The overall goal of this seminar is to develop a deeper critical understanding of issues related to Media Informatics.

Examples could be to:

- understand and critically discuss different approaches to media informatics design

- understand the key debates within the relevant academic communities about different approaches

- identify the strengths, weaknesses and theoretical alignments of different approaches

- be able to make principled choices matching methods and theories and approaches to contexts.

Topic areas will be chosen in disucssion with the students.

Example topics could include:

- how values are embedded on software and technologies

- tecnologies for promoting positive mental health and wellbeing

- human-centred robotics

ECTS Breakdown (estimate - we will discuss and agree this)

Briefing and presentation topics: 2 hours

Lectures / Discussions: 8 hours

Literature search, group / individual topic identification: 15 hours

Create a seminar paper: 48 hours

Presentation of results / feedback: 2 hours

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Total: 75 hours (3 credits)

Final seminar paper and presentation