Interdisciplinary Knowledge Production: Analysis and Dissemination of BSc Knowledge Production and Technology in Practice
2020/2021
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.
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
Type of instruction
Project work, supervisor and teacher feedback, lectures, classroom instructions, exercises, seminars, case analysis, reflection.
Exam
Exams
| Name of exam | Interdisciplinary Knowledge Production: Analysis and Dissemination of BSc Knowledge Production and Technology in Practice |
| Type of exam | Active participation/continuous evaluation
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 subtitle 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 criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures |
Facts about the module
| Danish title | Tværfaglig vidensproduktion: Analyse og formidling af BSc vidensproduktion og teknologi i praksis |
| Module code | TBITANK18101 |
| 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 |
