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ARTHIST 620S · also VMS 620S

Models: Premodern to Posthuman

Annabel Wharton, Mark J. V. Olson

Description from DukeHub

Architectural models may be either powerful small-scale prototypes for buildings or weak copies of powerful archetypes. Consideration of variety of architectural models from urban projects to dollhouses allows historical and theoretical exploration of models' agency. Instructor consent required.

Skills

No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.

AI-resilient: 1 of 5

  • No: Physical, lab or field work
  • No: Live work with people
  • No: Judgment someone is accountable for
  • No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
  • Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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