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Design anthropology : theory and practice / edited by Wendy Gunn, Ton Otto, Rachel Charlotte Smith.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.Description: xiv, 284 pages, [32] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780857853691 (pbk.)
  • 9780857853684 (hbk.)
  • 9780857853714 (ePub)
  • 9781472518231 (ePDF)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.47 DES 23 007392
Online resources:
Contents:
Design anthropology : a distinct style of knowing / Ton Otto and Rachel Charlotte Smith -- The social life of concepts in design anthropology / Adam Drazin -- (Trans)forming knowledge and design concepts in the design workshop / Mette Gislev Kjærsgaard -- Tools and movements of engagement : design anthropology's style of knowing / Kyle Kilbourn -- Designing by doing : building bridges in the highlands of Borneo / Ian J. Ewart -- Anatomical design : making and using three-dimensional models of the human body / Elizabeth Hallam -- Designing heritage for a digital cure / Rachel Charlotte Smith -- From description to correspondence : anthropology in real time / Caroline Gatt and Tim Ingold -- Conceptions of innovation and practice : designing indoor climate / Wendy Gunn and Christian Clausen -- Ethnographies of the possible / Joachim Halse -- Generating publics through design activity / Brendon Clark -- Bridging disciplines and sectors : an industry-academic partnership in design anthropology / Christina Wasson and Crysta Metcalf -- Decolonizing design innovation : design anthropology, critical anthropology and indigenous knowledge / Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall -- Epilogue : Ethnography and design, ethnography in design...ethnography by design / Keith M. Murphy and George E. Marcus.
Summary: Introducing the concepts, methods, practices and challenges of this emerging area of study, Design Anthropology addresses the critical potential of design anthropology in a wide range of design activities across the world while querying the impact of design on the discipline of anthropology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Design anthropology : a distinct style of knowing / Ton Otto and Rachel Charlotte Smith --
The social life of concepts in design anthropology / Adam Drazin --
(Trans)forming knowledge and design concepts in the design workshop / Mette Gislev Kjærsgaard --
Tools and movements of engagement : design anthropology's style of knowing / Kyle Kilbourn --
Designing by doing : building bridges in the highlands of Borneo / Ian J. Ewart --
Anatomical design : making and using three-dimensional models of the human body / Elizabeth Hallam --
Designing heritage for a digital cure / Rachel Charlotte Smith --
From description to correspondence : anthropology in real time / Caroline Gatt and Tim Ingold --
Conceptions of innovation and practice : designing indoor climate / Wendy Gunn and Christian Clausen --
Ethnographies of the possible / Joachim Halse --
Generating publics through design activity / Brendon Clark --
Bridging disciplines and sectors : an industry-academic partnership in design anthropology / Christina Wasson and Crysta Metcalf --
Decolonizing design innovation : design anthropology, critical anthropology and indigenous knowledge / Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall --
Epilogue : Ethnography and design, ethnography in design...ethnography by design / Keith M. Murphy and George E. Marcus.

Introducing the concepts, methods, practices and challenges of this emerging area of study, Design Anthropology addresses the critical potential of design anthropology in a wide range of design activities across the world while querying the impact of design on the discipline of anthropology.

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