DB 9.1 "Design und Gesellschaft" versteht Design als gesellschaftliche Gestaltungspraxis, die soziale Beziehungen und globale Verflechtungen formt, kulturelle Bedeutungen hervorbringt und gesellschaftspolitische Transformationsprozesse mitprägt. Das Seminar untersucht das Verhältnis von Design und Gesellschaft aus der Perspektive verschiedener Theorien, Praxen und Methoden. Es verbindet theoretische Inputs mit der gemeinsamen Lektüre und Diskussion wissenschaftlicher Texte, der Analyse von Fallbeispielen, sowie eigenständiger Recherche und Präsentation durch die Studierenden. Aktuelle Positionen aus Designtheorie, Designpraxis und praxisgeleiteter Designforschung werden mit sozial- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Ansätzen u.a. zu Dekolonialität, Ökologie, Demokratie, Ökonomie und Gender in Beziehung gesetzt. Im Zentrum steht die Frage, wie Design gesellschaftliche Verhältnisse gestaltet, sichtbar macht und verändert.
Das Seminar vermittelt theoretische Grundlagen, Methoden und Kontexte für die Entwicklung des Masterprojekts und legt zugleich Grundlagen für das theoretisch-fachwissenschaftliche Wahlpflichtangebot, das Masterseminar und die Masterarbeit.
DB 9.1 “Design and Society” understands design as a social practice of shaping that forms social relationships and global interconnections, generates cultural meanings, and helps shape sociopolitical processes of transformation. The seminar examines the relationship between design and society from the perspective of various theories, practices, and methods. It combines theoretical input with group reading and discussion of academic texts, the analysis of case studies, and independent research and presentations by the students. Current perspectives from design theory, design practice, and practice-based design research are contextualized within approaches from the social and cultural sciences, including decoloniality, ecology, democracy, economics, and gender. The focus is on the question of how design shapes, reveals, and transforms social conditions. The seminar provides theoretical foundations, methods, and contexts for the development of the master’s project and, at the same time, lays the groundwork for the theoretically and disciplinarily oriented elective courses, the master’s seminar, and the master’s thesis.
DB 9.1 “Design and Society” understands design as a social practice of shaping that forms social relationships and global interconnections, generates cultural meanings, and helps shape sociopolitical processes of transformation. The seminar examines the relationship between design and society from the perspective of various theories, practices, and methods. It combines theoretical input with group reading and discussion of academic texts, the analysis of case studies, and independent research and presentations by the students. Current perspectives from design theory, design practice, and practice-based design research are contextualized within approaches from the social and cultural sciences, including decoloniality, ecology, democracy, economics, and gender. The focus is on the question of how design shapes, reveals, and transforms social conditions. The seminar provides theoretical foundations, methods, and contexts for the development of the master’s project and, at the same time, lays the groundwork for the theoretically and disciplinarily oriented elective courses, the master’s seminar, and the master’s thesis.
- Trainer/in: Elke Karoline