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Critical by Design? Genealogies, Practices, Positions
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Abstract In its constructive and speculative nature, design has the critical potential to reshape prevalent socio-material realities. At the same time, design is inevitably normative, if not often violent, as it stabilises the past, normalises the present, and precludes just and sustainable futures. The cont... view more
In its constructive and speculative nature, design has the critical potential to reshape prevalent socio-material realities. At the same time, design is inevitably normative, if not often violent, as it stabilises the past, normalises the present, and precludes just and sustainable futures. The contributions rethink concepts of critique that influence the field of design, question inherent blind spots of the discipline, and expand understandings of what critical design practices could be. With contributions from design theory, practice and education, art theory, philosophy, and informatics, "Critical by Design?" aims to question and unpack the ambivalent tensions between design and critique.... view less
Keywords
design; critical theory
Classification
Other Fields of Humanities
Free Keywords
Critical Design; Design Politics; Material Culture; Cultural Theory; Theory of Art
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
331 p.
Series
Design, 2702-881X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839461044
ISBN
978-3-8394-6104-4
Status
Published Version; reviewed