week 15. what-if and world-building

1. Students present "writing" phase

2. Introducing TTTE (Temporal-Technological Thought Experiment) framework

(past-,      present-,  future-)    technology X (past-, present-,  future-)     world

	Past     World (Past-Directed)	Present    World (Present-Directed)	Future      World (Future-Directed)
Past     Technology	Technology in     History	Alternative    technological heritage   (Present-Directed      Forecasting)	Futuristic Speculation  on      technological      heritage
Present      Technology	Present     Artifacts in    Past (Hindcasting)	Present facts	Invariant  Artifacts   in Future (Prediction,   Forecasting)
Future      Technology	Futuristic Artifacts   in   Past (Counterfactual)	Futuristic Artifacts in    lived      reality (Prefactual,   Present-Directed      Hindcasting)	Futuristic Artifacts   in   Future (Design     Fictions)

Rererence: Yeates, L.B., Thought Experimentation: A Cognitive Approach

3.

Project (step 3): what-if and world building
1. define your counterfactual logic (what-if statements), one or more
2. build your own micro-possible-world, and possible objects (both archaeological and speculative)
upload to google drive on Jan. 2nd. 2019.


Final Project Demo:  (Jan. 9th, 2019)
Report format: 2019 ACM DIS pictorial form, (submit to DIS before Jan. 18th)
Exhibitions: fictional archaeology (ready-made modification) and counterfactual artifacts (new made)
transmedia narratives: documents, photos, videos, sounds, notes, artifacts, posters...