The nature of design : ecology, culture, and human intention /

Ecological design is an emerging field that aims to recalibrate what humans do in the world according to how the world works as a biophysical system. Design in this sense is a large concept having to do as much with politics and ethics as with buildings and technology. The book begins by describing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Orr, David W., 1944- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Nature > Effect of human beings on. Environmental ethics. Environmental responsibility. Design. Ecological engineering. Industrial design. Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature. Éthique de l'environnement. Responsabilité environnementale. Génie écologique. industrial design. design (discipline) Industrial design Design Ecological engineering Environmental ethics Environmental responsibility Nature > Effect of human beings on Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Intro
Contents
I. The Problem of Ecological Design
1. Introduction: The Design of Culture and the Culture of Design
2. Human Ecology as a Problem of Ecological Design
II. Pathologies and Barriers
3. Slow Knowledge
4. Speed
5. Verbicide
6. Technological Fundamentalism
7. Ideasclerosis
8. Ideasclerosis, Continued
III. The Politics of Design
9. None So Blind: The Problem of Ecological Denial (with David Ehrenfeld)
10. Twine in the Baler
11. Conservation and Conservatism
12. A Politics Worthy of the Name
13. The Limits of Nature and the Educational Nature of Limits
IV. Design as Pedagogy
14. Architecture and Education
15. The Architecture of Science
16. 2020: A Proposal
17. Education, Careers, and Callings
18. A Higher Order of Heroism
V. Charity, Wildness, and Children
19. The Ecology of Giving and Consuming
20. The Great Wilderness Debate, Again
21. Loving Children: The Political Economy of Design
Bibliography
Index.