Precarious objects : Activism and Design in Italy
by
Ilaria Vanni
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Design and Material Culture
ISBN-10
1526135531
ISBN-13
9781526135537
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 2nd, 2020
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
514 grams
Dimensions
17.60 x 25.20 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Theory of artHistory of art / art & design stylesHistory of artMaterial cultureMaterial culture
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This is a timely exploration of the traffic between design and activism in the context of precarity – a social and material condition brought about by the growth of temporary, informal and irregular work. The book shows how design objects and practices open up possibilities to recode and reconfigure the effects of precarity. -- .
Precarious objects explores the traffic between design and activism by telling stories drawn from contemporary counter-precarity cases in Italy. As a category of labour and of global social experience in general, precarity is a wicked problem that affects all aspects of life, regulating the production and circulation of a wide range of material and immaterial effects. In this book, three microhistories of counter-precarity explore existent forms of resistance and resilience to precarity. Drawing on ethnographies and archives and bringing together debates from design theory, cultural studies and geography, this study shows how design objects and practices recode political communication and reorient how things are imagined, produced and circulated. It also shows how design as a practice can reconfigure material conditions and prefigure ways to repair some of the effects of precarity on everyday life.
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