Design and Political Dissent : Spaces, Visuals, Materialities

Jilly Traganou

ISBN 10: 0367556243 / ISBN 13: 9780367556242

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug 2022, 2022

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Neuware - This book examines, through an interdisciplinary lens, the relationship between political dissent and processes of designing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Design and Political Dissent : Spaces, Visuals, Materialities
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367556243
• ISBN 13: 9780367556242
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 175H x 26D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 175 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 722 grams

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Synopsis

This book examines, through an interdisciplinary lens, the relationship between political dissent and processes of designing.

In the past twenty years, theorists of social movements have noted a diversity of visual and performative manifestations taking place in protest, while the fields of design, broadly defined, have been characterized by a growing interest in activism. The book’s premise stems from the recognition that material engagement and artifacts have the capacity to articulate political arguments or establish positions of disagreement. Its contributors look at a wide array of material practices generated by both professional and nonprofessional design actors around the globe, exploring case studies that vary from street protests and encampments to design pedagogy and community-empowerment projects.

For students and scholars of design studies, urbanism, visual culture, politics, and social movements, this book opens up new perspectives on design and its place in contemporary politics.

About the Author

Jilly Traganou is an architect, and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Parsons School of Design, The New School. She is co-editor-in chief of Design and Culture, and author of Designing the Olympics: Representation, Participation, Contestation (Routledge, 2016).