DESIGN 210 : Identity, Indigeneity and Place

Creative Arts and Industries

2023 Semester One (1233) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Encourages students to identify their own positionality within Aotearoa and the wider Pacific. Using decolonising methods to critically analyse design solutions, students will explore their own identity and position themselves as cultural practitioners with obligations towards local communities.

Course Overview

In the course DESIGN 210, you have an opportunity to go deeper in place-based design exploring local kaupapa (topics) led by values, indigeneity and place. Students are encouraged and supported to identify whakapapa, who they are and where they come from exploring your own identity and values and how this leads your design practice to build on positionality in Aotearoa. In this course, there will be opportunities to reflect on what students positionality mean in their mahi and how they approach it.

Students will be equipped with tools to critically analyse and examine various design issues/projects throughout Aotearoa using their positionality and pluriversal design. This will be achieved through developing design projects together, pulling them apart and looking specifically at how/why they have been created.

DESIGN 210 is an opportunity for students to apply an indigenous lens to the design process in order to see how indigeneity is placed in various situations.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: DESIGN 100, 101

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Design

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate familiarity with the historical, cultural, economic and political contexts around various definitions of indigeneity, with a specific focus on Maori and Pacifica. (Capability 1.3, 2.2, 3.3 and 4.3)
  2. Develop a traditional and/or digital skill-set to articulate both a critical (collectively relevant) and personal perspective on place, identity and indigeneity. (Capability 5.5, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
  3. Develop familiarity with presenting work and critiquing the work of others in a studio pedagogical context (Capability 4.1 and 4.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Development of a personal brief 10% Individual Coursework
A portfolio of personal research 40% Individual Coursework
Presentation and engagement in a seminar 20% Individual Coursework
Final Project 30% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3
Development of a personal brief
A portfolio of personal research
Presentation and engagement in a seminar
Final Project
A total grade of 50% or higher is required to pass this course.

Where a student faces unavoidable personal circumstances (e.g. illness or a death in the family) that mean the student is unable to submit a component of coursework, he/she may apply for an extension. 

Applications for extensions require that students complete the Design Programme Extension of Time Application Form https://www.forms.auckland.ac.nz/en/student/creative-arts-and-industries/design-programme-extension-of-time-application-form.html

The request is assessed by the Group Services Administrator and Course coordinator and must be supported by written evidence from a doctor or counsellor. The student must apply no later than five days before the due date of the assignment. In case of extreme difficulty closer to the assignment deadline contact your course coordinator directly. 

No extensions will be granted for problems such as accidentally erased computer files, which should always be prevented by keeping backup copies. When an extension is granted, students are expected to submit evidence of work in progress on the original assignment due date to demonstrate what has been completed up to that date. 

Teaching & Learning Methods

This course will be delivered over 12 weeks in a studio pedagogical context. Each week there will be a 3 hours studio, including group discussions, presentations, workshops and time to work and share with peers. 

Course materials will be available on Canvas. These will take the form of slides, videos, readings, etc.

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course.

For this course, you can expect 36 studio contact hours (3hrs per week), 12 workshop instruction hours (1hr per week), 12 hours of preparatory reading (1 hr per week) and 90 hours of assessed self-study (7.5 hrs per week).

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including studios to complete components of the course.

Learning activities including studios will not be available as recordings.

The course might include live online events including group discussions/presentations.

The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

BYOD - All students enrolled in a Bachelor of Design or Design conjoint degree should come to class with their own laptop. This is so students will have the core learning tools available in and outside of class. It also means students can increase their independence and have better control of a professional device to stimulate creativity and simplify their design process. Working with a personal laptop during the Design degree will prepare students for the realities of working as a designer after graduation. The highly recommended,
recommended, and minimum specications for a laptop are listed here:
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/creative/current-students/courses/design/courses-design-bring-your-owndevice.html

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

More support will be provided to understand Treaty of Waitangi, Te reo Maori and how to bring more hand on prototyping in class

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.

Published on 03/11/2022 09:44 a.m.