{"id":717,"date":"2015-11-03T17:21:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T22:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=717"},"modified":"2015-11-06T17:24:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T22:24:37","slug":"made-in-the-machine-class-description","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=717","title":{"rendered":"Made in the Machine Class Description"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"moz-text-html\" lang=\"x-unicode\">\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Made in the Machine:<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">New cultural practices, critical analyses, and techniques in digital fabrication, making, and manufacturing<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recent innovations in digital fabrication have made its technologies much more cheap, sophisticated, and accessible for people of many ages and experiences. In this class we will explore some of these innovations, the techniques and affordances that they enable, and the future directions that they imply. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This will be a project-based class, but as much emphasis will be put on cultural and critical analysis as on technical learning. Class sessions will involve case studies, guest speakers, site visits, and discussion of fabrication methodologies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learning goals: <\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learn one or more new digital fabrication technique(s) to understand the experiential context of fabrication. Deliverable: fabricate a simple object. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Examine and critique modes of machine production in a socio-historical setting. Deliverable: write a short research paper or piece of creative nonfiction. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Combine goals 1 and 2 to comment on new and emerging trends in digital fabrication at multiple scales. Deliverable: To be discussed in class. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prerequisites: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An interest in digital fabrication and its impact on the fabric of society. Basic experience with a fabrication technology is recommended, but not required. Examples include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">3D printing<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Digital cutting (laser, water, etc)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">CNC milling<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Digital wire bending<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Computational sewing or knitting<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mass manufacturing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Made in the Machine: New cultural practices, critical analyses, and techniques in digital fabrication, making, and manufacturing Recent innovations in digital fabrication have made its technologies much more cheap, sophisticated, and accessible for people of many ages and experiences. 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