Design And Race: "African Design" In The Shadow Of Modernity
2021 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]
To explore the question of how race and design are related, I have developed a set of analysis strategies, involving props that are investigating objecthood and subjectivity. I use prototyping techniques and sketching in full scale. The design process contains three main investigation packages that ran parallel and was intertwined with each other, and resulted in a staged planetarian habitability (Mbembe, 2020) that communicates how to decolonize the African objects.
The objective of this project was to investigate how to make stories about African design as well as identify how an African spatial design practice could unfold. The myth building around race is a successful practice even today. Therefore, it is necessary for each generation to undo these myths. The project resulted in objects and a spatial installation that render tangible, new ideals about modernity and design in relation to race.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 21
Keywords [en]
race, spatial design, diaspora, decoloniality, planetarian habitability, modernity, reparation
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-7822OAI: oai:DiVA.org:konstfack-7822DiVA, id: diva2:1564513
External cooperation
Etnografiska museum Stockholm
Educational program
Design - Spatial Design (Master)
Supervisors
Examiners
2021-06-172021-06-112021-06-17Bibliographically approved