Lo-TEK : design by radical indigenism
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Contributors
Davis, Wade, writer of supplementary textual content.
Published
Cologne : Taschen, [2019].
Status
Westover - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
Cologne : Taschen, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
419 pages : illustrations, maps, plans (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
UPC
9783836578189

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Book has special paperback binding with only one side fixed to cover.
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Includes index.
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Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, this mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive. Today, we have slowly come to realize that the legacy of this mythology is haunting us. Designers understand the urgency of reducing humanity's negative environmental impact, yet perpetuate the same mythology of technology that relies on exploiting nature. Responding to climate change by building hard infrastructures and favoring high-tech homogenous design, we are ignoring millennia-old knowledge of how to live in symbiosis with nature. Without implementing soft systems that use biodiversity as a building block, designs remain inherently unsustainable.Lo--TEK, derived from Traditional Ecological Knowledge, is a cumulative body of multigenerational knowledge, practices, and beliefs, countering the idea that indigenous innovation is primitive and exists isolated from technology. It is sophisticated and designed to sustainably work with complex ecosystems. With a foreword by anthropologist Wade Davis and four chapters spanning Mountains, Forests, Deserts, and Wetlands, this book explores thousands of years of human wisdom and ingenuity from 20 countries including Peru, the Philippines, Tanzania, Kenya, Iran, Iraq, India, and Indonesia. We rediscover an ancient mythology in a contemporary context, radicalizing the spirit of human nature.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Watson, J., & Davis, W. (2019). Lo-TEK: design by radical indigenism . Taschen.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Watson, Julia, 1977- and Wade, Davis. 2019. Lo-TEK: Design By Radical Indigenism. Taschen.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Watson, Julia, 1977- and Wade, Davis. Lo-TEK: Design By Radical Indigenism Taschen, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Watson, Julia, and Wade Davis. Lo-TEK: Design By Radical Indigenism Taschen, 2019.

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