COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Ethics and Social Responsibility in Design
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
FFD 509
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
7.5
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
Second Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims at encouraging the student to think and produce ideas upon social responsibility of design and ethics; discusses on the position and responsibility of the designer on threefold concepts of mankind, nature and design. In addition , the course provides the student with academic background in order to equip them with a required maturity in sustainability and universal design issues.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • o will be able to recognize the concept ethics and ethical issues in design.
  • o will be able to evaluate social responsibilities in relation to design.
  • o will be able to generate design response against various global crises which may occur due to natural disasters, economic failures, wrong political decisions, terrorist actions and so on.
  • will be able to develop an understanding of ecological, sustainable, universal design as well as gender design, cross-cultural design and the issue of intellectual copy rights and plagiarism
  • o will be able to follow the manifestoes.
Course Description The course covers a variety of readings of academic articles, discussions and presentations , film screening , evaluation of design work regarding to understanding of ethics, sustainability, environmental issues and activist movements related to different design disciplines . At the end of the course the students will be asked to write and present a manifestoe which they will develop upon as an alternative solution to propose a more ethical and sustainable future for design.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Orientation & film screening / Film screening : introduction to presentation1
2 Class reading and discussion. Ethics in Design: intro to 1st assignment –response paper C.Dilnot , Ethics in Design. 10 Questions in Design Studies : A Reader.eds: H.Clark,D.Brody .2009. p 180-190
3 Class reading and discussion. Ecology and Sustainability E.Manzini, Prometheus of the Everyday, in Discovering Design ed. R.Buchanan, V.Margolin .1995.p.219-243
4 Class reading and discussion. Sustainability &value production H.Clark , Slow+ Fashion: An oxymoron or promise for the future , Fashion Theory. Volume 12. Issue 4, pp. 427-446,2008
5 Social Responsibility & Conceptual Design: Intro to 2nd assignment –response paper R.Pinto, N,Bourriad, M.Lucy Orta interview with Paul Virilo., 2003.p.128 .Talking on Conceptual Design + Hand in Assign1
6 Student presentations 1 Concepts taken from Design Dictionary ; Perspectives on Design Terminology M.Erholf, T, Marshall.(eds), 2008.
7 Class reading and discussion. Ecology and Sustainability V.Margolin.Politics of the Artificial, Design for a Sustainable World.p.92-105
8 Design against Disaster, Risk Society : Conceptual and Critical design, Project presentation: Dress against disaster . P.Antonelli, Safe. Design Takes on Risk , Interview with Cameron Sinclair p.47-55
9 Design for society. Ethical issues & Gender studies Film Screening .Introduction to final project+ presentation preparation 2 : concept statement N, Whiteley.Design for Society, Feminist perspectives. P.134-157
10 Introduction to develop an activist design project: Guest speaker. Preparing questions + research on activist and conceptual design :Hand in Assign2: response paper
11 Student presentations 2: Discussion of concept statement Research presentations
12 Critique and Discussions Research presentations
13 Critique and Discussions Personal tutorials for final project
14 Evaluation and Discussions Feedback for the assignment
15 Installations and Manifesto Booklet Presentations & prepapation for the final exhibition
16 Review of the Semester
Course Notes/Textbooks Above stated book chapters and Powerpoint presentations.
Suggested Readings/Materials Design Dictionary: Perspectives on Design Terminology , M.Erholf, T, Marshall.(eds9, Design Dictionary: Perspectives on Design Terminology, 2008. The Green Imperative: Natural Design for the Real World, Victor Papanek,1995 New York, Thames and Hudson. The Role of product Design in Post-Industrial Society, Tevfik Balcıoğlu (ed), 1998 Kent Institute of Design + Middle East Technical University Cradle to Cradle, Remaking the Way We Make Things William McDonough, Michael Braungart, 2002, Publisher: Rodale Books Fashion-able : Hactivism and Engaged fashion design , Otto von Busch, phd thesis, Schoolf of Design and Crafts , University of Gothenburg , Sweden,2008 Droog Design, Spirit of the nineties ed. Renny Ramakers and Gijs Bakker, 1998, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam Eco Fashion, Sass Brown ,2010, Laurence King Publishing Eco-chic: The fashion paradox, Sandy Black, 2008, Black dog publishing Play Rethink http://www.playrethink.com System Reload http://www.systemreload.org/ O2 Global Network http://www.o2.org/index.php SCORE Sustainable Consumption Research Exchange http://www.score-network.org/score/score_module/index.php ECOncept http://www.econcept.org Experience Design Lab http://www.exdl.com/ Green Map http://www.greenmap.org The Center for Sustainable design http://www.cfsd.org.uk/ DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90% http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/ http://www.ideorg.org/work/nepal.php http://www.pottersforpeace.org/ Social Design Notes recycle http://backspace.com/notes/about.php Changing the change NIC - Mapping the Global Future: Contradictions of Globalization http://www.turkmucit.com/index.php?u=1&c=7

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
2
40
Presentation / Jury
2
20
Project
1
30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
8
4
32
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
2
30
Presentation / Jury
2
20
Project
1
45
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
Final Exams
    Total
225

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

to be able to expand the practical knowledge gained in undergraduate programs with theoretical field of design research,

 X
2

to be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with research methods of design theory and social sciences,

 X
3

to be able to identify problems of design disciplines in times of global / environmental crisis and to be able to develop possible solutions for design practitioners,

 X
4

to be able to expand knowledge on the history of material culture as it relates to design practices of the past,

 X
5

to be able to promote research on local practices of everyday life and assess the outcome to implement design solutions,

 X
6

to be able to facilitate interactions in between varied design disciplines and to promote collaborative work to solve complex problems,

 X
7

to be able to process outcome of design research to be applied in design education,

 X
8

to be able to instigate research on the new tools, technologies and materials of production in order to accelerate changes in design practices,

 X
9

to be able to develop an ethical approach towards design professions in order to install social and environmental responsibilities,

 X
10

to be able to use a foreign language for both chasing the scientific publication and developing proper communication with colleagues from other countries, in written and verbal ways.

 X
11

to be able to use computer programs needed in the field design as well as information and communication technologies in advanced levels (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level”).

 X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest