Software and Data as Culture

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Software and Data as Culture
Leerdoelen	The learning outcomes of this course unit contribute to the learning outcomes of the degree programme as described in the OER. Upon completion of this course: – Students will be able to identify key artworks and digital research projects in five cultural domains, and evaluate how these employ software and data critically and reflexively in weekly written assignments. – Students will be able work in a group to draft design proposals for critical artworks and research projects using existing digital tools, and present this to an audience of peers. – Students will be able to work in a group to create a small-scale, data-driven artwork or research project. – Students will be able to comment on their own artwork or research project in relation to existing theory and practice in an individual essay.
Omschrijving	This course introduces critical forms of cultural production and research using software and data. Students will learn about key artworks and digital research projects in different cultural domains, with an emphasis on how these use data and software in creative and critical ways. Each week, groups of students will be tasked with proposing an art or research project that engages with issues raised in that week’s cases, texts and other materials. During these case study-driven seminars we define the technical, cultural, and artistic conditions, that underlie the production and functioning of these works. At the end of the course, groups of students will collaboratively propose and produce an artwork or research project that builds on one of the course’s five themes, which include: digital methods, simulations and gaming, data activism of marginalised communities, textual & visual mapping, and power and the political economy.
Uren per week
Onderwijsvorm	werkcollege (1x3 uur werkcollege)
Toetsvorm	essay, wekelijkse opdrachten
Vaksoort	master
Coördinator	dr. S.C. Sauer
Docent(en)	B. Ganesh, PhD. ,dr. S.C. Sauer
Verplichte literatuur	Titel Auteur ISBN Prijs A list of articles, book chapters and audiovisual material will be provided on Nestor.
Entreevoorwaarden	This course is part of the theoretical learning pathway providing students with a comprehensive introduction and theoretical insights in the academic field of Digital Humanities.
Opmerkingen
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type Ma Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen  (Digital Humanities) 1 semester II a verplicht