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A Design Anthropology Critique of Active Aging as Ageism [PDF]

open access: yesInteraction Design and Architecture(s), 2015
This paper proposes a design anthropology critique of active aging as ageism in the design of information technologies for seniors. With ageism we refer to narratives coalesced around the label “active aging” in European policies and system design that ...
Linda Tonolli   +2 more
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Local Frictions in the Energy Transition: Design Anthropology for the Emergence of Energy Communities

open access: yesEthnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings, 2023
Working in an interdisciplinary consortium aiming to design an innovative smart energy system in Amsterdam, we report on frictions encountered in ethnographic fieldwork.
Gijs van Leeuwen, Abhigyan Singh
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Design Fiction as a Practice for Researching the Social

open access: yesTemes de Disseny, 2020
The aim of this paper is to contribute to a new conceptual foundation for design fiction. Much attention is dedicated to theorising how design fictions relate to our so-called actual world.
Thomas Markussen   +2 more
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The gender of smart charging

open access: yesBuildings & Cities, 2022
With the growing focus on the home as a site for life, work, and energy generation and demand, home batteries of many kinds are increasingly ubiquitous.
Sarah Pink
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Circles and Mistakes: Interview with Tim Ingold

open access: yesDiseña, 2023
Tim Ingold is a British anthropologist, Social Anthro­pology Professor at the University of Aberdeen, Fellow of the British Academy, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Tim Ingold, Blanca Callén, Melisa Duque
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Describing Artifacts. What design and anthropology share, but Design Anthropology disregards

open access: yesAntropologia, 2020
By unfolding the tension between “artifacts” and “description” within the field of design and within the field of anthropology, the present article questions Design Anthropology (DA) on two grounds.
Alvise Mattozzi
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Anthropological design of possible future spaces

open access: yesAntropologia, 2020
The aim of this article is to explore the role that anthropology can play in designing participatory workshops, as a space to imagine possible futures.
Isabel Farina
doaj   +1 more source

Weaving. Methods and tools against homelessness between anthropology and design

open access: yesAntropologia, 2020
Starting from our long experience in a participatory laboratory conducted by means of design and anthropology, we reflect on the contribution of creative and practical activities to the creation of collaborative communities of practice.
Valentina Porcellana   +2 more
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Neuropsychology of the parietal lobe: Luria’s and contemporary conceptions

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
The parietal lobe, constituting approximately 20% of the human brain, comprises two main regions: the somatosensory cortex and the posterior parietal cortex.
Dyecika Souza-Couto   +2 more
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A computational framework for canonical holistic morphometric analysis of trabecular bone

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Bone is a remarkable, living tissue that functionally adapts to external loading. Therefore, bone shape and internal structure carry information relevant to many disciplines, including medicine, forensic science, and anthropology.
Sebastian Bachmann   +4 more
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