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Design and the social imagination / Matthew DelSesto.

By: DelSesto, Matthew
Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng. Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022Description: 222 p. ; 1 online resource : ill., map. ; 20 cmISBN: 9781350242944 (pbk.)Subject(s): Design--Social aspects. Design Aspect socialDDC classification: 745.4 DEL
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Summary: "Matthew DelSesto provides a compelling blueprint for a design practice that enables us to address the social, political and environmental challenges of today. By combining the creative, action-oriented sensibility of design with the reflective, analytical capacities of the social sciences, DelSesto offers models, ideas and strategies for shaping the future. Drawing on the work of C. Wright Mills, Patrick Geddes, Jane Addams and W. E. B. Du Bois, and exploring professional practices and discourses in a wide range of design fields, this book shows us how design and the social sciences can interact in a more productive way"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents: Introduction 1. Fueling Our Social Imagination 2. Thinking Like a Region 3. Research as Hospitality and Solidarity 4. From Consciousness to Cooperation 5. The Choreography of Beautiful Action Index
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Includes bibliographical references and index.


Summary: "Matthew DelSesto provides a compelling blueprint for a design practice that enables us to address the social, political and environmental challenges of today. By combining the creative, action-oriented sensibility of design with the reflective, analytical capacities of the social sciences, DelSesto offers models, ideas and strategies for shaping the future. Drawing on the work of C. Wright Mills, Patrick Geddes, Jane Addams and W. E. B. Du Bois, and exploring professional practices and discourses in a wide range of design fields, this book shows us how design and the social sciences can interact in a more productive way"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Introduction
1. Fueling Our Social Imagination
2. Thinking Like a Region
3. Research as Hospitality and Solidarity
4. From Consciousness to Cooperation
5. The Choreography of Beautiful Action
Index

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