Social work and social care
Everyday Digital: Generation, Life-Course and Expertise
Module code: X3400E
Level 5
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Seminar
Assessment modes: Media
How are digital technologies and digital data transforming expertise across the generations?
How are we adapting to digital change across our complex and varied life courses, from pregnancy tracking apps to digital afterlives?
How do we design digital societies so that they are equitable and fair?
On this module, you will explore these questions by drawing on learning from across design studies, sociology, anthropology, digital humanities and practice (for example education) perspectives. Looking at how technology shapes the way we learn, work, care and play, you will become equipped to think critically about how digital technology in our everyday lives.
Module learning outcomes
- Understanding of key theoretical concepts useful for making sense of how digital technologies shape and remake everyday practices.
- Recognise and illustrate the uneven ways that change and continuity are lived between generations, showing the interaction between technological change, expertise and everyday cultures.
- Apply these ideas to the digital practices and structures of everyday social life across the lifecourse. Apply these ideas to key moments in the life course and to areas of human activity and sociotechnical support Apply these ideas to key moments in the life course and to areas of human activity and sociotechnical support
- Evaluate and synthesise relevant ideas and research findings.