SemesterSpring Semester, 2020
DepartmentCollege of Communication Specialized Subjects for Freshman and Sophomore Majors
Course NameVisual Narrative and Science Communication
Instructor
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule







































































































Week

Date

Reading Assignment

1

Feb. 26

Course introduction

Visualization and the breakthrough of modern science

2

Mar. 4

Presentation and discussion

3

Mar. 11

Reading: “Visualization and cognition”(1) by Bruno Latour

4

Mar. 18

Reading: “Visualization and cognition”(2) by Bruno Latour

5

Mar. 25

Workshop: Creating optical consistency

Engaging the reader: Science as story

6

April 1

Reading: “Why Science needs story”(1) by Randy Olson

7

April 8

Reading: “Why Science needs story”(1) by Randy Olson

8

April 15

Workshop: Playing with the DNA of story

9

April 22

Presentation and discussion

Engaging the reader: Embodied vision

10

April 29

Reading: “Knowing how we know” by Maturana & Varela

11

May 6

Workshop: Making Optical toys

12

May 13

Workshop: Science pup-up book

13

May 20

(University anniversary day)

14

May 27

Project development day

15

June 3

Project development day

16

June 10

Project development day

17

June 17

Final project presentation

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Students will:




  • Read assigned readings, and participate in class discussion.

  • Turn in reflective writings.

  • Do hands-on works and reflect upon the experience.

  • Either write a short essay or design a product for the final project. An oral presentation/demonstration should be given on the last week class.



 



修課同學應：




  • 閱讀指定讀物，多多參與課堂討論。

  • 繳交每週小作業（通常與指定讀物有關）。

  • 完成課堂的動手做，留意動手帶來什麼樣的經驗。

  • 期末專案以科學圖畫書為主題，可以撰寫報告也可以設計作品，不管選擇哪一種都要在最後一週進行口頭發表。



 



























Assessment Tasks

Weighing

Class discussion

20%

In-class presentation

20%

Reflective writing*

40%

Final project (essay + demonstration)

20%


* I don’t grade the content of reflective writings. I only care that you turn in assignments on time and participate.


Textbook & Reference

Reading assignments should be completed prior to class. They are taken from texts below:




  1. Latour, Bruno (1986). Visualisation and cognition: drawing things together. Knowledge and Society: Studies in the Sociology of Culture and Present, 6: 1-40.

  2. Olson, Randy (2015). Houston, We Have a Narrative – Why Science Needs Story. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.

  3. Maturana, Humberto & Varela, Francisco (1987). Knowing how we know, in The Tree of Knowledge: the biological roots of human understanding. Boston & London: Shambhala.


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