I Land Here: An Exploration of Material Boundaries
| aut.embargo | No | en_NZ |
| aut.thirdpc.contains | No | en_NZ |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jowsey, Sue | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Smith, Mandy | |
| dc.contributor.author | McIntosh, Ella Augusta Leuthart | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-09T02:08:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-12-09T02:08:00Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2022 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-12-09T01:25:35Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | In a search for new understandings of the relationship between the maker and the made, this practice-based research explores the conceptual threshold of material boundaries through a lens of eco-philosophical thought. Reflective mappings of autoethnographic inquiry and a symbiotic design approach investigate the interplay of mind and matter, and the agency of both in the formation of experimental biofabricated materials made from starch-based bioplastics and symbiotic cultures of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY). Theories of eco-philosophical thought, eco-logic, and material ecocriticism are used further to explore a mutualism between the maker and the made, a symbiosis focused on moving towards the synergy of human and non-human creation. Final reflections suggest the potentiality of symbiotic design practice as a way forward for ethical creation orientated toward an eco-logical awareness for design and material futures. | en_NZ |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10292/15748 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_NZ |
| dc.publisher | Auckland University of Technology | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | OpenAccess | |
| dc.title | I Land Here: An Exploration of Material Boundaries | en_NZ |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_NZ |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Auckland University of Technology | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters Theses | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Design | en_NZ |