Computers, Craft, and Culture: Creative and Critical Inquiry into Computation Design

Wednesday, September 29th, 2021 at 3 p.m. EST in Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

You are invited to join us for a lecture and open Q&A by Vernelle A. A. Noel, assistant professor and founding director of the Situated Computation + Design Lab at the Georgia Tech School of Architecture.

Craft and cultural design practices are vehicles for people’s histories and knowledges, and are dependent on their social, cultural, and political contexts. On the other hand, software practices are often framed as neutral, independent - devoid of social, cultural, and political entanglements. Drawing from methods, concepts, and modes of inquiry in computing, craft, media studies, and science and technology studies, this lecture demonstrate (1) how software-based practices can reshape cultural and craft-based practices, ideas, and labors; and (2) how new investigations into craft can repair and reveal hidden entanglements in computational design.

This event is free and open to the public. Per Georgia Tech guidelines, everyone is recommended to wear a mask or face covering while inside campus facilities. The School of Architecture encourages masks at all of our events.