{"product_id":"design-beyond-the-human-9781350338074","title":"Design Beyond the Human","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow can design shine a light on humanity’s relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants, now and in the future?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGlobal challenges like climate change and ecosystem degradation are proving that a singular disciplinary approach is inadequate to respond to issues where societal behaviours, individual choices, political decisions, economic, technological and scientific developments are so densely entangled—not least in design. But what happens when we turn things around and decentre “the human” to look at our relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants beyond the capitalist human-nature binary worldview?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesign Beyond the Human\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays by international scholars, designers, and engaged citizens traversing activism, anthropology, conservation, creative writing, design practice, design theory, economics, education, environmental humanities, ethics, history, indigenous knowledge, law, philosophy, poetry, politics, regenerative agriculture, science, sociology, and technology. Divided into three sections—\u003cem\u003eWe Are Not Alone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDesign Beyond the Human\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMediating Human–Non-Human Relations Through Design\u003c\/em\u003e—the text generates conversations capable of thinking about life on planet Earth, challenging the Anglo-European anthropocentric conceptualisation of design that dominates practice, education, and academic discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach section is unique: charting the transdisciplinary cultural perspective that is required to comprehend our predicament, the critique of human-centred design and its interdependence with capitalism, and the nascent practices and projects that are attempting to reconcile humanity's possible relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book offers the reader an opportunity to engage with expertise, knowledge, methodologies, and lived experiences from across disciplines shaped by shared concerns and provides an opportunity to question if design in a \u003cem\u003emore-than-human\u003c\/em\u003e way might reimagine design’s relationship to capitalism and contemporary lifestyles. Will our planetary future be merely an ecologically aware version of today, or, in going \u003cem\u003ebeyond the human\u003c\/em\u003e, might we develop a transdisciplinary perspective capable of imagining an alternative vision of life on Earth?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48241085186284,"sku":"9781350338074","price":176.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350338074-design-beyond-the-human-1.jpg?v=1787933259","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/design-beyond-the-human-9781350338074","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}