Design Discourses of Transformation
The aim of this article is to develop knowledge and understanding that supports critical conceptual interventions in design innovation theory and practice. Existing discourses of design are dissonant and paradoxical, for example positioning design as at once value-free and virtuous. We explain vario...
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| description | The aim of this article is to develop knowledge and understanding that supports critical conceptual interventions in design innovation theory and practice. Existing discourses of design are dissonant and paradoxical, for example positioning design as at once value-free and virtuous. We explain various instances of dissonance by establishing relationships between modes of design, design discourses, and knowledge systems. We map and interpret four design discourses, revealing the plural, dynamic, and mutable nature they share. Our understanding of design in the context of social transformation varies according to how we relate to knowledge systems, how these are produced through discourses, and how the two inform distinct modes of design. We argue that dominant discourses and entrenched knowledge systems must be consciously and actively upended. For this, we present a framework for transformative action to foster encounters across discourses and engender new critical expressions of and interventions in design theory and practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3821202da7cc428284f6c80c0b89f21a2022-12-22T04:11:39ZengElsevierShe Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation2405-87262022-01-01816592Design Discourses of TransformationSharon Prendeville0Mikko Koria1Corresponding author:; Institute for Design Innovation, Loughborough University London, UKInstitute for Design Innovation, Loughborough University London, UKThe aim of this article is to develop knowledge and understanding that supports critical conceptual interventions in design innovation theory and practice. Existing discourses of design are dissonant and paradoxical, for example positioning design as at once value-free and virtuous. We explain various instances of dissonance by establishing relationships between modes of design, design discourses, and knowledge systems. We map and interpret four design discourses, revealing the plural, dynamic, and mutable nature they share. Our understanding of design in the context of social transformation varies according to how we relate to knowledge systems, how these are produced through discourses, and how the two inform distinct modes of design. We argue that dominant discourses and entrenched knowledge systems must be consciously and actively upended. For this, we present a framework for transformative action to foster encounters across discourses and engender new critical expressions of and interventions in design theory and practice.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405872622000041DiscourseKnowledge systemsEpistemologySocial practiceDesign politicsTransformation |
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| title | Design Discourses of Transformation |
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| topic | Discourse Knowledge systems Epistemology Social practice Design politics Transformation |
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