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Technology in Life

Pertti SaariluomaJaana LeikasJosé J. Cañas

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EngineeringHuman Dimensionbusiness.industryMultidisciplinary approachHuman lifePerspective (graphical)Engineering ethicsDesign thinkingHuman researchbusinessDesign technology

description

Technological advancements have changed human life throughout history as technical inventions have emancipated people from many mundane, necessary tasks. The development of technical artefacts has long relied on the natural sciences and engineering. However, recent technical advancements—such as ubiquitous and multifunctional technologies as well as the emergence of social media—have made it necessary to approach design from a multidisciplinary perspective and to ground design thinking more on the understanding of human mind and human life. As the natural sciences and human research are in many respects different practices, it is time to discuss their mutually inclusive roles in design and to rethink the foundations of (and relationship between) scientific and design thinking.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53047-9_1