Hi Jurgen
Lately I've been wondering something similar myself. In my thesis I'm
arguing that a large collection of government emblems amounts to a
visual archive and that this archive contains discourses (using
discourses in the Foucauldian sense). My argument rests on the premise
that discourses are not exclusively contained in language, but can be
found in all archival records, including visual records. It also
presupposes that the emblems are records of past communication and that
it is possible to glean changes in the discourse. So long the objects in
your study are portrayed as records of communication in and of
themselves (and not only mediums for other communication) I guess the
same argument could apply.
I'd be interested to hear what other listers think of this.
Best
Katherine
References
Foucault, Michel 'On the Ways of Writing History,' Essential Works of
Foucault 1954–1984 Volume 2: Aesthetics p. 289.
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Swinburne University of Technology
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>>> Jurgen Faust <[log in to unmask]> 21/04/09 3:30 PM >>>
Hi All,
I would like to know whether there is anybody who would support a
statement that
designers also maintain discourses on an object level? That means that
designers generate
objects; solutions to verify, change or transform existing solutions in
better once?
I am currently exploring the idea that textual matters in design
comprehend also design
solutions as objects. I am using the current transformation of the
existing i-phone we see,
when we look at all the proposed changes in competitive products.
Jurgen Faust
Prof. DIGITAL MEDIA
MHMK MUENCHEN
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