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SM5303 - Technofutures: Critical Approaches to the Metaverse, AI, and Blockchain

Offering Academic Unit
School of Creative Media
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One semester
Course Offering Term*:
Semester A 2024/25

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

This course is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in the current technological advancements related to Metaverse, AI, Crypto, and Blockchain converging in web3. The seminar is focused on modern humanities and offers a high-level intellectual foundation to better understand the ongoing changes associated with web3. Students will explore the implications of Metaverse, AI, Crypto, and Blockchain for technological societies and creative cultures. They will develop their technological quotient through a critical examination of Cybernetics, Media Ecology, Philosophy of Technology, New Phenomenology, New Materialism, Hauntology, Technofuturism, Accelerationism, Digital Aesthetics, and other critical new media theories. This course is designed to develop critical thinking and analytical skills essential for leadership in the creative industry.

Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 100%
 
Detailed Course Information

SM5303.pdf

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