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## Syllabus

In these three sessions, we will tackle an introduction to the philosophy of technology and the central theme of our relationship with technology will be explored: are we determined by technology or do we determine it? And if that is the case, how? And to what extent? Or is this perhaps a false dichotomy and should the issue be explored in a radically different way? We will deal with current topics in ethics related to technology and design.

- To understand the nature of technology and its relationship with humans.

- To know the limits and potentialities of ethical reflection.

- To be able to reflect and assess the ethical dimensions of one’s own work.

- To gain an awareness and understanding of ethics and its entailments for the design profession.

- Get a sense of doing ethics beyond arm-chair ethics.

## Additional Resources

Barad, K (2013). What is the measure of nothingness? Infinity, Virtuality, Justice. Nº099. Documenta (13).
https://deeptimechicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/barad-k-what-is-the-measure-of-nothingness.pdf

Design Justice Network  https://designjustice.org/read-the-principles

Maggic, Mary.

Estrozine 1 https://files.cargocollective.com/c781072/estrozine-1.1.pdf

Becoming with Funghi https://files.cargocollective.com/c781072/BecomingFungi2.pdf

Preciado, P (2011) Manifiesto contrasexual. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama

Puig de la Bellacasa, M (2017) Matters of Care: Speculative Ethics in More Than Human Worlds. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press.

Spivak, G. (1988) Can the Subaltern Speak? Die Philosophin 14 (27):42-58.
https://archive.org/details/CanTheSubalternSpeak

Baym, Nancy. (2015). Personal Connections in the Digital Age: Digital Media and Society. London: Polity.

Gertz, Nolen. (2018) Nihilism and Technology. London: Rowman and Littlefield.

Guersenzvaig, Ariel. (2021). The Goods of Design. London: Rowman and Littlefield.

Parvin, Nassim. (2023). Just Design: Pasts, Presents, and Future Trajectories of Technology. Just Tech. Social Science Research Council. February 1, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35650/JT.3049.d.2023.

Rosenberger, R. (2017). Callous Objects: Designs against the Homeless (3rd ed.). University Of Minnesota Press. Available online: https://manifold.umn.edu/read/callous-objects/

Vallor, Shannon. Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Verbeek, Peter-Paul. Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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