Hellos & Welcomes

Welcome to HISTORY & THEORY of IDEAS!

Allow me to highlight the learning objectives of this module. It is our hope that by the end of the module, you would have, as evidence of your understanding:

• Understood mythology & cosmology as articulation & interpretation for design strategies.
• Provided an overview to the development of concepts & ideas.
• Provided an overview to the history & theory of art, design & architecture.
• Developed skills in interpretative reading, writing & generalisation of design ideas & strategies.
  

Here's a run-down of the list of topics we'll be covering. You might like to check with the Library on similar titles.

SEMESTER 1
1 History & Theory: Introduction & Methods
2 Pre-Modern Cosmology
3 Ontology: Knowing Being
4 Mythology: Introduction & Relevance
5 Mythic Structures
6 On Fiction 1: Poetics
7 On Fiction 2: World & Map-making

SEMESTER 2
8 Archetypes
9 Philosophy, Theory & Design
10 Plato's Timaeus
11 Of Technology, Cunning & Craft
12 The Cosmos & Making
13 Design: Education & Orientation
14 Play as Philosophia
15 Review