Cigdem Kaya wrote:
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I have been collecting data about various industrial design projects
that involve social responsibility in some way, most of which is imbued
with an amateur spirit, around the concepts of participation, hacking,
subversions, teaching a skill, interventions, parasitism, democratic
design, lending authorship, activism, guerrilla design, DIY,
interrogative design with reference to Wodiczko.
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This isn't much help methodologically, but there was a long article in the
New York Times magazine recently about Etsy.com, whose creators certainly
seem to see themselves as subversive hackers fostering a participatory
democratic/amateur form of DIY design. See
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16Crafts-t.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin.
Carma R. Gorman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History of Art and Design
School of Art and Design
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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