Abstract
This paper presents a preliminary exploration of some of the challenges in locating and articulating value in design, such that values beyond econometrically measured ones are considered more effectively. We take value in design – in its fullest extent – to be multiple, unstable, emergent and contingent. As such, it presents numerous forms beyond financial ones that are often difficult to articulate, let alone recognise. For design, giving closer attention to the territories and temporalities of value may help in this quest. Here, rather than taking ‘bounded’ frameworks for value measurement, we propose moving with and through the design project, revealing forms of value as they occur. Exploring and surfacing these is also part of the historical work of breaking free from contemporary neoliberal orthodoxies that govern value.
Keywords
Neoliberalism, Econometrics, Social value, Territories, Temporalities
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https://doi.org/10.21606/nordes.2021.8
Citation
Julier, G.,and Hodson, E.(2021) Value, design, scale: towards a territories and temporalities approach, in Brandt, E., Markussen, T., Berglund, E., Julier, G., Linde, P. (eds.), Nordes 2021: Matters of Scale, 15-18 August, Kolding, Denmark. https://doi.org/10.21606/nordes.2021.8
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This paper presents a preliminary exploration of some of the challenges in locating and articulating value in design, such that values beyond econometrically measured ones are considered more effectively. We take value in design – in its fullest extent – to be multiple, unstable, emergent and contingent. As such, it presents numerous forms beyond financial ones that are often difficult to articulate, let alone recognise. For design, giving closer attention to the territories and temporalities of value may help in this quest. Here, rather than taking ‘bounded’ frameworks for value measurement, we propose moving with and through the design project, revealing forms of value as they occur. Exploring and surfacing these is also part of the historical work of breaking free from contemporary neoliberal orthodoxies that govern value.