Digital Design in Society (5 cr)

Code: KM00EI63-3004

General information

Enrollment: 02.12.2024 - 05.01.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 20.03.2025 - 15.05.2025
Implementation is running.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: On-campus

Unit: (2019-2024) School of Media, Design and Conservation

Campus: Hämeentie 135 D

Teaching languages: Finnish

Seats: 0 - 20

Degree programmes: Design

Teachers: kulu virtuaali::muotoilu; Mari Silver

Teacher in charge: Tero Marin

Groups: KXE23S1DM
Digital Design

Course: KM00EI63

Implementation has 7 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 49 h 0 min.

Time	Topic	Location
Thu 20.03.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Digitaalinen muotoilu osana yhteiskuntaa KM00EI63-3004	AR421 Digitila Kuusi
Thu 27.03.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Digitaalinen muotoilu osana yhteiskuntaa KM00EI63-3004	AR421 Digitila Kuusi
Thu 03.04.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Digitaalinen muotoilu osana yhteiskuntaa KM00EI63-3004	AR421 Digitila Kuusi
Thu 10.04.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Digitaalinen muotoilu osana yhteiskuntaa KM00EI63-3004	AR421 Digitila Kuusi
Thu 17.04.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Digitaalinen muotoilu osana yhteiskuntaa KM00EI63-3004	AR421 Digitila Kuusi
Thu 24.04.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Digitaalinen muotoilu osana yhteiskuntaa KM00EI63-3004	AR421 Digitila Kuusi
Thu 15.05.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Digitaalinen muotoilu osana yhteiskuntaa KM00EI63-3004	AR421 Digitila Kuusi

Changes to reservations may be possible.

Objective

The student understands the role of digital design in social context. The student can evaluate their work in connection with social change and power relations. The student recognises their role in the society.

Content

- Digital design as part of social change
- Digital design and power structures
- Role of the digital designer in society

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is aware of the impact of digital design in society. The student is familiar with the interaction between digital design and power structures. The student is able to articulate the role of the designer in society.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student understands the complex and contradictory relationship between digital design and social change. The student is able to evaluate the interaction between digital design and power structures from many perspectives and is able to broadly evaluate the role of a designer in society.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to independently reflect upon the complex relationship between social change and digital design. The student is able to critically assess the contradictions in the interaction between digital design and social power structures from various perspectives. The student is able to analyse the role of a designer in society in a realistic, critical and multifaceted way.