{"product_id":"lo-tek-design-by-radical-indigenism-julia-watson","title":"Lo-Tek: Design by Radical Indigenism \/ Julia Watson (NEW)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"opt-publisher\"\u003eTASCHEN,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"opt-publish-date\"\u003e2019. Cardboard covers. NEW.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"opt-publish-date\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThree hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emythology of technology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, this mythology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, deeming it primitive. Today, we have slowly come to realize that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethe legacy of this mythology is haunting us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigners understand the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eurgency of reducing humanity’s negative environmental impact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, yet perpetuate the same mythology of technology that relies on exploiting nature. Responding to climate change by building hard infrastructures and favoring high-tech homogenous design, we are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eignoring millennia-old knowledge of how to live in symbiosis with nature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Without implementing soft systems that use biodiversity as a building block, designs remain inherently unsustainable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLo—TEK, derived from Traditional Ecological Knowledge, is a cumulative body of multigenerational knowledge, practices, and beliefs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, countering the idea that indigenous innovation is primitive and exists isolated from technology. It is sophisticated and designed to sustainably work with complex ecosystems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by anthropologist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWade Davis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand four chapters spanning Mountains, Forests, Deserts, and Wetlands, Julia Watson explores\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethousands of years of human wisdom and ingenuity from 18 countries including Peru, the Philippines, Tanzania, Kenya, Iran, Iraq, India, and Indonesia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. We rediscover an ancient mythology in a contemporary context, radicalizing the spirit of human nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etactile reading experience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of Lo—TEK reflects the ingenuity of carefully selected projects with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003esophisticated design details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecopper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e highlights the value of ancient knowledge, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecardboard hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e echoes rawness, and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSwiss binding showcases an open spine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and reveals the construction of the book, just as the book discloses hidden technological knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56067097100454,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/lo-tek.jpg?v=1767471917","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/lo-tek-design-by-radical-indigenism-julia-watson","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}