Making Homes: Anthropology and Design is a strong addition to the emerging field of design
anthropology. Based on the latest scholarship and practice in the social sciences as well as …

The research field of design anthropology is emerging between the fields of anthropology
and design research. This chapter argues that more attention to the ways in which design …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book provides rich empirical cases and theoretical reflections on …

Highlights•Patterns can re-politicize participatory design processes for sustainable
futures.•Co-producing patterns enables contextualization of dwelling futures in everyday …

This paper examines how the social meaning, agency and potentials of algorithms in
everyday life are challenging the technical notions of algorithms that are embedded in their …

'As a metaphorical image, friction reminds us that heterogeneous and unequal encounters
can lead to new arrangements of culture and power'. This chapter is concerned with the …

As the algorithmic retrofitting of everyday interactions steadily advances, so does the need to
understand how humans and algorithms influence each other over time. For this purpose …

From previous research we learned that (1) interaction designers are experiencing new
challenges in response to increasing digitalization, and that (2) current methods and …

Design anthropology is a dynamic interdisciplinary field of scholarship, research, and
practice. Rather than a concern with highlighting divergences between design and …

As a social researcher rooted in the traditions of participatory innovation, I set out to take a
design anthropological approach to study the early unfocused phases of organisational …