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Designing transformative futures
conference contribution
posted on 2023-06-10, 06:02 authored by Ann LightAnn Light, Colin M Gray, Kristina Lindstrom, Laura Forlano, Dan Lockton, Chris SpeedWhat makes the design of futures sufficiently transformative? Worldwide, people are aware of the need to change and keep changing to address eco-social challenges and their fall-out in an age of crises and transitions in climate, biodiversity, and health. Calls for climate justice and the development of eco-social sensibilities speak to the need for dynamic and provisional engagements. Such concerns raise age-old issues of inequality and colonialist destruction. Our designs carry the imprint of this current politics, wittingly or unwittingly, into worlds to come. This conversa- tion asked how might we respond fluidly to coming uncertainties, questioning our own practices to sow the seeds of more radical transformation, while recognizing the structural forces that can limit or temper opportunities for design activism. It was or- ganized in three quadrant exercises, which we also reflect upon.
History
Publication status
- Published
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- Published version
Journal
Proceedings of DRSISSN
2398-3132Publisher
Design Research SocietyExternal DOI
Page range
1-16Event name
Digital Research Society 2022Event location
Bilbao, SpainEvent type
conferenceEvent date
25th June - 3rd July 2022Department affiliated with
- Engineering and Design Publications
Research groups affiliated with
- Creative Technology Publications
Full text available
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