SYLLABUS

Interrogative Design: Art, Public Space and Fearless Speech:
Technologies of Protest and Disagreement

Instructors:
Krzysztof Wodiczko

Units: 3-3-6
Level: H
Prerequisites: class limit 15

Schedule

Monday. 9/9 Introduction | Syllabus Readings: Michel Foucault & Chantal Mouffe Assignment: Fearless Speech		Tuesday. 9/10 Reading Discussion: Michel Foucault & Chantal Mouffe Critique of Fearless Speech Assignment - 1st half of class group Readings: Mitchell & Wodiczko - Theories and Practices of Cultural Politics and Cultural Resistance
Monday. 9/16 Reading Discussion:Mitchell & Wodiczko - Theories and Practices of Cultural Politics and Cultural Resistance Critique of Fearless Speech Assignment - 2nd half of class group Readings: Critical Art Ensemble, Ricardo Dominguez, and Civil Disobedience.		Tuesday. 9/17 Individually Scheduled Meetings with groups/students.
Monday. 9/23 Student Holiday, No Class		Tuesday. 9/24 Individually Scheduled Meetings with groups/students.
Monday. 9/30 Reading Discussion: Critical Art Ensemble, Ricardo Dominguez, and Civil Disobedience. Web Site Reviews: Cultural resistance projects including Act Up/Gran Fury, Critical Art Ensemble, RTMark & Reclaim the Streets! Readings: Judith Herman - Trauma and Recovery & Ethics of the Self & Ethics of the Other.		Tuesday. 10/1 Individually Scheduled Meetings with groups/students.
Monday. 10/7 Reading Discussion: Judith Herman - Trauma and Recovery & Ethics of the Self & Ethics of the Other. Presentation: Institute of Applied Autonomy		Tuesday. 10/8 Project Discussions and Class Presentations in smaller groups
Monday. 10/14 Columbus Day, No Class.		Tuesday. 10/15 Columbus Day, No Class.
Monday. 10/21 Wearable Media, Prosthetics, and other Techno-cultural Armaments. Students present examples of devices and equipment as possible references, applications, and inspirations for their projects. Class Pre-Critique with invited guests (activists).		Tuesday. 10/22 Production with individual group meetings.
Monday. 10/28 Mid-Terms with Invited Guests. Readings Given: Nomadology		Tuesday. 10/29 Post-Midterm gathering with food and entertainment
Monday. 11/4 Readings Discussion: Nomadology Readings Given: Citizens, Cities, and Connectivity - by Bill Mitchell.		Tuesday. 11/5 Production/Individual Meetings.
Monday. 11/11 Presentation of (Guest Presenter). Project progress report, presentations and discussion in smaller groups.		Tuesday. 11/12 Presentation of (Guest Presenter)
Monday. 11/18 Reading Discussion: Citizens, Cities, and Connectivity - by Bill Mitchell.		Tuesday. 11/19 Production/Individual Meetings
Monday. 11/25 Presentation of (Guest Presenter)		Tuesday. 11/26 Production/Individual Meetings
Monday. 12/2 Production / Evaluation / group presentations of readings in smaller groups		Tuesday. 12/3 Production/Individual Meetings
Monday. 12/9 Final Critiques with Guests.		Tuesday. 12/10 Final Evaluation of Class.

Selected Course Bibliography

Bakhtin, M.M. "Carnival Ambivalence: Laughter, Praise and Abuse," "The Banquet, The Body and the Underworld," from The Bakhtin Reader. New York: Edward Arnold Publishers, 1994.

Benjamin, Walter. "Critique of Violence," from Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings. New York: Schocken Books, 1986.

Critchley, Simon. "A Levinasian Politics of Ethical Difference," "Conclusion: Philosophy, Politics, and Democracy," from The Ethics of Deconstruction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1992.

Critical Art Ensemble. "Electronic Civil Disobedience," "Resisting the Bunker," from Electronic Civil Disobedience and Other Unpopular Ideas. New York: Automedia, 1996. "Nomadic Power and Cultural Resistance," from The Electronic Disturbance. New York, 2000.

Deleuze, Gilles and Guttari, Felix. Nomadology: The War Machine. New York: Semiotex(e), 1986.

Foucault, Michel. "The Word Parrhesia," "Concluding Remarks," from Fearless Speech. New York: Semiotex(e) Foreign Agents, 2001.

Herman, Judith, M.D. "Remembering and Mourning," " Reconnection," and "Commonality," from Trauma and Recovery. New York: Basic Books, 1992.

Knabb, Ken, Ed. The Situationist International Anthology. Berkeley: Bureau of Public Secrets, 1981.

Lefort, Claude. "Introduction," "The Question of Democracy," "Human Rights and the Welfare State," and "Hannah Arendt and the Question of the Political," from Democracy and Political Theory. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1989.

Ranciere, Jacques. Dis-agreement: Politics and Philosophy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999.

Thoreau, Henri David. "Civil Disobedience," from Civil Disobedience and Other Essays. New York: Dover Publications, 1993.