Participatory Design and Social Transformation: Images and Narratives of Crisis and Change

Participatory Design and Social Transformation utilize image-oriented narratives to promote justice and equity for society and the environment. It explores collaborative alliances through practices that foster generative and ethically responsible conditions for collective liberation. The design of spectacles is proposed as a way for collective movements to affectively contribute to positive systemic changes.

Format: Hardback
Length: 120 pages
Publication date: 08 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Participatory Design and Social Transformation delve into the realm of utilizing image-oriented narratives as powerful tools for inquiry and proposition, aimed at fostering greater justice and equity for society and the environment. Through engaging practices that harness the power of image-oriented and cinematic narratives, participatory artistic- and design-based research emerges as a vibrant field of exploration. Collaborative alliances are invited to consider aesthetics, visuality, attunement, reflection, reciprocity, and care as essential elements in cultivating transdisciplinary approaches that promote collective liberation. The design of spectacles emerges as a compelling avenue for collective movements to actively contribute to positive systemic changes, starting from the grassroots. By bridging contemporary advances in design theory and practice with media and art theory, the human and social sciences, and a pedagogy of interdependence, Participatory Design and Social Transformation establishes a profound connection between diverse disciplines. This interdisciplinary approach holds immense appeal to both professional and academic communities, offering valuable resources for researchers, artists, designers, activists, students, educators, and leaders actively engaged in initiatives for transformation.

Weight: 266g
Dimension: 146 x 223 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367365257