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Apr 24, 2021

Week 12 — Theories of Media and Technology

I’ll admit this class was a bit difficult for me to understand, but there were a few points that I found interesting in the readings and during class that I wanted to reflect on. In thinking about our roles as designers and their relationship to decolonization and cosomotechnics, it relates…

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Apr 21, 2021

Week 11 — Pre-Thesis

Great week, I’ve somehow changed directions entirely for my project after speaking with more and more people. So, I haven’t gotten much done in terms of prototyping, but a lot of research has been done. Initially, my goal and aim was to see how technology could be used to in…

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Apr 20, 2021

Week 11 — Theories of Media and Technology

I found our discussion today in class to be insightful; it was interesting to see everyone’s perspective on the world and its social institutions. I think what I found most intriguing regarding this discussion is how it affects us as designers. It brings up this notion regarding our ethics as…

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Apr 14, 2021

Week 10 — Pre-Thesis

For this week, I’ve focused on refining what is do able, for me personally, but also what could be used as a prototype that could be tested with potential stakeholders. I started out meeting with Scott who was extremely helpful in conceptualizing the project further. We talked about some tools…

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Apr 13, 2021

Week 10 — Theories of Media and Technology

We’ve talked about this idea of the Panopticon for quite some time, and I found it interesting how it closely relates to our interaction with social media as humans. The idea of the Panopticon reminded me of a documentary I watched: We Live in Public. We Live in Public | Kanopy In 1999, Internet entrepreneur Josh Harris recruited dozens of young men and women who agreed to live in underground…www.kanopy.com

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Apr 7, 2021

Week 9— Pre-Thesis

This week has been filled with a ton of research and interview. As the idea becomes more formalized, I’ve finally sort of narrowed down and redefined the problem statement to hopefully address the root causes of the problem. The problem I’m addressing: More so now, there has been an increase…

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Apr 6, 2021

Week 9 — Theories of Media and Technology

This week, I enjoyed exploring the Cyborg Manifesto and looking into the history of feminism and the different perspectives introduced within society. One of the theorists whose work I’m most familiar with is Judith Butler. …

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Mar 30, 2021

Week 8 — Theories of Media and Technology

Throughout this course, we’ve talked a lot about how humans place meaning and associate different feelings with things. Typically, this is something that is done over time, and over time people also adapt those meanings. For example, if you think about the hoodie, the hoodie is a garment. However, it…

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Mar 24, 2021

Week 6 — Pre-Thesis

For the past few weeks, I’ve spent the majority of my time looking into research and finalizing my idea. So this week, after looking into I decided to sort of finalize the plan after doing a few rounds of prototyping. Problem: Teachers need better and more equitable options to cater…

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Mar 23, 2021

Week 7 — Theories of Media & Technology

For this week, we reviewed the video: Then & Now, Bourdieu: Cultural Capital, the Love of Art & Hip Hop — which to me was an interesting perspective on culture. Traditionally, my perspective on sort of the way we view nature and nurture. I’ve also thought that nature and nurture…

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