Re-entangling design and science fiction : the case of Daleko
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2021
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Edições Universitárias Lusófonas
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The present article discusses how speculative design relates to technoscientific extrapolation, an important science fiction feature, to plan for potential scenarios and prototype viable models of futurity. Through it, the paper outlines some important nuances between different approaches concerning speculative design’s role, considering their particular epistemological assumptions. A specific case is presented and discussed: Daleko (2020), a project developed for the Strelka Institute’s Terraforming program. This project consists of nine science fiction pieces that entangle issues of waste management, technical infrastructure, and climate politics, discussing the problematic conception of waste as a form of externality and imagining future scenarios for managing it through a more holistic perspective. By analysing Daleko’s approach to speculative design, in its final section the article suggests further developing speculative projects in contexts of design education. This would serve towards stimulating designers to ponder how their craft relates to anthropogenic impact and how it can play a decisive role in prospecting more viable future scenarios.
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International journal of film and media arts
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DESIGN, EDUCAÇÃO, FICÇÃO CIENTÍFICA, ELABORAÇÃO DE PROJETOS, ALTERAÇÕES CLIMÁTICAS, GESTÃO DE RESÍDUOS, GEOPOLÍTICA, DESIGN, EDUCATION, SCIENCE FICTION, DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS, CLIMATE CHANGES, WASTE MANAGEMENT, GEOPOLITICS