Syllabus for Rhetoric 132, Fall 2006
Rhetoric 132:
Rhetoric, Culture, and Society
“Design for Living: Artifice and Agency”
Fall 2006
Tuesdays, Thursdays, 2.00-3.30, 287 Barrows Hall
Instructor: Dale Carrico, dalec@berkeley.edu; dcarrico@sfai.edu
Office Hours: Before and after class and by appointment. 7404 Dwinelle Hall
Course Blog: http://artificeandagency.blogspot.com
Course Description
We find ourselves in a world we make, and we find that we are made and unmade in the making of it. What are we to make of the abiding artifice that is "the political" in a world of design-objects, of manufactured products, of consumer goods? What are we doing when we are doing design and what do we do when we discern that design has designs on us? Where is the agency in artifice? What are the political possibilities of design?
We will take selections from Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels as points of departure from which we will go on to read design-objects as texts as construed by Roland Barthes, Daniel Harris, and others. Finally, we will grapple with the politics of some contemporary design movements -- peer-to-peer coding, Green Design -- that would undertake to remake the world in the image of particular ends, like collaborative democracy or sustainability.
Course Requirements
Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition
[selections] Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party
[selections] Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish
[selections] Michel Foucault, History of Sexuality, Vol. 1
[selections] Roland Barthes, Mythologies
Daniel Harris, “The Futuristic”
Bruce Sterling, Shaping Things
William McDonough & Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle
Janine Benyus, Biomimicry
[selections] Lawrence Lessig, Code
Michel Bauwens, “Peer to Peer and Human Evolution”
Yochai Benkler, Wealth of Networks
Mike Davis, Planet of Slums
Your final grade will be based on the following:
Attendance/Participation/Quizzes: 30%
Three short paper, approximately 3pp. each, posted to this Blog: 40%
Final Examination: 30%
Schedule of Meetings
Week One
Tuesday, August 29, Administrative Issues
Thursday, August 31, Personal Introductions
Week Two
Tuesday, September 5, Arendt
Thursday, September 7, Arendt
Week Three
Tuesday, September 12, Arendt, Ch 3., secs. 1-4; selections from Marx and Engels, The German Ideology, Ch. 1.
Thursday, September 13, Arendt, Ch. 3, secs. 5-7.
First Blog Post Should Be Published By Now
Week Four
Tuesday, September 19, Arendt
Thursday, September 21, Arendt
Week Five
Tuesday, September 26, Arendt
Thursday, September 28, Harris
Week Six
Tuesday, October 3, Barthes
Thursday, October 5, Barthes/Foucault
Week Seven
Tuesday, October 10, Foucault
Thursday, October 12, Sterling
Week Eight
Tuesday, October 17, Sterling
Thursday, October 19, McDonough and Braugart
Week Nine
Tuesday, October 24, McDonough and Braugart
Thursday, October 26, McDonough and Braugart
Second Blog Post Should Be Published By Now
Week Ten
Tuesday, October 31, Benyus
Thursday, November 2, Benyus
Week Eleven
Tuesday, November 7, Benyus
Thursday, November 9, Benyus
Week Twelve
Tuesday, November 14, Lessig selections from Code
Thursday, November 16, Bauwens, Peer-to-Peer pieces
Week Thirteen
Tuesday, November 21, Benkler
Thursday, November 23, Academic and Administrative Holiday
Week Fourteen
Tuesday, November 28, Benkler
Thursday, November 30, Benkler
Third Blog Post Should Be Published By Now
Week Fifteen
Tuesday, December 5, Davis
Thursday, December 7, Davis, Concluding Remarks
Take-Home Final Examination to Be Handed In-Class on Final Meeting
Rhetoric, Culture, and Society
“Design for Living: Artifice and Agency”
Fall 2006
Tuesdays, Thursdays, 2.00-3.30, 287 Barrows Hall
Instructor: Dale Carrico, dalec@berkeley.edu; dcarrico@sfai.edu
Office Hours: Before and after class and by appointment. 7404 Dwinelle Hall
Course Blog: http://artificeandagency.blogspot.com
Course Description
We find ourselves in a world we make, and we find that we are made and unmade in the making of it. What are we to make of the abiding artifice that is "the political" in a world of design-objects, of manufactured products, of consumer goods? What are we doing when we are doing design and what do we do when we discern that design has designs on us? Where is the agency in artifice? What are the political possibilities of design?
We will take selections from Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels as points of departure from which we will go on to read design-objects as texts as construed by Roland Barthes, Daniel Harris, and others. Finally, we will grapple with the politics of some contemporary design movements -- peer-to-peer coding, Green Design -- that would undertake to remake the world in the image of particular ends, like collaborative democracy or sustainability.
Course Requirements
Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition
[selections] Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party
[selections] Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish
[selections] Michel Foucault, History of Sexuality, Vol. 1
[selections] Roland Barthes, Mythologies
Daniel Harris, “The Futuristic”
Bruce Sterling, Shaping Things
William McDonough & Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle
Janine Benyus, Biomimicry
[selections] Lawrence Lessig, Code
Michel Bauwens, “Peer to Peer and Human Evolution”
Yochai Benkler, Wealth of Networks
Mike Davis, Planet of Slums
Your final grade will be based on the following:
Attendance/Participation/Quizzes: 30%
Three short paper, approximately 3pp. each, posted to this Blog: 40%
Final Examination: 30%
Schedule of Meetings
Week One
Tuesday, August 29, Administrative Issues
Thursday, August 31, Personal Introductions
Week Two
Tuesday, September 5, Arendt
Thursday, September 7, Arendt
Week Three
Tuesday, September 12, Arendt, Ch 3., secs. 1-4; selections from Marx and Engels, The German Ideology, Ch. 1.
Thursday, September 13, Arendt, Ch. 3, secs. 5-7.
First Blog Post Should Be Published By Now
Week Four
Tuesday, September 19, Arendt
Thursday, September 21, Arendt
Week Five
Tuesday, September 26, Arendt
Thursday, September 28, Harris
Week Six
Tuesday, October 3, Barthes
Thursday, October 5, Barthes/Foucault
Week Seven
Tuesday, October 10, Foucault
Thursday, October 12, Sterling
Week Eight
Tuesday, October 17, Sterling
Thursday, October 19, McDonough and Braugart
Week Nine
Tuesday, October 24, McDonough and Braugart
Thursday, October 26, McDonough and Braugart
Second Blog Post Should Be Published By Now
Week Ten
Tuesday, October 31, Benyus
Thursday, November 2, Benyus
Week Eleven
Tuesday, November 7, Benyus
Thursday, November 9, Benyus
Week Twelve
Tuesday, November 14, Lessig selections from Code
Thursday, November 16, Bauwens, Peer-to-Peer pieces
Week Thirteen
Tuesday, November 21, Benkler
Thursday, November 23, Academic and Administrative Holiday
Week Fourteen
Tuesday, November 28, Benkler
Thursday, November 30, Benkler
Third Blog Post Should Be Published By Now
Week Fifteen
Tuesday, December 5, Davis
Thursday, December 7, Davis, Concluding Remarks
Take-Home Final Examination to Be Handed In-Class on Final Meeting
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