University of the Underground
History[edit]
University of the Underground was founded by Nelly Ben Hayoun in February 2017 and is the worlds first tuition free, transnational, post-graduate university..[1] It is a registered charity with a ANBI status (RSIN 8575.82.781).
Founding Partners[edit]
Mission[edit]
University of the Underground's mission is to provide '100 years of eduction' with it's partner WeTransfer. Both have committed to providing free higher education for at least the next century.[2]
Campus[edit]
University of the Underground is based in the underground of cities[3] - in the basement's of The Village Underground Club in London and De Marktkantine in Amsterdam.
Library[edit]
At the Amsterdam campus, University of the Underground has a library[4] comprised of collections from members of the public and donations from creatives and well-known designers. This is accessible to the public through a monthly membership. Books, records and other collections are stored in the basement of the club and literature seminars are organised on a monthly basis.
Radio Station & Sound Studio[edit]
University of the Underground Amsterdam campus also hosts a sound studio. It currently produces a podcast hosted by the University of the Underground students and creative team entitled '13 Steps Below'[5].
Organisation and administration[edit]
Advisory Board[edit]
Phill Lee
Stuart Brown
Christopher Hird
Sarah Mann
Damien Bradfield
Beatrice Galilee
John Best
Christer Windeløv-Lidzelius
Michel Ceazan-Fleischli
Hannah Parker
Jake Friedman
Chris Welch
Academics[edit]
Tutors[edit]
Tom Greenall
Teun Castelein
Lauren Alexander
Marianna Pestana
Associate Lecturers[edit]
Regine Debatty
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
Julijonas Urbonas
Noam Toran
Renny Ramakers
Emma Dabiri
Thomas Ermacora
Marina Lilja Prastardottir
Guest Tutors[edit]
Ayse Hassan
Prof. Rachel Armstrong
Dr. Suzanne Wertheim
Tea Uglow
Mirik Milan
Dr. Barbara Imhof
Fay Milton
Alex Margot Duclot
Ross Allmark
Our Machine
Clemens Winkler
Farah Anede
Joseph Popper
Visual Editions
MA Design of Experiences[edit]
University of the Underground offers an accredited full time, two year Master of the Arts in Design of Experiences in through the Gerrit Rietveld Academie's Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam[6]
Course Structure[edit]
The curriculum is concerned with a contemporary and strategic foresight implying politics, sustainability, institutions, new technologies and scientific developments both in Artificial Intelligence and in the current digital ecosystems. It uses design, linguistic, experiential, political, musical and film practices as tools to engage members of the public with the experiences and the debates created.[7]
The programme aims to teach students how to engineer situations, to design experiences and events to best support social dreaming, social actions and power shifts within institutions, companies and governments.[8]
Reception[edit]
University of the Underground was selected as one of the 'Best of the Year' by the Metropolitan Museum in New York.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The University of the Underground | Nelly Ben Hayoun". nellyben.com. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ "The University Teaching Its Students How to Actually Change the World". Vice. 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ "The University of the Underground is open for application | SETI Institute". www.seti.org. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ Kaser, Rachel (2018-05-25). "How free higher education can drive global innovation and diversity". The Next Web. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ "universityoftheunderground". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ "University of the Underground design course to train "a network of creative soldiers"". Dezeen. 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ "Sandberg Instituut". sandberg.nl. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ "Nelly Ben Hayoun Studios launches University of the Underground – a radical rethink of design education". It’s Nice That. 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ "University of the Underground – selected as Best of the Year by The MET | Nelly Ben Hayoun". nellyben.com. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
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