Affective Disassembly
Author
Jarvis, David Ian
Term
4. Term
Education
Publication year
2020
Submitted on
2020-02-29
Pages
40
Abstract
This thesis explores whether product disassembly and material separation can be shifted from the first act of post-ownership industrial waste handling to the last act of product ownership, asking: How could Design for Disassembly be conceptualized when disassembly is treated as a consumer practice? The project builds context through desk research on the circular economy and electronic waste and a field study observing disassembly practices at one of Europe’s largest recycling plants. It then conducts two research workshops in which a single participant is asked to disassemble products so the emotional and experiential (affective) dimensions of the practice can be examined. The analysis is grounded in Practice Theory, focusing on materials, competences, and meanings, and brings together the traditionally engineering-led field of Design for Disassembly with approaches that design for pleasure and emotional attachment, drawing on frameworks from Jordan, Chapman, and Ortiz Nicolas. The work culminates in proposing a potential new approach, “Affective Disassembly,” and suggests that attention to engagement and experience can support the study of disassembly and inform product design for end-of-life interactions. Beyond this proposition, the excerpt does not detail further empirical findings.
Specialet undersøger, om produktdemontering og materialeseparation kan flyttes fra den første handling i industrien efter ejerskab til den sidste handling i brugerens ejerskab, og stiller forskningsspørgsmålet: Hvordan kan Design for Disassembly konceptualiseres, når demontering betragtes som en forbrugerpraksis? Projektet etablerer kontekst gennem desk research om cirkulær økonomi og elektronikaffald samt et feltstudie af demonteringspraksisser på et af Europas største genanvendelsesanlæg. Herefter gennemføres to forskningsworkshops, hvor en enkelt person bliver bedt om at demontere produkter, så den affektive (følelsesmæssige og oplevelsesmæssige) dimension af praksissen kan undersøges. Analysen er forankret i praksisteori med fokus på materialer, kompetencer og betydninger og kombinerer den traditionelt ingeniørorienterede tilgang til Design for Disassembly med perspektiver fra design for nydelse og følelsesmæssig tilknytning, herunder rammer fra Jordan, Chapman og Ortiz Nicolas. Arbejdet munder ud i at foreslå en potentiel ny tilgang, “Affective Disassembly”, og peger på, at hensyn til engagement og oplevelse kan understøtte studiet af demontering og informere produktdesign til slutfaseinteraktioner. Udover denne proposition beskriver uddraget ikke nærmere empiriske fund.
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