- Di Salvo, C. (2009). Design and the Construction of Publics. Design issues, 25(1), 48-63.
- Di Salvo, C. (2010). Design, democracy and agonistic pluralism. In Proceedings of the design research society conference(pp. 366-371). Montreal: Design Research Society.
- Yaneva, A. (2009) Making the Social Hold: Towards an Actor-Network Theory of Design, Design and Culture, 1:3, 273-288
- Khovanskaya, V., Dombrowski, L., Harmon, E., Korn, M., Light, A., Stewart, M., & Voida, A. (2018). Designing against the status quo. Interactions, 25(2), 64-67.
- Wilkie, A. & Ward, M. (2010). Made in criticalland: designing matters of concern. Networks of Design: Proceedings of the 2008 Annual International Conference of the Design History Society (UK) University College Falmouth, 3-6 September
Selected articles may be added to the course literature.
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This course is offered as part of programme:
Course content
The course Design, Publics and Engagement provides an introduction to how designers can operate in relation to societal issues. The aim is to offer students with a general overview of how design can be used as way to explore and raise awareness and discussions about societal challenges. Through a group project and seminars in class room the course provides an introduction to some of the design approaches (for example co-design, speculative design, critical making) that aim at mobilize publics around societal challenges and spark engagement, discussion and reflection about them.
Entry requirements
52,5 hp credits within the main field of study Product Design, among these the course Produktdesign: Designmetodik should be passed in its entirety, or
60 credits within the subject Design.
Course literature
Course evaluation
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