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1 | 1/22 | Orienting Ourselves to the Challenge
In Class
Homework
- reading: James Bridle, Ways of Being, Chapter 1
- Research Assignment I: artist and designers using biology
- using Will Meyer’s Biodesign and BioArt books, choose one artist that you find compelling and research their work beyond these texts
- create 3-slide presentation on this person/group and add your slides to the group presentation
- slide 1 – show a work that is representative of this artist (from the book or elsewhere)
- slide 2 – present information/work/context about this artist not included in the book
- slide 3 – give you own perspective/critique on the work (consider the BDC rubric where appropriate)
- prepare to give a 5 minute talk to the class
- research: begin thinking about and researching topics, processes, and/or materials you want to explore for the main projects
2 | 1/29 | Researching Across Disciplines
In Class
Homework
- Research Assignment II: scientific journals
- choose a topic of interest to you, related to our class
- think about potential project topics, but you’re not getting married here, its just for this week
- use google scholar to find 5-10 papers on this topic
- skim the papers as described in the lecture
- find one review paper and one original research paper that aligns with your interest and is most compatible with your comprehension level
- read the two papers thoroughly and take notes
- prepare to share a brief summary of the two papers in class
- Read: James Bridle, Ways of Being, chapter 2
3 | 2/5 | Research Taking Form
In Class
Homework
- Add your two research papers to the class drive
- name the file: primary author Last name, First name – paper Title – Journal – Year (Your Name)
- Doudna, Jennifer – The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 – Science – 2014 (Ryan Hoover)
- Research Assignment III – potential non-human collaborators
- find an organism you might want to collaborate with and create a 4-slide presentation
- Introduce your organism and its natural context.
- What interesting things can it do that you can’t?
- What type of things might you do together?
- What are challenges to working together?
- Read: James Bridle, Ways of Being, chapter 3
4 | 2/12 | Frameworks for Collaboration
IN CLASS
HOMEWORK
5 | 2/19 | Focusing
IN CLASS
HOMEWORK
- Collect, Read, Discuss, and Organize papers
- Begin making a list of needed materials, with costs and links to suppliers
6 | 2/26 | Planning and Ordering
7 | 3/4 | Exploring
8 | 3/7 | Experimenting
9 | 3/14 | Breaking
10 | 3/21 | Formulating
11 | 3/28 | Accelerating
12 | 4/4 | Executing
13 | 4/11 | Exciting
14 | 4/18 | Refining
15 | 4/25 | Finalizing
16 | 5/2 | Delivering