What is this class about?

Introduces core concepts: we analyze how power affects the world by seeing how it constructs identity, knowledge, and truth.

Identifying formal essence

Gives instructions on how to evoke a subject matter without directly using or picturing it.

Narratives: How Technology Constructs Social Reality

Applies this framework to technology: technology supports/counteracts these constructions by producing certain narratives.

How Design Produces & Transmits Narratives

Extends the analysis to include design: design makes narratives visible or obscure.

Visual Forms for Counter-Narratives and Interventions

Proposes opportunities: designers stage interventions to affect the above observed processes

Parody/Satire

Proposes counter-narratives through exaggeration and humor

Appropriation

Proposes counter-narratives through re-contextualization