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In this studio, students will apply computer science principles to real world civics topics. We will begin with a series of activities exploring programming concepts and writing simple programs in order to familiarize ourselves with the Python programming language. While this studio is independent from its predecessor (Humans in the Loop), there is an opportunity to expand on content discussed in that studio.
Jumping off from the previous studio we will shift our local view into a national and global lens. We will address the disconnect between big tech and federal policy, the ways in which computer science can inform a better democracy, and how evolving technologies such as NFTs and the metaverse misappropriate code for non-humanistic ends. Final projects in this studio will use computer code to simulate and explore social systems. Students will use these programs as rhetorical devices and explore physical computing to create small installation work that connects a wider audience to the work.