Informal reading is a selection of texts compiled to investigate the practice of design. Each series seeks to spur further dialogue and critical thinking within the education and practice of design — amongst students, educators, professionals, or anyone interested in design’s larger socio-political context and impact.
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Informal Reading

Informal reading is a selection of texts compiled to investigate the practice of design. Each series seeks to spur further dialogue and critical thinking within the educaiton and practice of design — amongst students, educators, professionals, or anyone interested in design’s larger socio-political context and impact.

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Preface
Social Design: The Good? The Bad? The Ugly?
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Introduction by Addini Jalani
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Politics and Method

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Ahmed Ansari
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Keeping the System Going: Social Design and the Reproduction of Inequalities in Neoliberal Times

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Guy Julier & Lucy Kimbell
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Consultant Social Design, Austerity and Citizenry

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Guy Julier 
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Social Means Do Not Justify Corruptible Ends: A Realist Perspective of Social Innovation and Design
 

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Otto von Busch & Karl Palmås
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Afterword

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Closing by Addini Jalani
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