{"id":793,"date":"2016-01-25T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T18:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=793"},"modified":"2016-03-08T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T17:10:37","slug":"made-in-the-machine-class-description-and-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"Made in the Machine: Class Description and Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Made in the Machine: New Cultural Practices, Critical Analyses, and Techniques in Digital Fabrication, Making, and Manufacturing<\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">DM-GY 9103, Spring 2016<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Prof. Arlene Ducao, arlduc [at] nyu.edu<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Thursdays, 3:30-6:20 PM<br \/>\n2 Metrotech Center, Room 817<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>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. 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.<\/p>\n<p>Prerequisites: An interest in digital fabrication and its impact on the fabric of society. Basic experience with a fabrication technology or system is recommended, but not required. Examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3D printing<\/li>\n<li>Digital cutting (laser, waterjet, vinyl, etc)<\/li>\n<li>CNC milling<\/li>\n<li>CNC routing<\/li>\n<li>Digital wire bending<\/li>\n<li>Computational sewing or knitting<\/li>\n<li>Mass or contract manufacturing (OEMs, ODMs, etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Learning Goals<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Learn one or more new digital fabrication technique(s) to understand the experiential context of fabrication. Deliverable: fabricate a simple object and write a short reflection piece.<\/li>\n<li>Examine and critique modes of machine production in a socio-historical setting. Deliverable: write a 2000-word research paper or piece of creative nonfiction.<\/li>\n<li>Combine goals 1 and 2 to explore, via your own personal history and culture, new and emerging trends in digital fabrication at multiple scales. Deliverable: To be discussed in class.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Class Format (Flexible)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">First part (60-90 minutes): Lecture, discussion, critique.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Second part (90-110 minutes): Hands-on building &amp; testing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Schedule<br \/>\n<\/span><i><\/i><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Guests and site visits are subject to change.<\/i><\/span><\/h3>\n<h5>Prologue<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Session\u00a01, January 28: Overview and Introductions.<\/li>\n<li>NO CLASS on Feb 4. I&#8217;ll hold office hours on Feb 1 and\/or 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Phase I: Let&#8217;s Fab<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Session 2, February 11: Deep Dives<\/li>\n<li>Session 3, February 18: New Tech in Fab. Guest speaker: Lining Yao, MIT.<\/li>\n<li>Session 4, February 25: Industry City Site Visit. Address: 220 36th Street, Brooklyn<\/li>\n<li>Session 5, March 3: Part I Project Presentations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Phase II: Socioeconomic Histories of Fabrication<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Session 6, March 10: From the Industrial Revolution to the Maker Movement and Beyond. Guest speaker: Shuyang Zhou, Seeed Studios.<\/li>\n<li>SPRING BREAK, March 17.<\/li>\n<li>Session 7, March 24: A closer look at globalization. Guest speakers: bunnie Huang, bunniestudios, Jie Qi, MIT.<\/li>\n<li>Session 8, March 31: Field trip to Brooklyn Navy Yard.<\/li>\n<li>Session 9, April 7: Part II Paper\u00a0Presentations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Phase III: Fabrication as Cultural Study<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Session 10, April 14: Making Things, Making Meanings<\/li>\n<li>Session 11, April 21: Guest Speaker: Auto-ethnographies in Fabrication. Guest speaker: Vernelle Noel, Penn State.<\/li>\n<li>Session 12, April 28: Guest Speaker: Manufacturing with Awareness<\/li>\n<li>Session 13, May 5: Part III Final Presentations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Recommended Books (to be discussed in Class 1)<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><\/h3>\n<h5 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Making and Makers<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><em>To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure<\/em> by Henry Petroski<\/li>\n<li><em>Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing<\/em> by Henry Petroski<\/li>\n<li><em>Makers: The New Industrial Revolution<\/em> by Chris Anderson<\/li>\n<li><em>The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers<\/em> by Mark Hatch<\/li>\n<li><em>Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom<\/em> by Sylvia Libow Martinez<\/li>\n<li><em>Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators<\/em> by Margaret Honey<\/li>\n<li><em>The Maker&#8217;s Manual: A Practical Guide to the New Industrial Revolution<\/em> by Paolo Aliverti<\/li>\n<li><em>Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing by<\/em> Hod Lipson<\/li>\n<li><em>Fab: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop&#8211;from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication<\/em> by Neil Gershenfeld<\/li>\n<li><em>Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World<\/em> by Mark Miodownik<\/li>\n<li><em>Fabrication Engineering at the Micro- and Nanoscale: Fourth Edition<\/em> by Stephen A. Campbell<\/li>\n<li><em>Engineering: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide<\/em> by Natasha McCarthy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Cultures and Histories of Making, Manufacturing, and Engineering<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America<\/em> by Leo Marx<\/li>\n<li><em>The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By<\/em> by Scott A. Shane<\/li>\n<li><em>Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line<\/em> by Amy E. Slaton<\/li>\n<li><em>America&#8217;s Assembly Line<\/em> by David E. Nye<\/li>\n<li><em>America as Second Creation: Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings<\/em> by David E. Nye<\/li>\n<li><em>Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940<\/em> by David E. Nye<\/li>\n<li><em>Making Technology Masculine: Men, Women, and Modern Machines in America, 1870-1945<\/em> by Ruth Oldenziel<\/li>\n<li><em>More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave<\/em> by Ruth Schwartz Cowan<\/li>\n<li><em>Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism<\/em> by Merritt Roe Smith<\/li>\n<li><em>On the Outskirts of Engineering: Learning Identity, Gender, and Power via Engineering Practice<\/em> by Karen L. Tonso<\/li>\n<li><em>Dominance by Design: Technological Imperatives and America&#8217;s Civilizing Mission by<\/em> Michael Adas<\/li>\n<li><em>Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education for Women<\/em> by Amy Sue Bix<\/li>\n<li><em>American Technological Sublime<\/em> by David E. Nye<\/li>\n<li><em>Technology Choices: Why Occupations Differ in Their Embrace of New Technology<\/em> By Diane E. Bailey and Paul M. Leonardi<\/li>\n<li><em>Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development: Transforming the Industrial State<\/em> by Nicholas A. Ashford and Ralph P. Hall<\/li>\n<li><em>The Citizen&#8217;s Share: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century<\/em> by Joseph R. Blasi, Richard B. Freeman, and Douglas L. Kruse<\/li>\n<li><em>One World: The Ethics of Globalization, Second Edition<\/em> by Peter Singer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Office Hours<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Thursday by appointment. E-mail arlduc [at] nyu.edu\u00a0to make an appointment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Grading<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">20% Phase 1 Project: Demonstration of prototype &amp; brief write-up.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">20% Phase 2 Paper: Research article &amp; MLA-formatted bibliography.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">25% Phase 3 Final: An ethnographic project drawing on skills and concepts developed in Phase 1 and 2.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">20% Class participation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">15% Blog posts based on class discussion and project development. At least nine posts are required for the semester (three posts per class phase).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Encouraged extra credit options:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Expanded blogging<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Video documentation<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Project web site<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Conference paper<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Attendance<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Attendance to all class sessions is mandatory. Class starts at 3:30 sharp. Excused absence requests, i.e. for a religious holiday or a conference, must be made at least 3 business days ahead of the scheduled absence. Emergency absences must be accompanied by official documentation, i.e. a doctor&#8217;s note or MTA notice. One letter grade drop will occur for every two unexcused late arrivals or one unexcused absence. For additional NYU School of Engineering Academic Policies and Requirements, please consult <a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.engineering.nyu.edu\/content.php?catoid=9&amp;navoid=856\" target=\"_blank\">this link<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"\">Moses<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"\">Statement<\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>If you are student with a\u00a0<span class=\"\">disability<\/span>\u00a0who is requesting accommodations, please contact New York University\u2019s\u00a0Moses\u00a0Center for Students with\u00a0<span class=\"\">Disabilities<\/span>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"tel:212-998-4980\" target=\"_blank\">212-998-4980<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mosescsd@nyu.edu\" target=\"_blank\">mosescsd@nyu.edu<\/a>.\u00a0 You\u00a0must be registered with CSD to receive accommodations.\u00a0 Information about the\u00a0Moses\u00a0Center can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/csd\" target=\"_blank\">www.nyu.edu\/csd<\/a>. The\u00a0Moses\u00a0Center is located at 726 Broadway on the 2nd floor.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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 DM-GY 9103, Spring 2016 Prof. Arlene Ducao, arlduc [at] nyu.edu Thursdays, 3:30-6:20 PM 2 Metrotech Center, Room 817 Overview Recent innovations in digital fabrication have made its technologies much more cheap, sophisticated, and accessible for people of many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-fab","category-made-in-the-machine","category-nyu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":954,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions\/954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}