LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design
This course seeks to bring design thinking to bear on the question of migration in the Western hemisphere. Students will be asked to think outside the existing and unimaginative frames of migration policy and invent a better system: what would migration look like if we redesigned it with humane, creative and imaginative design solutions? How could the aims of environmental sustainability and responsiveness to climate change, economic prosperity, human development and other kinds of flourishing be promoted rather than truncated by migration policies? What would a nonviolent migration policy look like? What if migration policy were premised on the notion that mobility is constant, expected and ethically correct rather than a threat, an invasion or a violation?
The course will be structured around a student-driven culminating design project. Coursework will include training in design principles and academic research on migration. Guest speakers will include artists, activists and advocates who work on migration, policies and design systems from different angles.
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Emely replied to the topic Last class and final in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 2 years, 11 months ago
Final Project Presentation.
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KEVIN FELICIANO replied to the topic Last class and final in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 2 years, 11 months ago
Kevin Feliciano Presentation
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Josmairy frias replied to the topic Last class and final in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 2 years, 11 months ago
Final presentation
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Alyshia Gálvez started the topic Last class and final in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 2 years, 11 months ago
Hi everyone!
Looking forward to seeing your final projects on Thursday! A reminder that the final presentations will be 2:30-5 PM on Thursday at the usual link. You will have 6 minutes, max, to present. If you were not in class on Thursday (@Leslie @AJ), you’ll want to watch this video of last class to see expectations and final tips and…[Read more]
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Alyshia Gálvez started the topic A little food for thought in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years ago
Hi everyone,
Hope you had a great weekend.
Here is a good article about the concept that immigrants should “get in line”. It is from 2017 but is mostly accurate for today as well.
And I thought I’d share this image from a Facebook post by Alex Rivera this week. What a clever design solution!
Enjoy!
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Alyshia Gálvez started the topic Midterm in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years ago
Hi everyone!
Hope you’re enjoying your Spring Break!
Here are some links Professor Silva found that will help you identify and frame problems.
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Emely replied to the topic Week 7 in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years, 1 month ago
After reading the interview, first of all I feel really happy for Marcos that he finally got the asylum after waiting for so long, I know how hectic and long this process can be, I can understand how nervous he was since I went throughout an Immigration process and sure is similar. I really admire him for having the courage of going inside of the…[Read more]
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Misael Calderon replied to the topic Week 7 in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years, 1 month ago
Immigrants had to abide by a narrow system and yet it is so broad and unjust when forcing them to adhere to its unfair specifications. The government expects people not to be able to stand up for themselves and are taken aback when they preform unprecedented things such as speaking English. They assume things about illegals which formulates an…[Read more]
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Robert Soren Roe replied to the topic Week 7 in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years, 1 month ago
I have to say I agree with the sentiment given regarding proof when applying for asylum, where the onus should be on the government to provide proof that a person is lying/dangerous or otherwise unfit to receive asylum, not the other way around. A lot of politicians have made the argument that this sort of investigation would be both an exhaustive…[Read more]
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Andrew Rivera replied to the topic Week 7 in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years, 1 month ago
In my objective viewing of Interview with Marco Saavedra and Press Release is muddied with a semblance of frustration more than anything else. It makes no sense that a system that is meant to help assist in the process, going through each and every loop, double checking only for it to fly back in your face completely. When all these families are…[Read more]
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KEVIN FELICIANO replied to the topic Week 7 in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years, 1 month ago
LTS 360
Professor Galvez/ Professor Silva
Kevin Feliciano
Week #7
The circumstances in which others live while at the same time, people so close are treated the opposite way. All these stories had expanded my perspective on a lot of issues that I thought I could comment on them without really knowing. And…[Read more]
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Rosalina Santana replied to the topic Week 7 in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years, 1 month ago
My opinion about these materials, the Interview with Marco Saavedra and Press Release, was interesting for me to read. I also found it unfair the long wait that Saavedra had to go through to have his political asylum. Something that seemed exciting and surprising to me was when he said in a part of the interview that it was easier for him when he…[Read more]
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Alyshia Gálvez started the topic Week 7 in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years, 1 month ago
Thursday, our guest speaker is Marco Saavedra. He was one of the infiltrators in Alex Rivera’s film of that name, and he is co-owner with his family of La Morada restaurant in the Bronx. He just received asylum after a long wait. He has come in and out of the immigration system in so many different ways: eligible for DACA although he refused to…[Read more]
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Josmairy frias replied to the topic Interview Assignment in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years, 1 month ago
Josmairy: Buenas tardes, aquí me encuentro con Pedro abril para realizarle una entrevista. Hola Pedro como estas ?
Pedro: Todo bien Josmairy
Josmairy: Bueno pues ya iniciaremos la entrevista primero comienza mi diciendo Dónde nació?
Pedro; Yo soy nacido en Colombia
Josmairy: ¿De qué parte de Colombia ?
Pedro: Bogotá la…[Read more]
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Alyshia Gálvez replied to the topic Interview Assignment in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years, 1 month ago
Your grandmother sounds like an interesting woman! Were you in a rush with the interview? It seems like a lot of the questions, and therefore the answers too, are rushed and abbreviated. It would be nice to learn more. Some of the things you reflect on in the analysis didn’t come up in the interview and would have been good to discuss: like…[Read more]
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Alyshia Gálvez replied to the topic Week 5 in the forum LTS 360/ART 350 Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Design Course: Immigration Design 3 years, 1 month ago
I love your thoughts on stories! So interesting.
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