Announcements

• bunnie Huang: March 24, 12 PM

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Agenda

• 3:30-3:35 Announcements
• 3:35-4:00 Updates
• 4:00-4:50 Book Browse, sample writings, open work time
  • Next City: “Cities Can Help to Shape an Equal Opportunity Maker Movement“
  • T74: “The Maker Movement Is About More Than Science and Math — But Is All This Tinkering Really Effective?“
  • Agency By Design: “Maker-Centered Learning and the Development of Self“
  • The New Yorker: “Making It“
  • The New Yorker “Learning to Speak Lingerie“
• 4:50-5:00 Break
• 5:00-6:00 Shuyang Zhao, Seeed Studio. (Link to slides)
• 6:00-6:20 Closing remarks

Assignment for March 24

• Please draft a 1000+ word research article, creative nonfiction, or ethnography (series of interviews) that critically examines issues around a larger digital fabrication topic. Be willing to be objective and to examine both the positive and negative issues around this topic.
  • If you like, you can start by expanding your blog post from last week.
  • Please integrate your thoughts and/or observations from at least one of the books from today’s book browse.
  • If applicable, please integrate your thoughts on speakers and/or site visits so far.
  • Please draft an MLA-formatted bibliography for the books, articles, web sites, site visits, speakers, and other sources that you cite. Please use at least three sources, including one of the course reserves.
  • Need a topic? Here are some keywords to help stimulate ideas:
    • TOPICS
      • maker movement
      • desktop fabrication
      • manufacturing
      • globalization
      • New York industry
      • STEM
    • ISSUES
      • equality and accessibility
      • race/ethnicity
      • gender
      • socioeconomics
      • history and development
      • education