Civic Media Collaborative Design Studio
Project-based studio focusing on collaborative design of civic media provides a service-learning opportunity for students interested in working with community organizations. Multidisciplinary teams create civic media projects based on real-world community needs. Covers co-design methods and best practices to include the user community in iterative stages of project ideation, design, implementation, testing, and evaluation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.
Fall 2020 · Civic Media Codesign Studio
The Civic Media Codesign Studio is a project-based studio course in collaborative design of civic media. Students work with a range of organizations to create civic media projects grounded in real-world community needs. It covers theory and practice of codesign, including methods for community participation in iterative stages of project ideation, design, prototyping, testing, launch, and stewardship. This semester, the course will focus on building systems of collaboration between municipal government and local care networks to facilitate effective cocreation of policy.
Readings
- Tronto, Joan. Who Cares?: How to Reshape a Democratic Politics . Cornell University Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781501702747.
- Winner, Langdon. “Do Artifacts Have Politics?” Daedalus (1980): 121–136.
- Johnson, Jim. “Mixing Humans and Nonhumans Together: The Sociology of a Door-Closer.” Social Problems 35, no. 3 (1988): 298–310.
- DiSalvo, Carl. “Design and Agonism.” In Adversarial Design. MIT Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780262528221.
- Crabtree, Andrew, Mark Rouncefield, and Peter Tolmie. “Design Ethnography in a Nutshell.” In Doing Design Ethnography . Springer Science & Business Media, 2012. ISBN: 9781447127253.
- Gordon, Eric, and Gabriel Mugar. Meaningful Inefficiencies: Civic Design in an Age of Digital Expediency . Oxford University Press, 2020. Introduction and Chapter 3. ISBN: 9780190870133.
- Brandsen, Taco, Trui Steen, and Bram Verschuere. “Definitions of Coproduction and CoCreation.” In Co-Production and Co-Creation: Engaging Citizens in Public Services . Taylor & Francis, 2018. ISBN: 9781351792578.
- Dunne, Anthony, and Fiona Raby. Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming . MIT Press, 2013. ISBN: 9780262019842.
- Friedman, Batya, and David G. Hendry. Value Sensitive Design: Shaping Technology with Moral Imagination . MIT Press, 2019. ISBN: 9780262039536.
- D’Ignazio, Catherine, and Lauren F. Klein. Data Feminism . MIT Press, 2020. Introduction and Chapter 1. ISBN: 9780262044004.
- Yates, Brian, and Mita Marra. “Introduction: Social Return on Investment (SROI).” Evaluation and Program Planning 64 (2017): 95–97.
- “Qualitative Research Practice Guide.” The Code for America, 2020.
- Snyder, Carolyn. Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces . Morgan Kaufmann, 2003. Introduction and Chapter 4. ISBN: 9780080513508.
- O’Neil, Daniel, and the Smart Chicago Collaborative. Civic User Testing Group as a New Model for UX Testing, Digital Skills Development, and Community Engagement in Civic Tech. The Smart Chicago Collaborative, 2019. ISBN: 9781670767851.
Spring 2016 · Civic Media Codesign Studio
This course is a service-learning, project-based studio course that focuses on collaborative design of civic media. Students will work in diverse teams with community partners to create civic media projects grounded in real-world community needs. This course covers co-design and lean UX methods, and best practices for including communities in iterative stages of project ideation, design, prototyping, testing, launch, and stewardship. Students should have an interest in collaboration with community-based organizations.
Readings
- Schneider, Nathan, Janelle Oris, et al. “5 Ways to Take Back Tech,” The Nation , May 27, 2015.
- Blank, Steve, Bob Dorf. Chapter 1 in The Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company . K & S Ranch, 2012. ISBN: 9780984999309.
- Blank, Steve, and Bob Dorf. Chapters 2 & 3 in The Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company . K & S Ranch, 2012. ISBN: 9780984999309.
- Lee, Panthea. “Design Research: What Is It and Why Do It?” Reboot . February 19, 2012.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: One subject in CMS or MAS U (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units. HASS-S Can be repeated for credit.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2020
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Spring 2016
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.