Interdisciplinary Knowledge Production

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 students bring into the Master’s program
  • communicate research results 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
  • explain problem-based learning

Skills

  • discuss Techno-Anthropology as an interdisciplinary area
  • conduct a problem analysis using literature search and review
  • identify interdisciplinary problems in technology
  • form interdisciplianary and heterogene project groups

Competences

  • design, produce and present a scientific poster
  • integrate different domain knowledge, paradigms and professional competencies into an inter-disciplinary research theme
  • draft initiating interdisciplinary problems relevant for the study of technology 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 examInterdisciplinary Knowledge Production
Type of exam
Active participation/continuous evaluation
Re-examination will be an oral exam based on a project report.
ECTS5
AssessmentPassed/Not Passed
Type of gradingInternal examination
Criteria of assessmentThe criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the module

Danish titleTværfaglig vidensproduktion
Module codeTBTANK20101
Module typeProject
Duration1 semester
SemesterAutumn
ECTS5
Language of instructionEnglish
Empty-place SchemeYes
Location of the lectureCampus Aalborg, Campus Copenhagen
Responsible for the module

Organisation

Study BoardStudyboard for Techno-Anthropology and Sustainable Design
DepartmentDepartment of Planning
FacultyTechnical Faculty of IT and Design