89172 Engaging Texts: Cross-Disciplinary Conversations
6cpPostgraduate
This subject introduces students to texts, conversations and viewpoints drawn from diverse disciplinary contexts that are of relevance to design, including philosophy, sociology, anthropology, science and technology studies, history, literature and film. It highlights the richness of understanding that can arise when texts move across disciplinary boundaries and populate other disciplinary spaces. This in one of a pair of subjects that focus specifically on 'engaging texts' as a stimulus to design understanding. In these subjects students engage with texts that are or have been influential in shaping ways in which designers think about the worlds that designed things enter into and redefine. Different kinds of text, including theoretical, literary and designed texts, and texts utilising different media, are introduced.
Typical availability
Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus
Detailed subject description.
Fee information
- 2013 contribution for commencing Commonwealth-supported students: $733 (Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2010 should consult the Fees Calculator by Subject for relevant student contribution charges for Commonwealth-supported students. Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth-supported places.)
- 2013 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2794 (Note: Fees for postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the annual fees schedule.)
- Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Access conditions
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