Search for dissertations about: "public design"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 767 swedish dissertations containing the words public design.

2. 1. Design-Politics : An Inquiry into Passports, Camps and Borders

   Author : Mahmoud Keshavarz; Andrew David Morrison; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; design studies; interaction design; design theory; design criticism; politics of design; critical border studies; political theory; articulation; irregular migration; undocumentedness; social anthropology; politics of movement and migration; Kulturantropologi;

   Abstract : This thesis is an interrogation of the contemporary politics of movement and more specifically, migration politics from the perspective of the agency of design and designing. At the core of this thesis lies a series of arguments which invite design researchers and migration scholars to rethink the ways they work with their practices: that states, in order to make effective their abstract notions of borders, nations, citizenship, legal protection and rights are in dire need of what this thesis coins as material articulations. READ MORE

4. 2. 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

5. 3. Platform Design : Creating Meaningful Toolboxes When People Meet

   Author : David Joaquin Cuartielles Ruiz; Teemu Leinonen; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Platform Design; Interaction Design;

   Abstract : Platform Design is a study of different viewpoints on the creation of digital systems, and how they converge in platforms designed, built, and managed by communities. As sociotechnical constructs in which features emerge through the interaction of different stakeholders, platforms are understood as both means and outcomes—the ‘things’ or boundary objects in a design process—generating the spaces where communities of practice can form. READ MORE

6. 4. The labour of infrastructuring : An inquiry into participatory design in the public sector

   Author : Alicia Smedberg; Per-Anders Hillgren; Kristina Lindström; Liesbeth Huybrechts; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Participatory Design; Infrastructuring; Agency; Labour; Citizenship; Feminist Technoscience; City Planning; Public Sector; Deltagande design; Infrastrukturering; Medborgarskap; Feministisk Vetenskapsteori; Offentlig sektor; Interaktionsdesign; Interaktionsdesign;

   Abstract : Every organisation, cooperation, project or social movement is quintessentially a cluster of alignments between people, places and things. Through these alignments, networks are made, and through these networks action can be made possible or be constricted. READ MORE

7. 5. Building Design Capability in the Public Sector : Expanding the Horizons of Development

   Author : Lisa Malmberg; Stefan Holmlid; Fredrik Tell; Johan Åberg; Per-Anders Hillgren; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Design capability; organizational learning; absorptive capacity; public sector;

   Abstract : Public sector organizations are in need of new approaches to development and innovation. There is a need to develop a capability to better understand priorities, needs and wishes of public sector service users and become more proactive, in order to meet the demands on keeping costs down and quality high. READ MORE