Qualia and Extended Field of Contemporary Design
Leila Reinert
Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts 2017 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0510-5.ch009 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that qualia, as studied by neuroscience, should be explicitly articulated with contemporary subject-focused design, because designers shape collective life and must rethink relations among artifact, user, and projected environment in light of neuroscientific and digital transformations. |
Abstract
This study presents the concept of qualia, studied by neuroscience as one of the important aspects for the development of a conscious mind, and its association with the contemporary design focused on the subject. With the expansion of the field of design in understanding and extension, the meaning of the word design makes it necessary to review new relations that are formed among the artifact, user, and projected environment. The advancement of neurosciences combined with digital technologies provides a profound transformation in the understanding of human subjectivity when searching to unveil, empirically, the mysteries of the human mind. This transformation is directly linked to the manner in which designers design because they are responsible for redrafting the collective life on Earth before the forthcoming ecological crisis. Design and qualia are a necessary articulation to cautiously improve our surroundings.