Comments on: Social relations included in design http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/30/social-relations-included-in-design/ mind/tech bazar from outer space Fri, 16 May 2008 05:01:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: Nicolas Nova http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/30/social-relations-included-in-design/#comment-437875 Nicolas Nova Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:02:42 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/30/social-relations-included-in-design/#comment-437875 well I guess Latour's point is less about design than promoting a comprehensive or descriptive approach of reality, he's a sociologist and the only prognostications he has done were into politics, not design. but that's definitely a good point, and food for thoughts for the nearfuturelaboratory; my take here is that going though this process (uncovering the lived nature of social objects) should help to unfold new opportunities, new practices and eventually new myths(?) I really like this writing style, very poetic IMHO well I guess Latour’s point is less about design than promoting a comprehensive or descriptive approach of reality, he’s a sociologist and the only prognostications he has done were into politics, not design.

but that’s definitely a good point, and food for thoughts for the nearfuturelaboratory; my take here is that going though this process (uncovering the lived nature of social objects) should help to unfold new opportunities, new practices and eventually new myths(?)

I really like this writing style, very poetic IMHO

]]> By: Julian Bleecker http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/30/social-relations-included-in-design/#comment-437820 Julian Bleecker Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:39:06 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/30/social-relations-included-in-design/#comment-437820 This is a good find — my Latour bibliography hasn't ranged much beyond his book writing. It's interesting this approach of creating mythologies as histories that help explicate our deep, deep inextricable imbrications with the things we make and the practices of making them. It's like making a history that tells different stories about where we are and where we can go — creating new possible futures. But, I wonder — once you have created this appreciation of the lived nature of (social)objects — then what? How does this shape and inform the creation and design of new kinds of social objects, and to what ends? What practices are most crucially in need of new origin myths? This is a good find — my Latour bibliography hasn’t ranged much beyond his book writing. It’s interesting this approach of creating mythologies as histories that help explicate our deep, deep inextricable imbrications with the things we make and the practices of making them. It’s like making a history that tells different stories about where we are and where we can go — creating new possible futures. But, I wonder — once you have created this appreciation of the lived nature of (social)objects — then what? How does this shape and inform the creation and design of new kinds of social objects, and to what ends? What practices are most crucially in need of new origin myths?

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