Abstract
Escalating change in Earth’s ecosphere is a consuming concern for designers. We take the position that as educators, we ought to question design’s anthropocentric leanings to open the conversation to include the unsettling sounds of more-than-human voices. Drawing design into ethical and philosophical discussions, this paper leans into Gilles Deleuze’s description of practice as an activator for recalibrating sensations, providing methods to ponder, critique, and talk about the world creatively. While Timothy Morton’s strange stranger extends discussions about how human and nonhuman agents exist in an entwined – non-hierarchical mesh. Deeply unsettled, we are forced to confront Ivar Puura’s notion of “semiocide” which silences the world beyond Western sign systems.
Presenters
Andrew DentonAssociate Professor, Art and Design: Postgraduate, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Sue E. Jowsey
Master of Design Programme Leader, Postgraduate Department of Art & Design, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Design Education, Non-Human, Ethics, Anthropocene, Making-Thinking, Personhood, Design, Objects
