Sense & Scale | A site to explore cities, machines, and people at varying senses and scales. Updated by Arlene Ducao, with content from classes at NYU and MIT.

NYU D&T 20 🎮 D&T in Performance + Games 👾♣️🎳🕹️🎲

Announcements: Class Please remind me to press “RECORD” if needed. Extra credit: learn more about redlining, see link in the extra credit section. Thursday 11/12: I will present during class at the National Black Writer’s Conference. If you want the option to check it out, please register now: Select “CUNY student.” Enter your netID email when […]

NYU D&T 19 🤯 Remote Work Tech 📞💻📲 Environment/Energy Tech 🔆🔋☀️

Announcements: Class Please remind me to press “RECORD” if needed. Please type in the chat: games that interest you right now. For those interested in cybersecurity: a CSAW panel on “Strengthening Diversity & Representation in Cybersecurity” immediately follows today’s class. Looking ahead to Thanksgiving (NYU Provost) NYU Free Flu Shots Last chance: Phase 2 Suggestions Soul […]

NYU D&T 18 📢🗳️ Election Tech 📢🗳️

Announcements: Class Intro Jamboard: PLEASE add your thoughts! Please remind me to press “RECORD” if needed. Midterm evaluation so far Phase 2 Suggestions Soul of Reason: Episodes that interest you? Agenda U.S. Election Tech 2020: A Systems Approach, a voter/volunteer-eye view on election tech, cybersecurity, algorithmic bias Your Turn: Jamboard on Election Tech If there’s time: Resource […]

NYU D&T 17 🎃 Citizen Media in Kenya 🇰🇪 + More Accessibility and Public Space 🚽

Announcements: Class Please remind me to press “RECORD” if needed. NYU Accommodations for Student Participation in Election Activities Phase 2 Suggestions Suggestions for Tuesday’s non-partisan discussion on election tech, algorithm issues, and (cyber)security Soul of Reason: Episodes that interest you? Agenda (may be re-ordered to work with guest speaker’s schedule) Guest Speaker: Joshua Ogure, Kibera News Network. […]

NYU D&T 16 🧨 Prison/Policing/Justice Tech 🚓 Universal Design + Space 🦼

Announcements: Class Please remind me to press “RECORD” if needed. NYU Accommodations for Student Participation in Election Activities Phase 2 Suggestions Note on NYU events and extra credit opportunities CMD-IT Graduate School Fair Spring Course: Making & Manufacturing as Sociocultural Practice Agenda (may be re-ordered to work with guest speaker’s schedule) Guest Speaker: Julie Ciccolini, NACDL […]

NYU D&T 15 🧭 Diversity@Tandon 💻 🎛️ 👀, Midterm Leftovers 🍲

Announcements: Class Please remind me to press “RECORD” if needed. NYU Accommodations for Student Participation in Election Activities Phase 2 Suggestions Agenda (may be re-ordered to work with guest speaker’s schedule) Guest Speaker: Rose Ampuero, Tandon Assistant Dean of Student Affairs focused on diversity and social justice Strategic Plan for Inclusion, Diversity, Belonging, and Equity Midterm […]

NYU D&T 14: 🎆🎇 Midterm Projects 🎇🎆

Announcements: Class Please add your name here if you plan to present today. Reminder: For your midterm, are you using G-Suite (Google Drive, Docs, Slides, etc.) NYU Stream, Vimeo, or another service that’s external to your blog? CHECK NOW that you have granted me access permission. I reserve the right to deduct a small amount from your […]

NYU D&T 13: Midterm 1-on-1s ✅

Announcements: Class Please remind me to press “RECORD” if needed. I will stop recording when we start 1-on-1s. Thanks. NYU Opportunity for underrepresented students: Pipelines in Quantitative Aging Research Summer Program NYU Accommodations for Student Participation in Election Activities Next week: Midterm feedback (for the class) Agenda Midterm Open Work Session. Please add your name here if you […]

NYU D&T Session 12: Social Tech APIs 🤳 More Midterm Prep 📘

Announcements: Class Please remind me to press “RECORD” if needed. Thanks. NEW: In Midterm Project Brief: Essay template, Gradesheet rubric In Menu: Course Books & Citation Tips Agenda Resource of the day, Medical Bias Clips Student Blog Spot Talk (chosen at random) Further discussion: Midterm Project Brief Social Media API demo Last bit of Public Tech (if there’s time) […]

D&T Books 📚 + Citation Tips ✍️ (F2020)

Course Books on Reserve through NYU Libraries Full copies of most of these books are in the D&T Course Books Google Folder. This folder also contains audiobooks and other resources you can use for projects. Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor, by Virginia Eubanks Keywords for Today: A 21st Century […]