Maria Göransdotter
@mariagdotter
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Design, histories, futures. Associate professor in design history & theory, Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden. Making transitional design histories.
Umeå, Sweden
Joined March 2009
Have you come across any design histories of Scandinavian user-centred and participatory design lately? Here’s one! More are needed!
taylorfrancis.com
This chapter focuses on the emergence of user-centred and participatory Scandinavian design ideas and practices in 1970s Sweden. Many of the concepts and
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Donald Norman is about to release a book on Humanity-Centered Design. I don’t plan to buy or read it, but I can’t ignore it. here is why
fredvanamstel.com
Donald Norman is about to release a book on Humanity-Centered Design. I don't plan to buy or read it, but I can't ignore it. As I previously wrote, shifting what is at the center of design does...
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Robert Collins presents the Contestation Café, a place for those who feel mistreated by automated decision systems, AIs/algorithms, to bring their broken interactions and their unfair decisions to learn how to contest, push back and reclaim their agency & autonomy. #NordiCHI2022
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“Moving decolonially in design for sustainabilities”. Nicholas Torretta uses Capoeira to open up perspectives for #design #otherwise PhD thesis defense this Wednesday on zoom:
umu.se
Could an ancient martial art created by African slaves in Brazil unlock new perspectives on design? For his doctoral thesis Nicholas Torretta drew upon his native culture to shine a light on the...
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Och så #valspurt med barhäng av Jonas Sjöstedt och Umeås vänsterpartister.
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I love it! ”You have no excuse to NOT clean it.”The local student union Ställverket ramps up the study with a very kind, fun and informative session on how to take, and share, responsibility for keeping the student kitchen tidy. Some things never change. #lifeatuid @umeadesign
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What comes into sight if design histories are made from perspectives of methods rather than from products? Here a brief exploration of the desktop walkthrough together with @AnnalindaDeRosa and @vauricchio. #ServiceDesign #DesignResearch
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The thrill of meeting everyone again for #UID22: so wonderful to have alumni and friends coming here to engage with our students and us in the staff @umeadesign
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btw: The ad says you need at doctorate, but that is incorrect. For an artistic/profession-based associate professorship in Sweden, you need extensive artistic or professional practice. So please do apply even if you don’t hold a PhD!
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Come join us in Umeå! Associate professor (artistic/profession-based) in transportation design: full time, permanent position.
Become part of Umeå Institute of Design! We are looking for an associate professor in transportation design. The position is full-time and for a permanent contract. It can also lead to the role as director for our MFA Programme in Transportation Design. https://t.co/61jbTEHBN9
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We are thrilled to introduce the world to Patadesign School 1: Ethernity, a publication that reflects snippets of the school's first edition, featuring participants' work, guests' illuminations, pedagogical meditations and more! Available at https://t.co/y7S9PfwbqB Patacheers!
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Open: postdoc @umeadesign with the broad aim to investigate the potential roles of more-than-human and multispecies entanglement in designing futures.
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Hej Umeå: any suggestions for my new colleague?
so I don't know how to spell lagenhet but I would make an amazing resident in that flat you want to rent or sell in #Umeå amirite
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join us in a #ParticipatoryDesign workshop w industry partners to design #CarbonCapture #scenarios about co2 removal in the Nordics? Tues 8 Mar 13-15 CET zoom. contact me asap if u live in north Norway, Sweden, Finland + want to join! #SpeculativeDesign #DesignFutures #solarpunk
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But of course. "You are Michel Foucault!" In "What's your epistemology?".
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