Julia Watson explores the technologies of indigenous peoples. Her book »Lo-TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism« presents numerous examples and combines the perspective of design and architecture with traditional knowledge about botany and biodiversity. In conversation with Viviane Stappmanns, curator of the exhibition »Garden Futures: Designing with Nature«, she adresses how traditional knowledge about botany and nature can enrich our gardens and our lives. Talk in the context of the exhibition Garden Futures: Designing with Nature 25.03.2023 – 03.10.2023 Vitra Design Museum More information: https://www.design-museum.de/garden-futures/en An exhibition by the Vitra Design Museum, the Wüstenrot Foundation, and the Nieuwe Instituut. #VDMGardenFutures The talk was recorded in May 2023. Edit: David Pujadas Bosch

Contemporary designers understand the urgency of reducing humanity’s negative environmental impact, yet most perpetuate a dependence upon of technology that relies upon the exploitation of nature. The justification of this has been the confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, which allowed the intellectuals of the European Enlightenment to construct a mythology of technology that ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive. Lo–TEK, derived from Traditional Ecological Knowledge, is a cumulative body of multigenerational knowledge, practices, and beliefs, countering the idea that indigenous innovation is primitive and exists isolated in technology. It is sophisticated and designed to work sustainably with complex ecosystem. - - - ETH Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eth/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ethzurich/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/eth_en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/eth-zurich/ https://www.ethz.ch

Conheça no volume 10 do magazinebook iDeia Design, como as low-techs de comunidades indígenas ao redor do mundo podem contribuir para frear as mudanças climáticas.

Erica Blair, Associate Director at Burning Man Projects Julia Watson, Designer, activist, academic and author Sarah Ichioka, Co-Author of Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency Chaired by Hattie Hartman, Sustainability Editor at The Architects' Journal