Care-Politics

STS, Feminism, and Design

Sarah Pennington author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bristol University Press

Publishing:30th Nov '26

£29.99

This title is due to be published on 30th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Care-Politics cover

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

This book brings feminist science and technology studies together with design research, arguing that design's focus on 'matters of concern' can be shifted toward 'matters of care'. It introduces a typology of five care-politics, a framework for understanding how care is put into practice.

Using case studies that range from a workshop on gender in design to the ongoing responsibilities of research devices, the book explores the pitfalls of working ‘with care’ and proposes more inventive approaches to ethics.

This is a key resource for scholars and students grappling with the ethical and political dimensions of design and related fields.

'A highly original and necessary bridge between feminist STS and design research. Moving away from both romantic notions of “care” and innocent views of design, this book offers a rigorous analysis of the power dynamics inherent in design practices. An essential text for researchers and students of design and the social sciences.' Daniel López Gomez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

ISBN: 9781529251975

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172 pages