The Automatic Lifestyle: Consumer Culture and Technology
Our daily lifestyle in consumer culture is intimately intertwined with technology. Industrialized technology makes consumer culture possible, yet at the same time the economic and cultural trends of consumer culture select and shape the kinds of technology that become available. How is our daily lifestyle in consumer culture shaped by technology? How are everyday technologies shaped by the demands of consumer culture? What alternatives do we have? In this class, we will synthesize history, sociology, human-computer interaction, and speculative design to answer these questions. Course website