ID723 DESIGN CULTURES AND THE HUMAN BODY
| Course Code: |
1250723 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
The human body in current design discourse and practices, from anthropology to user experience. Introducing theoretical frameworks for understanding the mutual shaping of design and the human body; discipline, docile bodies, performativity; bio-politics, molecular life, self-governance and enhancement; post-ANT and material semiotic perspectives on medicine, the body multiple. Readings and discussions complemented by film screening and seminars from scholars in related fields; case studies of related products.
