week 4. crafting the speculation

1. student presentation of "future v.s past" Taipei photo
2. discussion of paper "Speculative design: crafting the speculation" by James Auger
3. group discussion on UMK project:

http://www.unitedmicrokingdoms.org/

Question:
1. What are the different basic beliefs across different areas of Taipei (or Taiwan)?
2. What is the plausible speculation for each area in Taipei (or Taiwan)?

EX2:
1. Complete the first 3 steps of design fiction process (writing, what if rules, world-making) based on "grocery store" event in Ghost in the Shell (II). (each student individually) Paper hand in, March 19, 2014.
2. Choose an event in the scifi "Old Man's War" (垂暮戰爭) and cowork with your team member to develop design fiction.
(present your group selected event of Old Man's War  on March 19, 2014).
(present your own story writing (individually) and your design fiction (one for each team) on March 26, 2014)