Design for the Real World : but Which "World'? What "design"? What "real"?. -- Out of the studio and into the flow of socio-natural life -- Elements for the cultural studies of design -- The Ontological Reorientation of Design. -- In the background of our culture : rationalism, ontological dualism, and relationality -- An outline of ontological design -- Designs for the Pluriverse. -- Design for transitions -- Autonomous design and the politics of relationality and the communal
Summary:
"Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory by arguing for the creation of what he calls 'autonomous design'--a design practice aimed at channeling design's world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing that are deeply attuned to justice and the Earth"--Publisher description