What lies beneath - future problems of truth and power in design
Session type:
Case Study
Presented by:
Alastair Somerville
Acuity Design
Session duration:
45 minutes
About the session
Anthropology, psychology and neuroscience are all used in service design to enable human-centred products. However, all 3 have dark histories of racism, sexism, eugenics and colonialism. All 3 enabled powerful people in government to abuse and control people in the UK and beyond. How does service design prevent itself being trapped in the same way? This discussion session is about looking back at what went wrong and looking forward to think about design for good for all.
Conference Theme: Power