Search for dissertations about: "postindustrial design"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words postindustrial design.

  2. 1. Transtructures : prototyping transitional practices for the design of postindustrial infrastructures

    Author : Lorenzo Davoli; Johan Redström; Cameron Tonkinwise; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Infrastructures; transition design; postindustrial design; system design; drones; participation; design practices; automation; hacking; logistic; telecommunications; sustainable development; hållbar utveckling; design; design;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about 'transtructures', a term coined to describe new kinds of infrastructures that are more attentive and responsive to the needs of contemporary society, its emerging economies and technological capabilities. The purpose of this inquiry is to begin to explore the character and possibilities of a design practice that could guide responsibly and ethically the transition of existing industrial infrastructures towards these new configurations: what processes it could follow, and what materials it could include. READ MORE

  4. 2. World Wide Workshop: The Craft of Noticing

    Author : Nicolas Cheng; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Craft; Jewellery; Situated Making; Noticing; Care; Empathy; Postindustrial; World Wide Workshop;

    Abstract : In my research, I consider craft as a discipline that is extremely elastic in terms of propositions and positions. Today craft exists in a highly dynamic space — what I will refer to as the World Wide Workshop — and is essential for noticing, caring, mending and negotiating the complex relationships that individuals and communities have with their sociopolitical, economic and natural environment. READ MORE

  5. 3. A Never-Ending Thirst: Artistic Reforms to Neoliberal-Teflon Imperviousness

    Author : André Alves; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Neoliberal-Teflon; inscription; picture-making; listening ethics; negative capability; insufficient picture; affectability; co-motion;

    Abstract : This text is the dissertation element of my artistic research project, A Never-Ending Thirst: Artistic Reforms to Neoliberal-Teflon Imperviousness, developed within the doctoral studies program at HDK-Valand—the Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg (2016-2021). Along with documentation of twelve artistic projects that support my practice-based inquiry, this text is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Doctor in the Fine, Applied, and Performing Arts. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Street of Associations : Migration and Infrastructural (Re)Production of Norra Grängesbergsgatan, Malmö

    Author : Laleh Foroughanfar; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; architecture of associations; co-habitation; everyday life; spatial; socio-economic; temporal infrastructures; Malmö; migration; neolibral urban planning; Norra Grängesbergsgatan; re-production; streetmaking; urbanism from below;

    Abstract : As global migration alters the demography of Swedish cities in the postwelfare era, socio-spatial polarisation and discrimination present acute challenges. In recent decades, Malmö has transformed from an industrial into a postindustrial, service economy-oriented city. READ MORE