Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The course expands the techno-anthropological repertoire and makes it more applicable through the teaching of a series of practical tools and methodological concepts that will enable the students to facilitate and contribute to participatory processes of techno-anthropological change. This module is anchored in the Research group of Techno-Anthropology and Participation, Department of Planning.  

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• explain different techno-anthropological transformations concepts, -methods, and tools. 
• explain how people participation can affect the design of technology or of products. 
• Explain models for assessment of tecno-anthropological transformations. 
• explain concepts for understanding the user-designer relations. 

Skills

• draft a participatory design strategy. 
• plan and conduct participatory design research activities. 
• identify appropriate tools, materials and techniques for facilitating and documenting participatory design processes. 
• produce a mock-up, prototype, scenario, sketch or other kind of material intermediary outcome of a design process. 

Competences

• plan, facilitate and organize participatory design processes. 
• communicate the results of the design process.  

Type of instruction

Course module. Please refer to §17 of the curriculum about the structure and content of the programme.

Exam

Exams