digitaldesignstudio IIWeek 7 IML 103

Monday, February 24, 2014

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SCA Divisions

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Change Making Media Lab+++++++++++Game Innovation Lab++++Alliance for Networking Visual Culture+++++++Labyrinth Project+++++++Mobile and Environmental Media Lab++++++Mixed Reality Lab++++++++++Institute for Creative Technologies++Entertainment Technology Center++

SCA Labs

arts-based researchdesign

researchpractice-

based

{ Research Cultures }

Phenomenon of StudyScience: The natural worldHumanities: Human experienceDesign: The artificial world

Appropriate MethodsScience: Controlled experiment, classification, analysisHumanities: Analogy, metaphor, evaluationDesign: Modeling, pattern-formation, synthesis

Cultural ValuesScience: Objectivity, rationality, neutralityHumanities: Subjectivity, imagination, commitmentDesign: Practicality, ingenuity, empathy

{ Scientific Research }

Research Question

StudyTested and Generalized

Explicit Knowledge

{ Design Research }

ActPlan

Observe EvaluateWatchListenDiscoverAnalyzeMap

Frame the problemRespond to hunchDetermine goalsHypothesize

InterveneExperimentPrototypeInterviewPilot

Critique ReflectProveEvidenceImpact

World Building

methodology1) “What if?” question: conjectural + expansive2) Establish the logic points3) Create richly detailed domains4) Respect the landing points5) Create the world

Rilao

1) What if? Question: What if Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro

merged?2) What are the logic points?3) What are the domains?

Linguistics/languageIndustryArchitectureEntertainment/cultureLaw/legal systemClass structurePolitical structure Economic structureCrime culturesSocial normsGeography/locationTransportationEcologiesPopulations

Domains

critical practice

Evaluation: is this successful or not?

Description: how does this transmit meaning?

Interpretation: what does this text mean