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13 | 13 | A one year course for anyone who believes that technology plays an important role in shaping society. Participants will have the opportunity to observe and experiment with real-world emerging practices in organising and governance. |
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16 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "/faculty", :target=> "_blank"} Faculty |
| 16 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cshrUUBkyj_3uOx6dlMHsf0d8GOl_fsV2q6eoDnIQ_c", :target=> "_blank"} Faculty |
17 | 17 | %br |
18 | 18 | %br |
19 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GRuaSbbITKEZrIFBDQSNzmLlFx37meMj7BIQZVa-PL0", :target=> "_blank"} Fellowship Candidates 2024 |
| 19 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GRuaSbbITKEZrIFBDQSNzmLlFx37meMj7BIQZVa-PL0", :target=> "_blank"} Fellowship Candidates 2025 |
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21 | 21 | %details |
22 | 22 | %summary |
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60 | 60 | %td 19 September |
61 | 61 | %td |
62 | 62 | %a{:href => "https://lu.ma/rlvmpjpw", :target=> "_blank"} Welcome Dinner |
63 | | - %tr |
64 | | - %td 19 September |
65 | | - %td Autumn Term Begins |
66 | 63 | %tr |
67 | 64 | %td 20 September |
68 | 65 | %td |
69 | 66 | %a{:href => "https://lu.ma/m3ldnazq", :target=> "_blank"} Fellows' Dinner (Matriculation) |
| 67 | + %tr |
| 68 | + %td 20 September |
| 69 | + %td Autumn Term Begins |
70 | 70 | %tr |
71 | 71 | %td 13 December |
72 | 72 | %td Autumn Term Retro |
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146 | 146 | %h2 Advanced Modules |
147 | 147 | %p Advanced modules, led by a single faculty member, focus on more specific skills and understanding. |
148 | 148 |
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149 | | - %h3 Data Governance |
150 | | - %div.profile-subtitle Anouk Ruhaak |
151 | | - %p Wouldn't it be great if we could all derive value from our data? And, what if we would all benefit from the machines that use our data and content to learn? |
152 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WNPaAk-eazjmxdnDZUh8OpZ7SL0xRfhtkP5Y-t5lBpg", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
| 149 | + %h3 Institution, Human, Technology |
| 150 | + %div.profile-subtitle Dr Six Silberman |
| 151 | + %p This module explores the complex interplay between institutions and organisations; humans; and technologies. |
| 152 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rq1aTkoIyzToYhVnQuD0H9B51cXjkMVtIKKiKJRz_VA", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | + %h3 Political Organising |
| 155 | + %div.profile-subtitle Hannah O’Rourke |
| 156 | + %p As technology reshapes the political landscape, traditional wisdom in political strategy is being upended. This offers huge opportunities for campaigners and political institutions, but also challenges. |
| 157 | + %p In this module, you will learn about the current state of political campaigning and organising in the UK and explore how this is being changed by technology. It is designed to support students to develop and operationalise their own political strategies for the causes they care about. |
| 158 | + %p How can you make change actually happen? What pressure points can you target? This module will teach you how to navigate the realpolitik of the political system and how to make lasting systemic political change. |
| 159 | + %p Alongside this, students will learn about the theoretical cutting edge of technology in organising. How do you run a decentralised campaign effectively using the platforms available? What tools are best for organising your own campaigns? |
| 160 | + %p Basically… how do you get stuff done in politics?! |
| 161 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/17kqL23fXDMy8iKOdw3ApYvIAuZ04FIDLwN39hZ4yx_4", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
153 | 162 |
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154 | 163 | %h3 Digital Protocols |
155 | 164 | %div.profile-subtitle Theodore Keloglou |
156 | 165 | %p Protocols of the digital world and their social and political impact. |
157 | 166 | %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oFS5ol4uHBRQRtaXA6T-TOdoNsg71oK8dEP1e3hU-LI", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
| 167 | + %h3 Data Governance |
| 168 | + %div.profile-subtitle Anouk Ruhaak |
| 169 | + %p Wouldn't it be great if we could all derive value from our data? And, what if we would all benefit from the machines that use our data and content to learn? |
| 170 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WNPaAk-eazjmxdnDZUh8OpZ7SL0xRfhtkP5Y-t5lBpg", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
158 | 171 |
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159 | | - %h3 Engineering Group Decisions |
| 172 | + %h3 Leading Tech Projects |
| 173 | + %div.profile-subtitle Peyman Owladi |
| 174 | + %p Build and adapt useful things at lightning speed! |
| 175 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VWIjCx-vn6Q1j4PR_kfYvPhqCcVYvfFRHaaTR7bZoG8", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
| 176 | + |
| 177 | + %h3 Data Governance |
| 178 | + %div.profile-subtitle Anouk Ruhaak |
| 179 | + %p Wouldn't it be great if we could all derive value from our data? And, what if we would all benefit from the machines that use our data and content to learn? |
| 180 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WNPaAk-eazjmxdnDZUh8OpZ7SL0xRfhtkP5Y-t5lBpg", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
| 181 | + |
| 182 | + %h3 Rethinking Chat |
| 183 | + %div.profile-subtitle John Evans |
| 184 | + %p How we communicate becomes how we organise. How we organise becomes how we live in the world. We prefigure the world we want to exist through our system of communication. |
| 185 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dbIvP_4ZJwTbRUluHmgHSmqiGQ61x_aFWFC54tUF4Q0", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
| 186 | + |
| 187 | + %h3 Open Web Data |
| 188 | + %div.profile-subtitle Hoagy Davis-Digges |
| 189 | + %p Most web projects offer value to their users by offering a way to view and/or interact with some dataset. This information either has to be provided by users, which presents a cold start problem for many projects, or found in some standardised format so that it can be used…until recently! |
| 190 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PwxskePp8HRTtEZpbCarSK4Pc_p7xNpVElwcIuOazzs", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
| 191 | + |
| 192 | + %h3 Robust Software & Systems |
| 193 | + %div.profile-subtitle Lewis Westbury |
| 194 | + %p The internet is a hostile environment. Internet-facing applications face a constant stream of threats - ranging from casual scripted attacks through to sophisticated, targeted attacks. Asking users to trust you with their data is a big responsibility. |
| 195 | + %p In this module we’ll explore techniques for reasoning about this environment, and how to build software and systems that are reliable and protect user data. |
| 196 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/14-5U9GOqDe_yrjo2M618Nuu_RlY_hYPfYlZHYV6KjTY", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
| 197 | + |
| 198 | + %h3 Group Decisionmaking |
160 | 199 | %div.profile-subtitle Dr Joshua Becker |
161 | 200 | %p There is no such thing as an independent individual: everything you do and know and think is shaped by other people. |
162 | 201 | %p The overall framework for this module is one of management as engineering. The goal is to help you think like an engineer about designing team, organizational, and social processes. |
163 | 202 | %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-XKJKBLuy4n9FL3bOqbwil_DGBt1tAlh1mtAntJLrhQ", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
164 | 203 |
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165 | | - %h3 Evidence and Impact |
166 | | - %div.profile-subtitle Andreas Varotsis |
167 | | - %p As part of your time at Newspeak, you’ll hopefully be aiming to build something(s) - be that a community, a product, a service, or some combination of the above - and that thing(s) will hopefully leave a positive impact on the world: it will work. But how do we know what works? How can we design experiments and evaluations that let you meaningfully assess impact in an empirical robust way? |
168 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "hhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1BNAdJXGarfRpM0GtVvbYlzLJ2I_64GLSPMhVkEbSmd8", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
169 | | - |
170 | | - %h3 Future Crafting |
| 204 | + %h3 Collectivity |
171 | 205 | %div.profile-subtitle Dr Zarinah Agnew |
172 | 206 | %p In this module, we tackle a range of tactics and strategies for societal transformation, including experimentation, prefiguration, envisioning, hyperstition, new hegemonies and sovereignties. This module centres on social technologies & collective intelligence for diverse futurisms. |
173 | 207 | %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CFqca54QCt6gQXNI1P9TGWGrr7NI_T43fauQehz9-TE", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
174 | 208 |
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175 | | - %h3 Game Design |
176 | | - %div.profile-subtitle Sam Ballard |
177 | | - %p Games are systems carefully designed to evoke specific emotions in their participants. Political regimes in the real world are in fact also such systems, albeit for different ends. What can the craft of game design teach us that is applicable to designing policy? In this module, you’ll learn some game design theory from the commercial games industry, and also get hands-on experience of making game-design decisions. |
178 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ytind4dwaQ9ynBYOvO3ribIPWxvvwhIhn46n4ejdRuM", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
179 | | - |
180 | | - %h3 Knowledge Production |
181 | | - %div.profile-subtitle Matt Stempeck |
182 | | - %p Knowledge creation is not an isolated or passive endeavour, but a collaborative process shaped by the interactions between individuals, communities, institutions, and their environments. Our approach recognizes that traditional, hierarchical models of knowledge production, where experts or institutions dictate knowledge flows, are insufficient to address the speed and complexity of contemporary challenges (or even reflect current realities). |
183 | | - %p Instead, knowledge (co-)production emphasises collaboration across different sectors and perspectives, including "the people formerly known as the audience" (Jay Rosen), marginalised groups, and other non-academic actors to generate more inclusive, relevant, and socially robust understandings of the world. Consider frameworks like Participatory Action Research (PAR), which emphasises the active involvement of communities and stakeholders in research processes, and transdisciplinarity, where knowledge is produced across disciplinary and non-academic boundaries. |
184 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OvqkAAysKYoVI_aD7dr3HSUzbTpINoTkIr5LZEfksO0", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
185 | | - |
186 | | - %h3 Leading Tech Projects |
187 | | - %div.profile-subtitle Peyman Owladi |
188 | | - %p Build and adapt useful things at lightning speed! |
189 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VWIjCx-vn6Q1j4PR_kfYvPhqCcVYvfFRHaaTR7bZoG8", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
190 | | - |
191 | 209 | %h3 Network Development |
192 | 210 | %div.profile-subtitle James Moulding |
193 | 211 | %p The Network Development module is for people in communities who want to explore the potential of network strategies and thinking. The module is predicated on the approach that the most effective way to learn network strategies is by implementing them. |
194 | 212 | %p Throughout our time together we will explore network development as building community, as developing the spatial awareness of social interactions, helping disparate and disconnected groups to get to know each other and collaborate in common purpose. |
195 | 213 | %p Together, we will work to understand the building blocks of networks and a key set of practices that will enable you to build community wherever you are. |
196 | 214 | %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vV_H8H2WmxM5_R4o253Xvb7Li6kbLO-212ppZluYMvA", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
197 | 215 |
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198 | | - %h3 Open Web Data |
199 | | - %div.profile-subtitle Hoagy Davis-Digges |
200 | | - %p Most web projects offer value to their users by offering a way to view and/or interact with some dataset. This information either has to be provided by users, which presents a cold start problem for many projects, or found in some standardised format so that it can be used…until recently! |
201 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PwxskePp8HRTtEZpbCarSK4Pc_p7xNpVElwcIuOazzs", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
202 | | - |
203 | | - %h3 Political Organising |
204 | | - %div.profile-subtitle Hannah O’Rourke |
205 | | - %p As technology reshapes the political landscape, traditional wisdom in political strategy is being upended. This offers huge opportunities for campaigners and political institutions, but also challenges. |
206 | | - %p In this module, you will learn about the current state of political campaigning and organising in the UK and explore how this is being changed by technology. It is designed to support students to develop and operationalise their own political strategies for the causes they care about. |
207 | | - %p How can you make change actually happen? What pressure points can you target? This module will teach you how to navigate the realpolitik of the political system and how to make lasting systemic political change. |
208 | | - %p Alongside this, students will learn about the theoretical cutting edge of technology in organising. How do you run a decentralised campaign effectively using the platforms available? What tools are best for organising your own campaigns? |
209 | | - %p Basically… how do you get stuff done in politics?! |
210 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/17kqL23fXDMy8iKOdw3ApYvIAuZ04FIDLwN39hZ4yx_4", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
211 | | - |
212 | | - %h3 Rethinking Chat |
213 | | - %div.profile-subtitle John Evans |
214 | | - %p How we communicate becomes how we organise. How we organise becomes how we live in the world. We prefigure the world we want to exist through our system of communication. |
215 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dbIvP_4ZJwTbRUluHmgHSmqiGQ61x_aFWFC54tUF4Q0", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
| 216 | + %h3 Knowledge Production |
| 217 | + %div.profile-subtitle Matt Stempeck |
| 218 | + %p Knowledge creation is not an isolated or passive endeavour, but a collaborative process shaped by the interactions between individuals, communities, institutions, and their environments. Our approach recognizes that traditional, hierarchical models of knowledge production, where experts or institutions dictate knowledge flows, are insufficient to address the speed and complexity of contemporary challenges (or even reflect current realities). |
| 219 | + %p Instead, knowledge (co-)production emphasises collaboration across different sectors and perspectives, including "the people formerly known as the audience" (Jay Rosen), marginalised groups, and other non-academic actors to generate more inclusive, relevant, and socially robust understandings of the world. Consider frameworks like Participatory Action Research (PAR), which emphasises the active involvement of communities and stakeholders in research processes, and transdisciplinarity, where knowledge is produced across disciplinary and non-academic boundaries. |
| 220 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OvqkAAysKYoVI_aD7dr3HSUzbTpINoTkIr5LZEfksO0", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
216 | 221 |
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217 | | - %h3 Robust Software and Systems |
218 | | - %div.profile-subtitle Lewis Westbury |
219 | | - %p The internet is a hostile environment. Internet-facing applications face a constant stream of threats - ranging from casual scripted attacks through to sophisticated, targeted attacks. Asking users to trust you with their data is a big responsibility. |
220 | | - %p In this module we’ll explore techniques for reasoning about this environment, and how to build software and systems that are reliable and protect user data. |
221 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/14-5U9GOqDe_yrjo2M618Nuu_RlY_hYPfYlZHYV6KjTY", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
| 222 | + %h3 Evidence & Impact |
| 223 | + %div.profile-subtitle Andreas Varotsis |
| 224 | + %p As part of your time at Newspeak, you’ll hopefully be aiming to build something(s) - be that a community, a product, a service, or some combination of the above - and that thing(s) will hopefully leave a positive impact on the world: it will work. But how do we know what works? How can we design experiments and evaluations that let you meaningfully assess impact in an empirical robust way? |
| 225 | + %a.section-link{:href => "hhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1BNAdJXGarfRpM0GtVvbYlzLJ2I_64GLSPMhVkEbSmd8", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
222 | 226 |
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223 | 227 | %h3 Service Design |
224 | 228 | %div.profile-subtitle Sinead Doyle |
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227 | 231 | %p In this module, we will look at how organisations meet the challenge of designing new services and iterating them. We’ll discuss the differences between product thinking and service thinking. We’ll talk about the toolkits, methodologies and artefacts that are used, and their strengths and weaknesses. There are many barriers: we’ll identify structural blockers, procurement hurdles, team shape issues and skills gaps. Finally, we’ll consider how service design needs to evolve to stay relevant in a changing world. |
228 | 232 | %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J9RCDTHmcNw4cHp10Ds7Vl34vaPClFjTgb0oepSJSAM/edit", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
229 | 233 |
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| 234 | + %h3 Game Design |
| 235 | + %div.profile-subtitle Sam Ballard |
| 236 | + %p Games are systems carefully designed to evoke specific emotions in their participants. Political regimes in the real world are in fact also such systems, albeit for different ends. What can the craft of game design teach us that is applicable to designing policy? In this module, you’ll learn some game design theory from the commercial games industry, and also get hands-on experience of making game-design decisions. |
| 237 | + %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ytind4dwaQ9ynBYOvO3ribIPWxvvwhIhn46n4ejdRuM", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
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230 | 239 | %h3 Wargames & Challenge |
231 | 240 | %div.profile-subtitle Alex Vince |
232 | 241 | %p We are entering a new era of conflict, where it is becoming increasingly unclear who our adversaries are, the approaches they might take and the bounds of their abilities. Even in situations where there is no outrighti adversary, an increasingly polarised world requires a good understanding of what considerations others are making and the decisions they might take. |
233 | 242 | %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nqaT2A6-pzDJEIQyVzcYHsFUo0V4s52BpWu26TeO3f4", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
234 | 243 |
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235 | | - %h3 Institution, Human, Technology |
236 | | - %div.profile-subtitle Alex Vince |
237 | | - %p This module explores the complex interplay between institutions and organisations; humans; and technologies. |
238 | | - %a.section-link{:href => "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rq1aTkoIyzToYhVnQuD0H9B51cXjkMVtIKKiKJRz_VA", :target=> "_blank"} Module Guide |
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240 | 245 | %details |
241 | 246 | %summary |
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