Artifact Analysis
Artifact analysis means examining objects from diverse pasts to understand design's plural historical trajectories, and it is named alongside precedent study as a method for engaging with historical design precedents.
Within Design Ethnoevolution's call to acknowledge plural pasts, the book states: "Acknowledging Plural Pasts & Trajectories: Moving beyond a single, linear, often Eurocentric narrative to explore the diverse evolutionary trajectories of design practices across different cultures and time periods... Methodologies like Artifact Analysis (examining objects from diverse pasts), Design Archive Research (seeking out non-canonical archives), and studying diverse traditions are essential here." It is also named among the methods for engaging the past: "Even when we meticulously analyze historical precedents (Past using methods like Artifact Analysis or Precedent Study), rigorously test prototypes in the Present... all this cognitive and creative work occurs irrevocably within the fleeting moment of the present."
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Entries this one is tied to through the book.
Methods
- Cross-Cultural Design · both placed under Design Ethnoevolution
- Design Archive Research · both placed under Design Ethnoevolution
- Design Fiction · both placed under Design Ethnoevolution
- Precedent Study · both placed under Design Ethnoevolution
- Reflective Practice · both placed under Design Ethnoevolution
- Speculative Design · both placed under Design Ethnoevolution
In the Framework
- Design Ethnoevolution · concept
In the book
- Chapter 2, section 018 · The Temporal Paradox and Event Types
- Chapter 2, section 019 · Design Ethnoevolution: The Evolution of Knowledge
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