tu-berlin.de and florian.conradi@tu-berlin.de

Participants: Max. 15 participants

Room: Berlin Open Lab (TU/UdK Berlin), Universität der Künste Berlin, Einsteinufer 43, 10587 Berlin

Description:

What is the relation between design and conflict? From armed conflicts and environmental strifes, to anti-gender regimes and increasingly socially disrupted societies – what role might design and technology play in all of this? How are conflicts designed – and how do current modes of design activism assist in subverting unjust systems of power?   

When observing design emerging in conflict situations – be it the re-use of phone credits as currency, DIY drones to monitor conflicts zones, open-source radical servers to construct alternative communication networks or the building of radio-transmitters out of electronic trash: Designing in times of conflict oftentimes involves a high level of improvisation. It exposes things that emerge out of dire circumstances, are made under strong limitations, and that incite Bottom-Up alternative infrastructures for and by those who need them the most.

In this block seminar, we will take a closer look at the topic of design as, against and in times of conflict. Bringing together insights from Conflict- and Design Research, we will locate the intersections and exemplify them on real-world examples, and on your own experiences. Drawing on low-tech open-source alternative tech, we will carry out a series of design experiments that explore and further develop the idea of ‘doing a lot with a little’ (no prior experience with design or technology necessary).

Modules:

   •   BA-Studiengänge Kultur und Technik Freier Wahlbereich

   •   MA Geistes- und bildungswissenschaftliche Masterstudiengänge Freier Wahlbereich

   •   Lehrveranstaltungen für alle Studierenden der Fakultät

   •   This studio class is open to students of all all disciplines and levels at all Berlin universities in the framework of a free elective

Design and Conflict / Block Seminar (English / 4 SWS / 5 ECTS)

Dates: 04.-07.10.2022, 10:00-17:00 / 10.-12.10.2022, 10:00-17:00

Registration: Please register by emails by latest the 01.06.2022 to: michelle.christensen@tu-berlin.de and florian.conradi@tu-berlin.de

Participants: Max. 15 participants

Room: Berlin Open Lab (TU/UdK Berlin), Universität der Künste Berlin, Einsteinufer 43, 10587 Berlin

Description:

What is the relation between design and conflict? From armed conflicts and environmental strifes, to anti-gender regimes and increasingly socially disrupted societies – what role might design and technology play in all of this? How are conflicts designed – and how do current modes of design activism assist in subverting unjust systems of power?   

When observing design emerging in conflict situations – be it the re-use of phone credits as currency, DIY drones to monitor conflicts zones, open-source radical servers to construct alternative communication networks or the building of radio-transmitters out of electronic trash: Designing in times of conflict oftentimes involves a high level of improvisation. It exposes things that emerge out of dire circumstances, are made under strong limitations, and that incite Bottom-Up alternative infrastructures for and by those who need them the most.

In this block seminar, we will take a closer look at the topic of design as, against and in times of conflict. Bringing together insights from Conflict- and Design Research, we will locate the intersections and exemplify them on real-world examples, and on your own experiences. Drawing on low-tech open-source alternative tech, we will carry out a series of design experiments that explore and further develop the idea of ‘doing a lot with a little’ (no prior experience with design or technology necessary).

Modules:

   •   BA-Studiengänge Kultur und Technik Freier Wahlbereich

   •   MA Geistes- und bildungswissenschaftliche Masterstudiengänge Freier Wahlbereich

   •   Lehrveranstaltungen für alle Studierenden der Fakultät

   •   This studio class is open to students of all all disciplines and levels at all Berlin universities in the framework of a free elective

Design and Conflict / Block Seminar (English / 4 SWS / 5 ECTS)

Dates: 04.-07.10.2022, 10:00-17:00 / 10.-12.10.2022, 10:00-17:00

Registration: Please register by emails by latest the 01.06.2022 to: michelle.christensen@tu-berlin.de and florian.conradi@tu-berlin.de

Participants: Max. 15 participants

Room: Berlin Open Lab (TU/UdK Berlin), Universität der Künste Berlin, Einsteinufer 43, 10587 Berlin

Description:

What is the relation between design and conflict? From armed conflicts and environmental strifes, to anti-gender regimes and increasingly socially disrupted societies – what role might design and technology play in all of this? How are conflicts designed – and how do current modes of design activism assist in subverting unjust systems of power?   

When observing design emerging in conflict situations – be it the re-use of phone credits as currency, DIY drones to monitor conflicts zones, open-source radical servers to construct alternative communication networks or the building of radio-transmitters out of electronic trash: Designing in times of conflict oftentimes involves a high level of improvisation. It exposes things that emerge out of dire circumstances, are made under strong limitations, and that incite Bottom-Up alternative infrastructures for and by those who need them the most.

In this block seminar, we will take a closer look at the topic of design as, against and in times of conflict. Bringing together insights from Conflict- and Design Research, we will locate the intersections and exemplify them on real-world examples, and on your own experiences. Drawing on low-tech open-source alternative tech, we will carry out a series of design experiments that explore and further develop the idea of ‘doing a lot with a little’ (no prior experience with design or technology necessary).

Modules:

   •   BA-Studiengänge Kultur und Technik Freier Wahlbereich

   •   MA Geistes- und bildungswissenschaftliche Masterstudiengänge Freier Wahlbereich

   •   Lehrveranstaltungen für alle Studierenden der Fakultät

   •   This studio class is open to students of all all disciplines and levels at all Berlin universities in the framework of a free elective

Design and Conflict / Block Seminar (English / 4 SWS / 5 ECTS)

Dates: 04.-07.10.2022, 10:00-17:00 / 10.-12.10.2022, 10:00-17:00

Registration: Please register by emails by latest the 01.06.2022 to: michelle.christensen@tu-berlin.de and florian.conradi@tu-berlin.de

Participants: Max. 15 participants

Room: Berlin Open Lab (TU/UdK Berlin), Universität der Künste Berlin, Einsteinufer 43, 10587 Berlin

Description:

What is the relation between design and conflict? From armed conflicts and environmental strifes, to anti-gender regimes and increasingly socially disrupted societies – what role might design and technology play in all of this? How are conflicts designed – and how do current modes of design activism assist in subverting unjust systems of power?   

When observing design emerging in conflict situations – be it the re-use of phone credits as currency, DIY drones to monitor conflicts zones, open-source radical servers to construct alternative communication networks or the building of radio-transmitters out of electronic trash: Designing in times of conflict oftentimes involves a high level of improvisation. It exposes things that emerge out of dire circumstances, are made under strong limitations, and that incite Bottom-Up alternative infrastructures for and by those who need them the most.

In this block seminar, we will take a closer look at the topic of design as, against and in times of conflict. Bringing together insights from Conflict- and Design Research, we will locate the intersections and exemplify them on real-world examples, and on your own experiences. Drawing on low-tech open-source alternative tech, we will carry out a series of design experiments that explore and further develop the idea of ‘doing a lot with a little’ (no prior experience with design or technology necessary).

Modules:

   •   BA-Studiengänge Kultur und Technik Freier Wahlbereich

   •   MA Geistes- und bildungswissenschaftliche Masterstudiengänge Freier Wahlbereich

   •   Lehrveranstaltungen für alle Studierenden der Fakultät

   •   This studio class is open to students of all all disciplines and levels at all Berlin universities in the framework of a free elective

Design and Conflict / Block Seminar (English / 4 SWS / 5 ECTS)

Dates: 04.-07.10.2022, 10:00-17:00 / 10.-12.10.2022, 10:00-17:00

Registration: Please register by emails by latest the 01.06.2022 to: michelle.christensen@tu-berlin.de and florian.conradi@tu-berlin.de

Participants: Max. 15 participants

Room: Berlin Open Lab (TU/UdK Berlin), Universität der Künste Berlin, Einsteinufer 43, 10587 Berlin

Description:

What is the relation between design and conflict? From armed conflicts and environmental strifes, to anti-gender regimes and increasingly socially disrupted societies – what role might design and technology play in all of this? How are conflicts designed – and how do current modes of design activism assist in subverting unjust systems of power?   

When observing design emerging in conflict situations – be it the re-use of phone credits as currency, DIY drones to monitor conflicts zones, open-source radical servers to construct alternative communication networks or the building of radio-transmitters out of electronic trash: Designing in times of conflict oftentimes involves a high level of improvisation. It exposes things that emerge out of dire circumstances, are made under strong limitations, and that incite Bottom-Up alternative infrastructures for and by those who need them the most.

In this block seminar, we will take a closer look at the topic of design as, against and in times of conflict. Bringing together insights from Conflict- and Design Research, we will locate the intersections and exemplify them on real-world examples, and on your own experiences. Drawing on low-tech open-source alternative tech, we will carry out a series of design experiments that explore and further develop the idea of ‘doing a lot with a little’ (no prior experience with design or technology necessary).

Modules:

   •   BA-Studiengänge Kultur und Technik Freier Wahlbereich

   •   MA Geistes- und bildungswissenschaftliche Masterstudiengänge Freier Wahlbereich

   •   Lehrveranstaltungen für alle Studierenden der Fakultät

   •   This studio class is open to students of all all disciplines and levels at all Berlin universities in the framework of a free elective