Essays about: "posthumanist design"

Found 4 essays containing the words posthumanist design.

  1. 1. Getting in Touch With Seaweed : Exploring a Non-Exploitative Relationship With a More-Than-Human Actor Through Design Research

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Anna Marie Schröder; [2022]
    Keywords : seaweed; ecology; posthumanist design; more-than-human ethics; multispecies philosophy; interaction design; design-based research;

    Abstract : Through human over-exploitation of nature, more and more ocean species approach ecological tipping points. On the other hand, more and more people suffer from climate anxiety. This thesis study explored an alternative relationship between humans and marine seaweed species through design research. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Habitat : A Posthumanist Design Project for Making Kin with Nonhuman

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Betyul Hafazoglu; [2022]
    Keywords : climate emergency; nonhuman; agency; posthumanism; multispecies design; human exceptionalism;

    Abstract : ‘the habitat’ is a Design+Change project which originates from the will to create positive change in the current situation of climate and ecological emergency. The design project takes the Anthropocene and the materialization of nonhumans as starting point and develops further around the possibilities of forming non-anthropocentric and nonhuman-centered mentalities and world-making processes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Visualizing hyperobjects: a co-operative play with nature

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för teknik och estetik

    Author : Mattsson Emelie; [2021]
    Keywords : artistic research; media technology; hyperobjects; intra-action; performativity; material-discursive practices; ecology; konstnärlig forskning; medieteknik; hyperobjekt; intra-aktion; performativitet; materiell-diskursiva praktiker; ekologi;

    Abstract : Based on Timothy Mortons notion of hyperobject, this material-discursive practice is a cooperative play of forces and intra-active agencies between nature and the technical world. This research reflects especially a paradigmatic shift from the traditional model to one of an interrelated and performative network, in which all of the non-human entities are seen with the same existence and considered to view as operative agents. READ MORE

  5. 4. Non-anthropocentric Design Thinking : Shifting focus to earthling needs through speculative contextualization, continuous re-evaluation and a focus on long-term service-based relationships, supported by PaaS viability

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Tisha Hupkes; [2020]
    Keywords : Design thinking; non-anthropocentric; entanglement.;

    Abstract : In a world where halting climate breakdown is becoming more and more urgent by the minute, so too does the media industry need to deliver its contribution to change. Especially since innovation - a carrier of change - is seen as one of the main pillars of this field. READ MORE