Projektmodul / Project Module
Ontologies for Spatial Interactions
Instructor: Vertr.-Prof. Jason Reizner
Credits: 18 ECTS, 16 SWS
Capacity: max. 12 students
Language: English
Date: Plenum: Tuesdays, 13:30-17:00; Consultations by appointment
Location: Online/Marienstraße 7b
First Meeting: 17 October 2022, 13:30
(More information regarding the first meeting will be sent to accepted participants by email.)
BISON Course ID: [TBA]
Description
A deep relationship with places is as necessary, and perhaps as unavoidable, as close relationships with people; without such relationships human existence, while possible, is bereft of much of its significance.
– Edward Relph, Place and Placelessness, 1976
At the convergence between deep learning, synthetic media, ambient computing and mixed realities, approaches to structuring and implementing physical interactions in platform environments require not only an attention to opaque probabilistic computational processes, but also the ability to identify, articulate and process relational, semantic and epistemological linkages between people, objects, place and space.
Building on discourse from disciplines including environmental social science, geomatics, information science and knowledge engineering, this project module will explore the spectrum between phenomenology and applied ontologies as an extension of human-machine interaction paradigms.
Through a series of lectures, workshops, readings and targeted discussions, participants will address topics including human and artificial intelligence, agent-based systems, detection and prediction methods, spatial interfaces, platform urbanism and smart citizenry, with a view towards creating and documenting a speculative prototype or interactive proof-of-concept.
Admission requirements
Enrollment in MKG/MAD MFA or MediaArchitecture MSc programs
Application and registration procedure
Application with CV and Statement of Motivation to jason.reizner [ät] uni-weimar.de
Evaluation
Successful completion of the course is dependent on regular attendance, active participation, completion of assignments and delivery of a relevant semester prototype and documentation. Please refer to the Evaluation Rubric for more details.
Eligible participants
MFA Medienkunst/-gestaltung, MFA Media Art and Design, MSc MediaArchitecture candidates
Platforms and Tools
This Wiki
BigBlueButton (only as necessary)
Cisco WebEx
Are.na
MURAL
Miro
Google Jamboard
Syllabus (subject to change)
18 October 2022 / Week 1
Introduction
Course Organization
Administrative Housekeeping
Assignment: TBA
and prepare for next week's experiment 'New Identity, Who Dis?' by adding your GAN-generated avatar and persona profile to the Miro board
25 October 2022 / Week 2
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1 November 2022 / Week 3
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8 November 2022 / Week 4
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15 November 2022 / Week 5'
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22 November 2022 / Week 6'
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29 November 2022 / Week 7'
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6 December 2022 / Week 8'
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13 December 2022 / Week 9'
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20 December 2022 / Week 10'
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