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Nostalgic Design Rhetoric, Memory, and Democratizing Technology
Title
Nostalgic Design [electronic resource] : Rhetoric, Memory, and Democratizing Technology / William C. Kurlinkus.
ISBN
0822986477
9780822986478
0822965526
9780822965527
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 262 pages) :) illustrations.
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Summary
Nostalgic Design presents a rhetorical analysis of twenty-first century nostalgia and a method for designers to create more inclusive technologies. Nostalgia is a form of resistant commemoration that can tell designers what users value about past designs, why they might feel excluded from the present, and what they wish to recover in the future. By examining the nostalgic hacks of several contemporary technical cultures, from female software programmers who knit on the job to anti-vaccination parents, Kurlinkus argues that innovation without tradition will always lead to technical alienation, whereas carefully examining and layering conflicting nostalgic traditions can lead to technological revolution.
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Project MUSE - 2019 Complete
Project MUSE - 2019 Higher Education
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 09, 2019
Series
Composition, literacy, and culture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-250) and index.
Contents
Why nostalgia? Why here? Why now? part I. Identifying nostalgic conflicts
Nostalgic design : between innovation and tradition
Nostalgic resistances : remembering as critical redesign in everyday workplaces
Part II. Mediating nostalgia. Nostalgic deliberations : what I mean when i say "democratizing technology"
Nostalgic mediations : asking the right questions in vaccine communication
Nostalgic negotiations : adapting, adopting, and refusing client expertise
part III. Designing for nostalgia. Nostalgic UX : designing for future memories
Afterword. From English major to designer.
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