DESGN-6720: DC: Topics

Course Description

DC: Topics examines the application of design through multiple critical and cultural lenses. Topics for the course, chosen at the discretion of the instructor, could include the body, ecology, economics, politics, technology, and other areas that may be addressed through multiple distinct discursive approaches. In each case, the topic in question is examined as a field of actual or potential design practice rather than as a static horizon for objective research.

Academic Level: Graduate

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Subject

Graduate Design

Sections

Spring 2023

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
DESGN-6720-1: DC: Topics: Since Feeling is First Cari Borja	Cari Borja	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - W2
DESGN-6720-2: DC: Poetic Research: Special Topics in Design Research and Design Writing Silas Munro	Silas Munro	Wed 7:15-10:15PM
DESGN-6720-4: DC Topic: Citizen Science in the Anthropocene Mary Ellen Hannibal	Mary Ellen Hannibal	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Hooper GC - GC2

Spring 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
DESGN-6720-1: Context: Type Survey History Lizzie Baur	Lizzie Baur	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 140
DESGN-6720-3: Context: 4th Indus Revolution Barry Katz	Barry Katz	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 102 B
DESGN-6720-4: Context: Citizen Science in the Anthropocene Mary Ellen Hannibal	Mary Ellen Hannibal	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 101 (inactive)
DESGN-6720-5: Designing Our Way Out: Temporalities Juan Carlos Rodriguez Rivera	Juan Carlos Rodriguez Rivera	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - N13

Spring 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
DESGN-6720-1: DC: Topics / Type History with Letterform Archive Rob Saunders	Rob Saunders	Thu 4:00-05:55PM
DESGN-6720-2: DC: Topics: Designing Our Way Out: Imagining Liberation Juan Carlos Rodriguez Rivera	Juan Carlos Rodriguez Rivera	Thu 4:00-05:55PM
DESGN-6720-3: DC: Topics: Black Data: A history of oppression within data visualization and design Silas Munro	Silas Munro	Thu 4:00-05:55PM

Spring 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
DESGN-6720-1: Context: Type Survey History Rob Saunders	Rob Saunders	Tue 12:00-03:00PM
DESGN-6720-2: Context:4th Indus Revolution Barry Katz	Barry Katz	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC6
DESGN-6720-3: Context: Networked-Everything && Sensing-Everywhere James Pierce	James Pierce	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 102 B
DESGN-6720-4: Context: Sustainability and Systems Thinking Bob Adams	Bob Adams	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 102 B

Spring 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
DESGN-672-01: Context: Type Survey History TBD	TBD
DESGN-672-02: Context:4th Indus Revolution Barry Katz	Barry Katz	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Building - E4
DESGN-672-03: Context: Citizen Science Mary Ellen Hannibal	Mary Ellen Hannibal	Mon 8:00-11:00AM, Main Building - W1
DESGN-672-04: Context: Indigenous Futures TBD	TBD