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Author:   Yoko Akama ,  Sarah Pink (Monash University, Australia) ,  Shanti Sumartojo
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781350002708

ISBN 10:   1350002704
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   22 February 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgements Author Biographies 1. Approaching Uncertainty 2. What is Uncertainty? 3 Uncertainty as Technology4. Strategies for Disruption, Yoko Akama (RMIT University, Australia), Elisenda Ardevol (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain), Deborah Lanzeni (RMIT University, RMIT EU, Spain), Ann Light (University of Sussex, UK), Katherine Moline (University of New South Wales: Art & Design, Australia), Sarah Pink (RMIT University, Australia), Shanti Sumartojo (RMIT University, Australia)5. Surrendering to and Tracing Uncertainty, Tom Jackson (University of Leeds, UK), YokoAkama, Sarah Pink, Shanti Sumartojo 6. Uncertainty as Technology for Moving Beyond, David Carlin (RMIT University, Australia),Yoko Akama, Sarah Pink, Shanti Sumartojo 7. Propositions and Practical Applications References Index

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A welcome contribution to this disciplinary hybrid ... Provokes a kind of uncertainty that the reader needs to embrace in order to explore the possibilities that the book may generate for the future of design anthropology. Indeed, if this is intended, the book succeeds. And it is, I believe, its key strength. - Anthropos

Uncertainty and Possibility turns every commonplace of design on its head. Eschewing a design process based on controls and predictions, the authors advocate designing with others through deeply immersive and performative practices. Instead of results, they seek knowledge. They identify visible and invisible sources of insight gleaned from bodies, feelings, stories, and even the tools of observation themselves. In short, they model how to design with, not against, the unpredictable nature of existence today. * Susan Yelavich, Parsons School of Design, USA * Reworking the inherent uncertainty of all change-making practices - conceptualising it as a generative technology rather than a threatening obstacle - this book provides a much welcome and enriching contribution to design anthropology. Theoretically informed and methodologically innovative, it particularly explores the workshop as an interdisciplinary approach that harnesses the possibilities of uncertainty in processes of future-making. As such, the bookIt will not only be of great interest to design anthropologists but also at the forefront of more interventionist approaches in anthropology at large. * Kasper Tang Vangkilde, Aarhus University, Denmark *

A welcome contribution to this disciplinary hybrid ... Provokes a kind of uncertainty that the reader needs to embrace in order to explore the possibilities that the book may generate for the future of design anthropology. Indeed, if this is intended, the book succeeds. And it is, I believe, its key strength. * Anthropos *

Author Information

Yoko Akama is Associate Professor in the School of Design and co-leader of the Design+Ethnography+Futures research program at RMIT University, Australia.Sarah Pink is Distinguished Professor in the School of Media and Communication and co-leader of the Design+Ethnography+Futures research program at RMIT University, Australia. Shanti Sumartojo is Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication, based in the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT University, Australia.

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