Design Anthropological Filmmaking for Automated Futures. (September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pink, Sarah
• Other Names: Pink Sarah guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Qualitative inquiry. Volume 28:Number 7(2022)
• Page Start: 781
• Page End: 797
• Publication Date: 2022-09
• Subjects: design anthropology -- automation -- futures -- documentary filmmaking -- emerging technologies; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/10778004221097060
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8004

Abstract

In this article I introduce the theory and practice of Design Anthropological Filmmaking as a mode of actively proposing alternative possibilities to the technological solutionist narratives and imaginaries that dominate industry, government and policy narratives about automated futures. I argue for documentary practice that is theoretically and critically aligned with a vision of the world as ongoingly emergent, and unfinished, and contests conventional innovation paradigms. To demonstrate this theory-practice dialogue I draw on my collaborative documentaries Laundry Lives and Smart Homes for Seniors which explore everyday life in the home with digital, emerging and automated technologies.