Designs for the pluriverse
Subtitle: radical interdependence, autonomy, and the making of worlds
By: Arturo Escobar
Series: New ecologies for the twenty-first century; New ecologies for the twenty-first century
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780822370901; 9780822371052
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Social aspects; Design; Environmental aspects; Anthropological aspects; Human factors
Description: Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory by arguing for the creation of what he calls ""autonomous design""--A design practice aimed at channeling design's world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing that are deeply attuned to justice and the Earth.--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Design for the real world, but which 'world'?, what 'design'?, what 'real'?; title: Out of the studio and into the flow of socio-natural life; title: Elements for the cultural studies of design; title: The ontological reorientation of design; title: In the background of our culture: rationalism, ontological dualism, and relationality; title: Outline of ontological design; title: Designs for the pluriverse; title: Design for transitions; title: Autonomous design and the politics of relationality and the communal.