设计人类学发展历程回顾与思考

REVIEW AND REFLECTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN ANTHROPOLOGY

本文通过梳理设计人类学的发展历程,认为设计人类学的功能、研究手段及其学术旨趣都在发生变化,其从服务于商业实践应用逐渐拓展为立足设计文化的独立研究领域。这之中既显示出设计作为文化与社会整体观照对象的学术发展趋势,也呈现出设计学与人类学跨学科交叉融合所形成的纵深研究空间。设计人类学在本土至少能在3个向度上持续发力,分别是实践工具、知识生产和交叉学科。

Design anthropology originated from anthropology’s attention to material culture.From“applied anthropology”to“design anthropology”,the collaborative practice of design and anthropology has existed silently for nearly one hundred years.Through a review of its development history,it can be found that the function,research means and academic purport of design anthropology have changed to a great extent,and it has gradually expanded from serving commercial application practice to a research field based on design culture.It not only shows the academic development trend of design as the overall object of cultural and social observation,but also presents the deep research space formed by the interdisciplinary integration of design and anthropology,which provides a new perspective and ideas for the social innovative design in the new era,the creative transformation of intangible cultural heritage and many other aspects.