ID423 UNDERSTANDING DESIGN ANTHROPOLOGY
| Course Code: | 1250423 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Focuses on anthropological and sociological theories in relation to the fıeld 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.