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Design, Ecology, Politics - Towards the Ecocene (Paperback)
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Design, Ecology, Politics - Towards the Ecocene (Paperback)
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Design, Ecology, Politics links social and ecological theory to
design theory and practice, critiquing the ways in which the design
industry perpetuates unsustainable development. Boehnert argues
that when design does engage with issues of sustainability, this
engagement remains shallow, due to the narrow basis of analysis in
design education and theory. The situation is made more severe by
design cultures which claim to be apolitical. Where design
education fails to recognise the historical roots of unsustainable
practice, it reproduces old errors. New ecologically informed
design methods and tools hold promise only when incorporated into a
larger project of political change. Design, Ecology, Politics
describes how ecological literacy challenges many central
assumptions in design theory and practice. By bringing design,
ecology and socio-political theory together, Boehnert describes how
power is constructed, reproduced and obfuscated by design in ways
which often cause environmental harms. She uses case studies to
illustrate how communication design functions to either conceal or
reveal the ecological and social impacts of current modes of
production. The transformative potential of design is dependent on
deep-reaching analysis of the problems design attempts to address.
Ecologically literate and critically engaged design is a practice
primed to facilitate the creation of viable, sustainable and just
futures. With this approach, designers can make sustainability not
only possible, but attractive.
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