Design Actifesto: Design som verktøy for motvirkning av strukturell ulikhet og myndiggjøring av underpriviligerte
Abstract
Denne avhandlingen har som formål å skape bevissthet om
designeres rolle i å motvirke strukturell ulikhet gjennom egen
designpraksis. Prosjektet peker på fraværet av en diskurs
som anerkjenner designfaget som politisk, og på manglende
verktøy som støtter designere i å identifisere samfunnsstrukturer
som medfører skjev fordeling av makt og privilegier mellom
mennesker. Ved hjelp av perspektiver fra interseksjonell
feminisme, diskursiv og spekulativ design, diskuteres
betydningen av a-feministiske og feministiske praksiser.
Kvalitativt innsiktsarbeid gjennom workshop med representanter
for marginaliserte grupper, en casestudie, og brukertester
med designstudenter har bidratt til å belyse designeres
påvirkningsmuligheter. Design Actifesto er et feministisk
designmanifest og en digital samskapings-plattform som utgjør
et verktøy for designere. Plattformen tar designeren gjennom tre
steg mot en aktivistisk designpraksis, og inviterer til aktiv dialog
om hva det innebærer å være en aktivistisk designer. This thesis aims to raise awareness about designers’ role
in counteracting structural inequality through their design
praxis. The project emphasizes the absence of a discourse
that identifies the design field as political, and a lack of
tools to support designers in identifying societal structures
that contribute to unequal balance of power and privilege
between people. Non-feminist and feminist design praxices
are compared and discussed by using perspectives from
intersectional feminism, as well as discursive and speculative
design. Designers’ points of intervention are identified through
qualitative research from workshops with representatives from
marginalised groups, a case study, and user tests with design
students. Design Actifesto is both a feminist design manifesto
and a digital co-creation platform which together form a tool for
designers. The platform takes the designer through three steps
toward an activist design praxis, and facilitates active dialogue
about what it means to be an activist designer
Publisher
OsloMet - storbyuniversitetetSeries
MAPD;2021Related items
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