Hello Erik
Regarding non-anthropocentric design
Here are some sources:
Michael Hensel
https://scholar.google.no/citations?user=Dkm2bhAAAAAJ&hl=no&oi=sra
https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do;jsessionid=0ED50E775510022C17F1F0AFF5705CFC?uin=uk.bl.ethos.578023
https://books.google.no/books?hl=no&lr=&id=p4b0kAkak4IC&oi=fnd&pg=PP9&dq=michael+hensel+non-anthropocentric&ots=y6k1_uqnW8&sig=nYApZxE1N2CUxoalfmJOgRFjXjg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=michael%20hensel%20non-anthropocentric&f=false
Marie Davidova published a thesis and some papers on involving the issue inspired by Hensel and others, demonstrating practice experiments involving biotic and abiotic agents in co-designing processes.
https://scholar.google.no/citations?user=khIp35kAAAAJ&hl=no&oi=sra
The rise of user centric design is truly problematic when looking beyond its obvious immediate benefits. We should be able to have a multi-centric design approach, an approach that is systemic. (ref. www.systemsorienteddesign.net and www.systemic-design.net )
Mayve user centric design is the most anthropocentric design perspective?
Here some sources criticising user centric design:
Norman, D. A. (2005). Human-centred design considered harmful. Interactions, 12(4), 14–19. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Donald_Norman/publication/200086092_Human-centered_design_considered_harmful/links/0c9605208fca197c2e000000.pdf
Wagenknecht, S. (2017). Beyond non-/use: The affected bystander and her escalation. New Media & Society, 1461444817708775.
I'm currently working on a paper after the RSD7 conference in Torino (www.systemic-design.net) with the title "What's wrong with user centred design". The argumentation is that a non-anthropocentric multi-perspective approach is needed in design.
Thanks for your references regarding the topic.
Best
Birger
Birger Sevaldson PhD
Professor
Institute of Design
Oslo School of Architecture and Design
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:35:40 +0000
From: Erik Sandelin <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Non-anthropocentric design research
Dear all,
I’m looking for dissertations and other research outputs with an explicit non-anthropocentric/human-decentering ambition. Being based in Scandinavia I have recently read
Jönsson, L. (2014). Design events: On explorations of a non-anthropocentric framework in design. The Royal DanishAcademy of Fine Arts, School of Design.
and
Avila, M. (2012). Devices. On Hospitality, Hostility and Design. HDK - School of Design and Crafts Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Jönsson uses an ANT-approach while Ávila puts linguistic and biological concepts to work to challenge anthropocentrism in design. I’m especially interested in design research that overlaps with Critical Animal Studies/animal liberation activism but I’m open to all tips and suggestions!
I’m familiar with the work of Anne Galloway and the overviews by Laura Forlano (design and posthumanism) and Wolch & Owens (animals in architecture and design).
Thanks and all the best from rainy Malmö,
Erik
PS. I recently published a storybook, Designer and Goldcrest, intended as an accessible introduction to some more-than-human perspectives on design. It’s freely available here: https://www.sorgenfripress.se.
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