Technology in Design Education and Research

A Posthumanist Approach

Abstract

We already live in an AI-assisted, Instagram-obsessed, phygitally blended, NFT-invested and metaverse-immersed posthuman environment. What is the role of Technology in design education and research? Can a posthumanism approach to Technology facilitate a productive and creative relationship between design education, research, and activism? This paper discusses three cross-disciplinary design pedagogy and research projects to contextualise our contemporary relationship with Technology across three scenes. Each Scene is a probe to reflect on what it means to be posthuman, exploring posthumanist approaches to Technology through its design agency, transformative potential, and consequences.