Design, Ecology, Politics: Towards the Ecocene (Record no. 705891)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781350258778
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Language of cataloging English
Transcribing agency Symbiosis Institute of Design
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Classification number 745.4
Item number SID-B-13572
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Personal name Joanna Boehnert
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Title Design, Ecology, Politics: Towards the Ecocene
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2018
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Extent 225p.
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Summary, etc Design, Ecology, Politics links social and ecological theory to design theory and practice, critiquing the ways in which the design industry perpetuates unsustainable development.<br/><br/>Boehnert argues that when design does engage with issues of sustainability, this engagement remains shallow, due to the narrow basis of analysis in design education and theory. The situation is made more severe by design cultures which claim to be apolitical. Where design education fails to recognise the historical roots of unsustainable practice, it reproduces old errors. New ecologically informed design methods and tools hold promise only when incorporated into a larger project of political change. Design, Ecology, Politics describes how ecological literacy challenges many central assumptions in design theory and practice.<br/><br/>By bringing design, ecology and socio-political theory together, Boehnert describes how power is constructed, reproduced and obfuscated by design in ways which often cause environmental harms. She uses case studies to illustrate how communication design functions to either conceal or reveal the ecological and social impacts of current modes of production. The transformative potential of design is dependent on deep-reaching analysis of the problems design attempts to address. Ecologically literate and critically engaged design is a practice primed to facilitate the creation of viable, sustainable and just futures. With this approach, designers can make sustainability not only possible, but attractive.
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