Nostalgic design : rhetoric, memory, and democratizing technology / William C. Kurlinkus.
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- Language:
- English
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- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018.
- 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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- Identifying nostalgic conflicts. Nostalgic design: between innovation and tradition
- Nostalgic resistances: remembering as critical redesign in everyday workplaces
- 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
- Designing for nostalgia. Nostalgic UX: designing for future memories
- Afterword: from English major to designer.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
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