I was really inspired by Sasha Constanza-Chock’s talk in class. It was really interesting to hear about their journey and how they ended up at the Design Justice Network. I think it is so cool that they started off in electronic music and journeyed through a lot of experiences to…

This week I worked a little more on my artifact to go along with my essay. After meeting with Professor Ansari, I have decided to do something that is interactive because I feel like it will be more effective for people to understand the concepts I want to touch on…

The Polak Game that we did in class really got me thinking. It was really interesting to think about the world as a whole, then the US, then ourselves. For me, I think it got harder to figure out my view the more narrowed out we were. For example, when…

I had a lot of fun with this week's exercise of creating short skits that interpreted the different models of society: Sovereign, Discipline, Control, and Spectacle. My group had spectacle and we wanted to do something with politicians and a debate, but we wanted to make sure that we showed…

I found this class really interesting, I really enjoyed going through the history of feminism and learning about all the notable feminist scholars. Our discussion about the globalization of Feminism reminded me of a thesis paper I had to read for my Media Activism class. The thesis paper by Jin…

I thought this class was really interesting. The discussion about Sarah Ahmed’s “Happy Objects” made me think of what it really means to be happy and what happiness is. Through that, I realized that you can’t know what happiness is if you don’t know sadness. You don’t know what it…

I really enjoyed Dr.Tonkinwise’s talk, it gave me a new perspective of social practices. I think what really helped me understand what they are was the coffee example. It helped me understand the differences between the meaning, skills, and things. The lecture also helped me understand worlds and practices a…

This week’s readings were super interesting, especially the Vishnu to Vegas excerpt from Rathna Ramanathan. I had no idea that this global chain existed and that this infrastructure was even in place. I did have a few questions about it though. First, being did the people who donated their hair…

Out of all the topics and concepts we have discussed so far, I think that Systems Design and Cybernetics have been the hardest for me to grasp. I understand what each of them represents, but it is hard for me to connect it specifically to my design practice other than…