From Breaches to Breachers : Three designers reveal blindspots in the design field from a position of in-betweenness/‘mellanförskap’
(2024) In Formakademisk 17(1).- Abstract
This article offers a development of Garfinkel’s (1984) breaching experiments. The discussed breaches are not artificially staged to provoke a reaction; instead, they occur spontaneously in their context—in this case, the design field. Also, the focus shifts from the breaches to the people enacting them, the breachers. Three examples of breachers are compared, enabling a deep understanding of what they have in common, what sets them apart and what they reveal about the prevalent conditions of the context in which they occur. From a position of in-betweenness/’mellanförskap’, breachers illuminate blindspots and push the boundaries of what questions are possible to ask in their respective fields. Not only breaches but also breachers offer... (More)
This article offers a development of Garfinkel’s (1984) breaching experiments. The discussed breaches are not artificially staged to provoke a reaction; instead, they occur spontaneously in their context—in this case, the design field. Also, the focus shifts from the breaches to the people enacting them, the breachers. Three examples of breachers are compared, enabling a deep understanding of what they have in common, what sets them apart and what they reveal about the prevalent conditions of the context in which they occur. From a position of in-betweenness/’mellanförskap’, breachers illuminate blindspots and push the boundaries of what questions are possible to ask in their respective fields. Not only breaches but also breachers offer valuable friction and build norm awareness, which is a premise for norm criticism and ultimately, norm creativity.
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- Christoforidou, Despina LU
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- 2024
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Blindspots, breachers, breaches, in-betweenness/’mellanförskap’, norm awareness, norm creativity, norm critique, norms and values
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- Formakademisk
- volume
- 17
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 1
- publisher
- FORMakademisk
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- scopus:85212124639
- ISSN
- 1890-9515
- DOI
- 10.7577/formakademisk.5157
- project
- Norms and Values in Design
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 3dd29cc7-6d48-43d4-8dad-166ff15208c5
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- 2025-01-27 12:02:23
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