Proposal for a Worldbuilding Curriculum
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Type
Title
Proposal for a Worldbuilding Curriculum
Creator
Date
Nov 2-4, 2022; published: Oct 2023
Abstract
Design practice, adaptive or otherwise, requires research to inform its work. In addition to instruction in design tools, technologies, and methodological practices, a well-rounded design education course must propagate the intellectual knowledge and emotional dispositions, as well as ethical and cultural awareness, essential to creating visionary, equitable, and sustainable solutions to present and future global design opportunities. In response to the challenges of what has come to be termed the Anthropocene (i.e. the current geological age in which human activity is seen to have a dominant influence on climate and the environment), the Worldbuilding Curriculum proposes a pedagogy for a planetary imaginary that transcends physical, political, and ideological boundaries.
The curriculum draws upon scholarship from a global, postcolonial perspective, situated within the humanities, sciences, and design theory. It investigates broad conceptual categories to develop deeper understanding of critical domains affecting the planetary future and hence their implications for the strategies and tactics designers might employ in response.
The Worldbuilding Curriculum is intended to be applicable to undergraduate or graduate study or used as a basis for professional development. It is broadly relevant to other disciplines.
The curriculum draws upon scholarship from a global, postcolonial perspective, situated within the humanities, sciences, and design theory. It investigates broad conceptual categories to develop deeper understanding of critical domains affecting the planetary future and hence their implications for the strategies and tactics designers might employ in response.
The Worldbuilding Curriculum is intended to be applicable to undergraduate or graduate study or used as a basis for professional development. It is broadly relevant to other disciplines.
Publisher
Cumulus: The Global Association of Art and Design Education and Research
Subject Terms
curriculum; theory; planetary imaginary; sustainment; worldbuild
Page Range
502-520
ISBN/ISSN
9798218079017
Peer-Reviewed
Yes
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Citation
Vince Carducci;Stephen Zacks;Claude Boullevraye de Passillé;Raphaele Shirley;Tunde Onikoyi, “Proposal for a Worldbuilding Curriculum,” CCS Research Repository, accessed November 23, 2024, https://omeka.ccsdetroit.edu/items/show/43.