This is a book about design more specifically this book is an ethnographic study of swedish design how design and designing work in sweden and how the ordinary things of the world there the often unnoticed accoutrements of everyday life have come to acquire a certain political vitality over the course of the twentieth century stemming from even earlier origins and continuing today a powerful and pervasive discourse has emerged amid the parallel developments of both the swedish model . Design is a key site of cultural production and change in contemporary society anthropologists have been involved in design projects for several decades but only recently a new field of inquiry has emerged which aims to integrate the strengths of design thinking and anthropological researchthis book is written by anthropologists who actively participate in the development of design anthropology. Swedish design an ethnography expertise cultures and technologies of knowledge murphy keith m 9780801453298 amazoncom books. Expertise is dedicated to publishing innovative scholarship situated at the vibrant juncture of the anthropology of knowledge science and technology studies and new media studies the proliferation of new technologies across the world today is generating new forms of knowledge and techniques of knowing that are in turn transforming existing practices and institutions understanding these . Buy swedish design an ethnography expertise cultures and technologies of knowledge illustrated by murphy keith isbn 9780801479663 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders