About the course

Human-centered interaction design generally adopts a mediating role between ‘users’ and other stakeholders, with the object of design being a singular artefact. In practice, there are far more complicated relations between people, communities, and things. This needs to be understood as a practical matter of methodology, for example, how do we conceptualise a service that spans many touchpoints? And one of ethics, for example how can we facilitate more democratic and anti-oppressive ways of doing design?

This course is offered as part of a programme:

Interaction Design Interaction Design

Course content

Syllabus spring 2024

Earlier syllabuses

Entry requirements and selection

Entry requirements

At least 45 credits in the main field of Interaction Design.

Course literature

Escobar, A. (2018). Designs for the pluriverse: Radical interdependence, autonomy, and the making of worlds. Duke University Press.

  • Chapter 1: Out of the Studio and into the Flow of Socionatural Life
  • Chapter 2: Elements for a Cultural Studies of Design

Papanek, V. (2005). Design for the real world. Human Ecology and Social Change (2nd edition) New York: Pantheorn Books.

Sengers, P., Boehner, K., David, S., & Kaye, J. J. (2005, August). 'Reflective design'. In: Proceedings of the 4th decennial conference on Critical computing: between sense and sensibility. (pp. 49-58). ACM Press.

Additional literature, not exceeding 100 pages, will be introduced according to contemporary research and the project.

Course evaluation

The university provides all students who are participating in, or have completed, a course to express their experiences and views on the course through a course evaluation which is organized at the end of the course. The university will collate the course evaluations and provide information about their results and any actions prompted by them. The results shall be made available to the students. (HF 1:14).

Contact

For more information about the education:

K3student@mau.se

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Faculty of Culture and Society

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