The Imaginary Framing and the Lived Experience of Technologies: Interview with Laura Forlano Interviewer: S. Ruecker

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Published: Sep 14, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7764/disena.13.58-83
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Pensamiento crítico, Asuntos de los cuidados, Antropología del diseño, Asuntos de preocupación, Tecnologías emergentes, Reparación, Métodos de diseño Critical Thinking, Matters of care, Design anthropology, Matters of concern, Emerging technologies, Repair, Design Methods

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Laura Forlano
Illinois Institute of Technology
Stan Ruecker
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0099-1687

Abstract

In this interview conducted by Stan Ruecker, Laura Forlano gives some clues of what designers can learn from the critical thinking the social sciences have developed for decades: challenging key terms, overturning narratives, and being critical about the way new technologies are being framed and presented. She asks for designers to commit to a position. She points out that because each new technology will inevitably fail, designers might be more effective if they think of people not only using technology, but also having to take care of it.

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Forlano, L., & Ruecker, S. (2018). The Imaginary Framing and the Lived Experience of Technologies: Interview with Laura Forlano: Interviewer: S. Ruecker. Diseña, (13), 58–83. https://doi.org/10.7764/disena.13.58-83
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No. 13 (2018): Design-Led Research Into Matters of Concern
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Interviews

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Stan Ruecker, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Licenciado en Inglés y en Ciencias de la Computación, University of Regina. Magíster en Inglés, University of Toronto. Magíster en Diseño de Comunicación Visual, University of Alberta. PhD en Inglés, Arte y Diseño con especialización en computación humanista, University of Alberta. Es Anthony J. Petullo Professor de Diseño Gráfico en la Escuela de Arte y Diseño de la University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Se dedica a la investigación en las áreas del diseño de experiencias, la teoría del diseño, el diseño para la salud y las humanidades digitales. Algunas de sus publicaciones más recientes incluyen: “Activating Interpretation: Experience Design in the Humanities” (con J. Roberts-Smith, en Making Humanities Matter, University of Minnnesota Press, 2018) y “Four Criteria for Design Theories.” (con P. Hodges, C. Scaletsky, J. Rivera, R. Faller y A. Geppert, She Ji, vol. 3, n.° 1).