Javier Gimeno-Martinez

Design History and Culture

Methods and Approaches

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This student friendly text provides a comprehensive exploration of the methods and approaches employed within design scholarship, drawing upon influences from history, art history, anthropology and interdisciplinary studies such as science and technology studies and material culture studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 235mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780367706296
• ISBN-10: 0367706296
• Artikelnr.: 70146102

Autorenporträt

Javier Gimeno-Martínez is an associate professor of Design Cultures at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His research interest encompasses the crossovers between design scholarship and other disciplines within the humanities and the social sciences. He is the author of the book Design and National Identity (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
METHODS
Chapter 1. Close Readings I: Structuralism
Chapter 2. Close Readings II: Post-structuralism
Chapter 3. The Life cycle of Objects: Tracking Design
Chapter 4. The Comparative Method: DIfferences and Similarities
Chapter 5. Case Study Research: The Specific and the General
Chapter 6. Designer's Monographs: Fluid authorship
Chapter 7. Oral History: Memories of the Past and the Present
Chapter 8. Ethnography: Groups and Individuals
Chapter 9. Discourse Analysis: Constructing Reality
APPROACHES
Chapter 10. Industry: Economic and Legal Frameworks
Chapter 11. Geopolitics: National Interactions
Chapter 12. Society and Culture: Manners, Morals and Customs
Chapter 13. Gender Studies: Questioning Heteronormativity
Chapter 14. Style: Period, Group and Individual
Chapter 15. The Typological Approach: Categories and Belonging
Chapter 16. Materials and Techniques: Transforming Nature.