Design and Political Dissent : Spaces, Visuals, Materialities
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| Title: | Design and Political Dissent : Spaces, Visuals, Materialities |
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| Description: | This book examines, through an interdisciplinary lens, the relationship between political dissent and processes of designing.In the past twenty years, theorists of social movements have noted a diversity of visual and performative manifestations taking place in protest, while the fields of design, broadly defined, have been characterized by a growing interest in activism. The book's premise stems from the recognition that material engagement and artifacts have the capacity to articulate political arguments or establish positions of disagreement. Its contributors look at a wide array of material practices generated by both professional and nonprofessional design actors around the globe, exploring case studies that vary from street protests and encampments to design pedagogy and community-empowerment projects.For students and scholars of design studies, urbanism, visual culture, politics, and social movements, this book opens up new perspectives on design and its place in contemporary politics. |
| Authors: | Jilly Traganou |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Communication in design, Art and social action |
| Categories: | DESIGN / History & Criticism, ART / History / General, ART / Popular Culture, ART / Art & Politics, DESIGN / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet |
| Database: | eBook Index |
| Abstract: | This book examines, through an interdisciplinary lens, the relationship between political dissent and processes of designing.In the past twenty years, theorists of social movements have noted a diversity of visual and performative manifestations taking place in protest, while the fields of design, broadly defined, have been characterized by a growing interest in activism. The book's premise stems from the recognition that material engagement and artifacts have the capacity to articulate political arguments or establish positions of disagreement. Its contributors look at a wide array of material practices generated by both professional and nonprofessional design actors around the globe, exploring case studies that vary from street protests and encampments to design pedagogy and community-empowerment projects.For students and scholars of design studies, urbanism, visual culture, politics, and social movements, this book opens up new perspectives on design and its place in contemporary politics. |
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| ISBN: | 9780367556242 9780815374220 9781351187978 9781351187985 9781351187992 |