Interdisciplinary Knowledge Production: Analysis and Dissemination of BSc Knowledge Production and Technology in Practice
2018/2019
Content, progress and pedagogy of the module
The purpose of the pilot project is for students to acquire practical experience with collaborative group work that involves multiple disciplinary backgrounds. The pilot project will support students’ abilities to identify and engage with challenges, barriers and potentials in Techno-Anthropological work across disciplines.
Students who complete the module can:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- explain competencies that fellow students bring into the Master’s program
- communicate a scientific message in short
- explain differences between mono-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary
- present technical and socio-technical issues relevant for the study of technology in practice
- explain the Aalborg model for problem-based learning
Skills
- analyse professional domain practices in terms of their objectives
- identify interdisciplinary issues in technology development
- discuss Techno-Anthropology as an interdisciplinary area
Competences
- design, produce and present a scientific poster
- integrate different domain knowledge, paradigms and professional competencies into an inter-disciplinary research theme
- draft initiating problems relevant for the study of Technology in Practise from a socio-technical perspective
Exam
Exams
| Name of exam | Interdisciplinary Knowledge Production: Analysis and Dissemination of BSc Knowledge Production and Technology in Practice |
| Type of exam | Active participation and/or written assignment
Each course participant will:
produce a scientific poster communicating the results from their BSc project (individual) in a group write a 10 page essay with the title: An interdisciplinary research theme for the study of Technology in Practice and supplemented with a sub-title of the group’s choice present the individual poster and group essay in seminars |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Assessment | Passed/Not Passed |
| Type of grading | Internal examination |
| Criteria of assessment | The element is passed when all of these elements are approved by the supervisor. |
Facts about the module
| Danish title | Tværfaglig vidensproduktion: Analyse og formidling af BSc vidensproduktion og teknologi i praksis |
| Module code | TBITANK16101 |
| Module type | Project |
| Duration | 1 semester |
| Semester | Autumn
|
| ECTS | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Empty-place Scheme | Yes |
| Location of the lecture | Campus Aalborg, Campus Copenhagen |
| Responsible for the module |
Organisation
| Study Board | Studyboard for Techno-Anthropology and Sustainable Design |
| Department | Department of Planning |
| Faculty | Technical Faculty of IT and Design |
