Recording: For Love of the World | Elisa Giaccardi: More than human
More than Human
The digital transformation of society challenges us to investigate technology’s impact on each of us and our relationships with one another. A pioneer in the studies of meta-design and more-than-human design, professor and researcher Elisa Giaccardi will bring her insights into reimagining design’s contributions for loving the world.
“Design, while intended for positive transformation, wrestles with the unintended consequences of issues like climate change, resource depletion, and surveillance capitalism. But what if design is part of the problem? How can we reimagine design to embrace more-than-human worlds and better care for the entangled nature of our lives?”
Elisa Giaccardi holds the prestigious position of Professor of More-than-human Design at Politecnico di Milano in Italy. Before assuming this role, she served as Professor and Chair of Post-industrial Design at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft, from 2012 until the end of the previous year. Her work revolves around the intricate challenges posed by the ongoing digital transformation of society, a theme that she explores in both design research and practice. Giaccardi is widely recognized for her pioneering contributions to metadesign, collaborative design processes, and open design methodologies, and for breaking ground in the field of more-than-human design. Her research has been instrumental in advancing post-industrial and post-humanist perspectives within the fields of design and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Presently, she dedicates her efforts to spearheading DCODE, a European research network and doctoral training program. This initiative aims to reshape design in the context of more-than-human worlds, striving to forge inclusive and sustainable pathways for society’s digital transformation.
For Love of the World Festival
Can we write a new story for our world? One where we live in harmony with nature, treat each other equitably and use our knowledge and technology democratically? Studium Generale TU Delft presents the For Love of the World festival, in which we invite you to join us in looking for new and different stories about the world. During this journey, we bring together technology, philosophy, and art to come to new perspectives. We want to shape the future together with you and search for answers to the most important questions. Can we look at our place in the cosmos? How can we learn to treat the planet with more respect? And what impact does the increasing autonomy of technology have on us as humanity? We invite you to participate, to share and discover new stories together.
