ID423 UNDERSTANDING DESIGN ANTHROPOLOGY
| Course Code: |
1250423 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(2-2) |
| ECTS Credit: |
5.0 |
| Department: |
Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Focuses on anthropological and sociological theories in relation to the fýeld of design to develop critical design thinking. Follows mainly a post-structuralist theoretical approach to reflect upon design`s relation with social sciences. Aims to employ anthropological, sociological ethnographic methods and theoretical/methodological approaches in design anthropology for critical design thinking to understand, explain, and disclose materialty of things and users engagement with things and environments.
