23 August 2008
Design Anthropology
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What can designers learn from anthropologists?
Our guest today believes they can learn a great deal. In fact, she has married the two disciplines and is a leading exponent of what has come to be known as design anthropology.
She believes successful design begins with carefully observing human nature, whether it be how high-heeled shoes affect natural ways of walking or how participation in the design process empowers marginalised communities.
Guests
Dori Tunstall
Associated Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Further Information
Read about design anthropology
Presenter
Alan Saunders
Producer
Mark Wakely
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