SemesterSpring Semester, 2020
DepartmentInternational Master's Program in International Communication Studies, First Year International Master's Program in International Communication Studies, Second Year
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 dont 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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