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Designing the Domestic Posthuman
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Ever since TIME magazine’s 1983 ‘Man of the Year’ was the PC, we have been led to believe that our domestic spaces have been colonised by digital technology. Too little attention has been paid to the domestic spaces and inhabitants impacted by this, and critical posthumanism...
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Applying feminist philosophy to posthumanism, this book examines domestic objects, spaces and practices and envisions an alternative, inclusive design framework for future humanity
Applying feminist philosophy to posthumanism, this book examines domestic objects, spaces and practices and envisions an alternative, inclusive design framework for future humanity
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Ever since TIME magazine’s 1983 ‘Man of the Year’ was the PC, we have been led to believe that our domestic spaces have been colonised by digital technology. Too little attention has been paid to the domestic spaces and inhabitants impacted by this, and critical posthumanism has been captured by a picture of humanity overly indebted to digital technologies and their largely male progenitors.
By applying feminist theory to posthumanism, this work recovers the plethora of sophisticated human-technology mediations associated with the home and practised primarily by women, the elderly, infants, the disabled, and across cultures globally, challenging dominant, contemporary visions of a future humanity.
Authors Dennis M. Weiss and Colbey Emmerson Reid look at various iterations of the posthuman and assert the need for alternative, feminist readings that emphasise different standpoints from which to assess people, places, and products. Chapters address the impact of posthumanism on design theory and look at familiar domestic objects, with different attributes from those typically affiliated with technology and the future, such as clothing, textiles, ceramics, furniture, and wallpaper. They reveal their unhomely, extra-human qualities and offer a much-needed perspective on domestic spaces and practices, revivifying the home as a site of species transformation and pushing beyond traditional understandings of person, mothering, families, and care-giving to highlight a range of critically-overlooked mediated materialisms and embodiments affiliated with domestic space.
By focusing on the neglected intersection of the posthuman with the home and exploring domestic posthuman design, Designing the Domestic Posthuman offers a vision of a future humanity that retains identity, integrity, and considers our relationship to others, to the world and things in it. This book widens the lens of critical focus in posthumanism, feminist philosophy, and design and presents an alternative, inclusive design framework for the future.
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ISBN: 9781350566798
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Illustration: 10 bw illus
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 232.0mm
Weight: 461g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Dennis M. Weiss is Professor of Philosophy at York College of Pennsylvania, USA. He works at the intersection of philosophical anthropology, philosophy of technology, and philosophy of culture. He is the editor of Interpreting Man (2002) and co-editor of Design, Mediation, and the Posthuman (2016). He has published more than 30 articles in journals and anthologies on topics ranging from critical posthumanism to The Twilight Zone and the philosophy of Philip K. Dick.
Colbey Emmerson Reid is Professor and Chair of Fashion Studies at Columbia College Chicago, USA. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Fashion Lab, a Chicago-based organization for academic-corporate partnerships in co-creating and executing custom design research and product development projects. She studies the interface of fashion and interior design with technology and disability studies. She co-edited Design, Mediation, and the Posthuman (2016) and contributed to Emerging Genres in New Media Environments (2017). She has won awards for her essays on design flaws and statistical aesthetics as well as for a series of external outreach and engagement projects executed in the Research Triangle in North Carolina in 2013-2016.
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