Imagination as Social Practice
“The imagination has become an organized field of social practices, a form of work (in the sense of both labor and culturally organized practice,) a form of work (in the sense of both labor and culturally organized practice,) and a form of negotiation between sites of agency (individuals) and globally defined field of possibility.” (Appadurai, Disjuncture and Difference in the [...]
12.14.12 | External Partnerships, Ideas, Interdisciplinary Collaborations, Transblog
The Rise of Furnishing Public Wealth
“Why would any person choose to contribute – voluntarily – to a public good that she can partake of, unchecked, as a free rider on the effort of others? Because every individual can see that not only her own incentives, but the incentives of there individuals are thus aligned, the system ought to unravel backward [...]
10.26.12 | External Partnerships, Interdisciplinary Collaborations, Transblog
Responsibility // Designers and Clients of a System
Although some young adults practice responsible financial decisions, there is a growing young community lacking the financial literacy to take on new, intensive, and often abrupt financial responsibilities. Can design methods be employed to devise transparency with the financial responsibility associated with taking on these culpabilities? The answer is yes. There is an inexhaustible amount [...]
