The values of being in design: towards a feminist design ontology

Abstract: "This article critiques the way in which contemporary western design ontology is constructed, why this affects conceptions of female creative practice and how this impacts on women’s lives. Starting with a personal account of educating female designers, the article aims to unpack the different ways in which ontologically invisible patriarchal and capitalist value systems act on us as designers, aided by processes of embodiment which are essential to design practice. It calls for the 'dedesigning' of our ontology as designers through feminist epistemologies and practices which keep questions about transformations, futured by design, in a state of critical plasticity by attending to sociopolitical, socio-economical and ecological ethics whilst keeping issues of gender exclusion at its core." (author's abstract)

Alternative title
The values of being in design: auf dem Weg zu einer feministischen Ontologie des Designs
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft ; 9 (2017) 3 ; 11-25

Classification
Zeichnung, Kunsthandwerk

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
(when)
2017
Creator
Levick-Parkin, Melanie

DOI
10.3224/gender.v9i3.02
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54067-4
Rights
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Last update
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Associated

  • Levick-Parkin, Melanie
  • SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository

Time of origin

  • 2017

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