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Dear Birger, A great list - thanks so much for the references and Erik for beginning the thread. A focus of my PhD seminar this year in our School of Arts and Humanities has been how we might move beyond anthropocentric practice, drawing variously on ANT, critiques of ANT, the anthropocene and emergent critiques of the anthropocene. The group has found some of the work published in Environmental Humanities <https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities> to be really useful, especially Laura Ogden’s thought experiment on multi-species environmental imperialism. Laura A. Ogden; The Beaver Diaspora: A Thought Experiment. Environmental Humanities 1 May 2018; 10 (1): 63–85. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/22011919-4385471 <https://doi.org/10.1215/22011919-4385471> Best wishes, Sarah Dr Sarah Teasley Head of Programme, History of Design Reader in Design History and Theory School of Arts and Humanities Royal College of Art Kensington Gore London SW7 2EU E: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> T: +44 (0)20 7590 4481 www.rca.ac.uk <https://www.rca.ac.uk/> twitter.com/rca <https://twitter.com/rca> facebook.com/rca.london <https://facebook.com/rca.london> Applications are now open for V&A/RCA MA History of Design and the PhD in History of Design. For further information please see www.rca.ac.uk/hod <http://www.rca.ac.uk/hod>. > On 30 Nov 2018, at 11:39, Birger Sevaldson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 > [log in to unmask] > www.aho.no > www.systemsorienteddesign.net > www.systemic-design.net > www.ocean-designresearch.net > > > > > 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. 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