Schedule

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x		x	9/4	WK 1	3:20 Welcome (Chris & Pablo) Introduction to instructors, students, syllabus, course guidelines (Chris) 3:40 Intro to Critical Design, Participatory & Experiential Futures (Chris) 3:55 - 4:10 "COP context introduction, case studies, anecdotes and conference structure” (Pablo, Ariana) 4:10 Break 4:20 - 4:45 “Opportunities for designed interventions at COP: What are we trying to accomplish?” (Pablo, Ariana) 4:45 Speculative sprint Prototyping session (Chris) 5:30 Share Out & Discussion 5:50 End HW: Readings Twilley, Nicola - The Taste of Change Candy, Stuart - The Futures of Everyday Life p. 216-257
x			9/11	WK 2	3:20 Lecture: design interventions, guidelines, examples, process (gather information, synthesize, prototype, communicate and iterate) discussion 3:50 Introduction to food systems with Fabio Parasecoli 4:15 break 4:20 Hands on design interventions activity. Pick a food object. List stakeholders in bringing that object to the consumer. Draw a map of the food system centered on the food object. Identify sites of potential intervention in the map you drew. Sketch an intervention for that site. 5:20 Discussion HW: Pick a climate challenge topic and research it in detail Read: Making the Trip From the Vine to the Shelf Read: In Search of the Jersey Tomato
x	x		9/18	WK 3	(Chris & Karolina) Research and co-creative strategies 3:20: Food systems: production, distribution Conference logistics as paratext (hotels, meals, catered snacks, transportation, swag bags, jetlag, wifi / international phone plans, announcements/schedules, language)Social practice of climate negotiations. Preaching to the choir? Defining the aim of engagement Facilitation, documentation, re-contextualization, dissemination. Creating engagement outside of the reflective context of workshops, museums, conferences, etc. Turning these weird experiences that ‘provoke a conversation’ to an actual conversation - substantive exchange that grounds information and develops insights. Discussion 4:10 Break 4:20 Hands on work on designing facilitation and documentation 5:00 Presentation, discussion HW:Design an intervention for the COP24 context and create a prototype to present in class.Who is the audience? What is the aim of engagement? What is the context of the experience? What form/material supports/creates the experience? How is it facilitated? How is it documented and disseminated?
x	x		9/25	WK 4	(Chris & Karolina) + guest critic Climate Week September 24 — Digestive Cycles Eating in NYC / Foodwastes DUE: INTERVENTION DESIGN (present a proposal and prototype in class) Groups present intervention designs, class feedback HW: Iterate on intervention design incorporating feedback, build second prototype
	x		10/2	WK 5	(Karolina) 3:20 Session on topic responding to student designs 4:10 Break 4:20 Hands on activity, individual feedback on second prototype HW: Iterate on intervention design incorporating feedbackConsistent graphic design applied to each intervention
	x	x	10/16	WK 6	(Karolina & Pablo) Review, Design Iteration, Refinement 3:20 Worksession, refinement, individual feedback
x	x	x	10/23	WK 7	Review and Crits (Chris & Karolina + someone from Red Cross) FINAL PRESENTATIONS