| Designing Cultures of Care Contributor(s): Vaughan, Laurene (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350055387 ISBN-13: 9781350055384 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | History & Criticism - Architecture | Criticism - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.20 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Designing Cultures of Care brings together an international selection of design researchers who, through a variety of design approaches, are exploring the ways in which design intersects with cultures of care. Unique in its focus and disciplinary diversity, this edited collection develops an expanded discourse on the role and contribution of design to our broader social, cultural and material challenges. Based around a unifying critique of the proposition of care as a theoretical framework for undertaking design research in real worldcontexts, each chapter presents a case study of design research in action. This book aims to provide readers - both academics and practitioners - with insights into the possibilities and challenges of designing cultures of care. The disciplines represented in this collection include architecture, visual communication, participatory and social design, service design, critical and speculative design interventions and design ethnography. These case studies will provide real world insights that have relevance and value to design students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and to researchers at all levels within and outside of the academy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vaughan, Laurene: - Laurene Vaughan is Professor of Design and Communication at RMIT University. She is Deputy Dean Design, Games and Interaction in the School of Media and Communication. Her recent projects include The Stony Rises Project a curatorial exploration of vernacular practices, immigration, modes of dwelling and the crafting of landscape in the making of place. This included an associated book Designing Place (Melbourne Books 2010). In 2010 she undertook laureneroaming.com. With Sebastien Cacquard and William Cartwright co-edited Mapping Environmental Issues in the City (Springer 2011). She has also co-edited Design Collectives: an approach to practice (Cambridge Press 2012), with Harriet Edquist. She is currently co-editing Performing the Archive (Ashgate 2015) with David Carlin. She has supervised over 40 practice based Masters and PhD students over the past 12 years. |