ID 501 ADVANCED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT in INDUSTRIAL DESIGN





















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ID 501 – ADVANCED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT in INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES and the SOCIOLOGY and ANTHROPOLOGY of TECHNOLOGY o 3 / o 1 / 2 o 16 Derya Mete SAATCI 2062578
AGENDA Introduction & Scope Experience, Choice, Technique and Use The Politics of Materiality Objectification Discussion Points
INTRODUCTION & SCOPE Sociology Cultural Studies Material Culture Anthropology Communication Interdisciplinary Field TOOLS to better situate material culture
INTRODUCTION & SCOPE: How different groups of literature share related ideas. Different disciplines do not «talk» to each other. Bring them on a common platform. A summary and directory for research across different but related fields.
INTRODUCTION & SCOPE Politics, Ideologies, Regimes Social Relations, Values, Ideas Action, Experience, Use Taste & Sensations
EXPERIENCE, CHOICE, TECHNIQUE & USE TECHNIQU E CHOICE USE EXPERIENC E
EXPERIENCE, CHOICE, TECHNIQUE & USE ETHNOGRAPHERS: « How could it be otherwise? » « How do we make choices? » Environment Traditions Contact with foreigners « Choices show that material world is constantly evolving ! »
EXPERIENCE, CHOICE, TECHNIQUE & USE « Techniques are not only subjects that drive the change/ transformation, but also objects of change. » DOMESTICATION : Incorporation of objects into the daily life. Appropriation: «Object» is sold from producers. Objectification: «Object» is placed in the life. Incorporation: «Object» is integrated into daily routines. Conversion: «Object» shapes the relationship between users.
EXPERIENCE, CHOICE, TECHNIQUE & USE ANTHROPOLOGY: Views objects as markers of social relationships. «Who is the user? » «How are users defined? » «Who defines the users? » «Through what means they are defined? » « Technological systems are outcomes of experience, choice and techniques » NEW AREAS to STUDY MATERIAL CULTURE
THE POLITICS of MATERIALITY Sweet & Fruity Wines Dry & Bold Wines Marketing Different Production Rituals Establish, Maintain and Regenerate POWER and STATUS
THE POLITICS of MATERIALITY GENDER WOMEN TECHNOLOGY (Absent & Underrepresented) Dominant Sexist Hierarchies
THE POLITICS of MATERIALITY CONSUMPTION JUNCTION Make TECHNOLOGICAL CHOICES Competing Objects Active participants of Technological Processes
THE POLITICS of MATERIALITY POWER DIFFERENTIALS Ideologies Material Objects & Technologies EMBODY Property Rights Collective Memory Landscapes
THE POLITICS of MATERIALITY BARTHESIAN IDEA of MYTH Regimes Texts & Material Objects NATURALIZE Values Ideologies « SIGNS are universal BUT behind them is a system of connotations that evoke ideas, beliefs, and values. »
THE POLITICS of MATERIALITY GENDE R CLASS STATUS MATERIAL CULTURE is POLITICAL
OBJECTIFICATION Relationships Identities Values
OBJECTIFICATION MILLER (1987) The process where human beings take a double step process: TİLLEY (2 oo 6 b: 6 o) The process implicated in action Physical Production of Things 1 ) Seperation 2 ) Reappropriation Self-Constitution of Identities Interactions between people «We are not the wine we drink. » Outside world (i. e. Objects; Wine) is the subject to willful «manipulation» Beliefs Ideas Values Traits TAKE Material Shape Without the things – material culture - we could neither be ourselves, nor know ourselves. Ideas Values Traits Beliefs Material Shape
OBJECTIFICATION Material Form is the TOOL Generate Reproduce Society Transform « Object and Subject are both the same, yet very different. » (Tilley, 2006 b: 60)
OBJECTIFICATION SOCIETY RELATION SHIPS SELF OBJECTS PERSO N TECHNOLOG Y « Objectification is the key link between materality and technology, and among the disciplines and fields dedicated to the study of both. »
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DISCUSSION POINTS Experience, Techniques, Choices and Uses are all related closely and feed each other. ? All material objects are POLITICAL ! ? OBJECTIFICATION. We transform our relationships, values and «identities» into material forms and in return these material forms transform us into the being we are right now.