Decolonising Design Ethics–An Indian view of the nature of impact of designed artefacts

IF 3.2 1区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING

Design Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI:10.1016/j.destud.2025.101304

Suvodeep Misra, Debayan Dhar, Sukumar Nandi

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Abstract

Designers are increasingly prioritising ethics in their design solutions, utilizing Ethics-Focused Methods (EFMs) derived mainly from Occidental philosophies but applied universally. There's a dearth of EFMs rooted in non-Occidental ethical philosophies leading to a lack of representation of non-Occidental philosophies in the field of Design Ethics. Understanding ethics across cultures and philosophies is crucial for broader understanding of ethical design. This article provides a review of 63 EFMs previously studied by Chivukula, Li, Pivonka, Chen, and Gray (2022) and Gray, Chivukula, Carlock, Li, and Duane (2023), identifies their theoretical foundations and ethical approaches, and proposes integrating Indian Ethics into design methodologies. By using Indian ethical perspectives, a theoretical framework is proposed, enhancing designers' ethical perspectives and enabling more contextually relevant and culturally sensitive design solutions.

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Design Studies 工程技术-工程：制造

CiteScore

8.60

自引率

20.00%

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审稿时长

40 days

期刊介绍： Design Studies is a leading international academic journal focused on developing understanding of design processes. It studies design activity across all domains of application, including engineering and product design, architectural and urban design, computer artefacts and systems design. It therefore provides an interdisciplinary forum for the analysis, development and discussion of fundamental aspects of design activity, from cognition and methodology to values and philosophy. Design Studies publishes work that is concerned with the process of designing, and is relevant to a broad audience of researchers, teachers and practitioners. We welcome original, scientific and scholarly research papers reporting studies concerned with the process of designing in all its many fields, or furthering the development and application of new knowledge relating to design process. Papers should be written to be intelligible and pertinent to a wide range of readership across different design domains. To be relevant for this journal, a paper has to offer something that gives new insight into or knowledge about the design process, or assists new development of the processes of designing.