“Ours to hack and to own”: Open-source Strategies and the Pedagogy of Potential

​As transition designers of a post-capitalist society, we need to be resourced with agile and accessible technologies to facilitate our capacity to rapidly prototype pedagogical systems for structural change. Taking inspiration from open-source software platforms and their communities of builders, in this session participants will be introduced to alternative, radically transparent methods of evolving the incumbent architectural “studio” and design pedagogy more broadly into an emancipatory technology that can and should be hacked and owned by everyone.

Please read: The introductory chapter and (optionally) one additional chapter based on your particular interest in one of the seven principles outlined in the introduction. 

​D’Ignazio, C., & Klein, L. (2020). Introduction: Why Data Science Needs Feminism. In Data Feminism. Retrieved from https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/frfa9szd

​Please prepare: Ideas or examples of novel modes of understanding a design project’s context (spatial, social, political, ecological, etc) framed through the lens of one or more of the data feminism principles introduced in the readings. These ideas and examples will be used in group breakout sessions to collaboratively evolve an Architecture Beyond Capitalism Principle and assignment outlines. Preparatory materials may include spatial or network analytical techniques, stakeholder engagement strategies, precedent projects, conceptual frameworks, software, etc.

​This event will be facilitated by Will Martin.

​Please note: This event may be recorded for internal purposes. The recording will not be made public but some of the imagery and content from this session may be used for academic publications, resources and other digital or print purposes. By attending this session you are consenting to being recorded. Please get in touch with an organizer if you would like to discuss this, or would like to maintain your anonymity.