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Innovation, Design, and Society (ANTH30019)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
August
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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Fees | Look up fees |
What makes innovation successful? How are innovative products or processes able to capture our imagination and desires? Can technology offer sustainable solutions for a world on the brink of ecological and social catastrophes? What are the social costs of innovation? This subject allows students to explore first-hand the social dynamics that make innovation possible. In partnership with startups, companies, or public sector innovators, students will conduct hands-on research to understand how new technologies, including robots or apps, can help solve social or business challenges. Students who take this subject will be introduced to design-thinking and asked to transform their observations and critiques into advice for building new solutions. Through its participatory approach, this subject allows students to become active contributors in the design process and build their creativity and research skills in the job market.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Distinguish the social and cultural components that shape innovation and design
- Discuss how anthropologists have approached and researched innovation and design in academic and industry settings;
- Develop a critical sensibility towards the political and economic processes that frame innovation and design;
- Develop first-hand, practical knowledge of how innovative ideas can be implemented in practices;
- Design, manage, and execute research projects aimed at providing ethnographic insights for our partners;
- Communicate effectively in written and oral formats, collaborate in groups with people of diverse disciplinary and cultural backgrounds.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
ANTH10001 Anthropology: Studying Human Diversity
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Proposal for Services (research project)
| Week 3 | 20% |
Research Journal (curated version)
| Week 5 | 20% |
Group Project Report and Presentation (equivalent of 1000-words).
| End of the teaching period | 30% |
Reflective Essay
| 3 Weeks after the end of teaching | 30% |
Hurdle requirement Hurdle requirement: Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 80% of seminars in order to pass this subject. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- August
Coordinator Fabio Mattioli Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 30 contact hours: 1 x 3h workshop and 1x 2h seminar per week for 6 weeks. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 10 August 2020 to 18 September 2020 Last self-enrol date 18 August 2020 Census date 7 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 October 2020 Assessment period ends 25 October 2020 August contact information
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022