Crafting spaces between design and futures: The case of the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform

Cher Potter; D. K. Osseo-Asare; Mugendi K. M'Rithaa

doi:10.6531/JFS.201903_23(3).0004

Crafting spaces between design and futures: The case of the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform

Cher Potter, D. K. Osseo-Asare, Mugendi K. M'Rithaa

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Abstract

Written as a design studies inquiry, this article employs a futures studies technique - namely causal layered analysis (CLA) - to further examine a design practice case study. CLA is used as a lens through which to analyse the ideologies and worldviews embodied in the "design future" postulated by the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform in Accra, Ghana. Preliminary ideas regarding a fuller exchange between the disciplines of futures studies and design studies are suggested.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	39-56
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Futures Studies
Volume	23
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.6531/JFS.201903_23(3).0004
State	Published - Mar 1 2019

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Decision Sciences(all)
Development
History and Philosophy of Science

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Potter, C., Osseo-Asare, D. K., & M'Rithaa, M. K. (2019). Crafting spaces between design and futures: The case of the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform. Journal of Futures Studies, 23(3), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.6531/JFS.201903_23(3).0004

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