Os conceitos e aplicações da ergonomia estão em constante discussão no âmbito acadêmico, caracterizando um corpus de conhecimento de grande expressividade para a própria ciência ergonômica e demais áreas tecnológicas correlatas, a saber: engenharias, design, arquitetura, e outras.
O objetivo desta pesquisa foi verificar até que ponto a formação acadêmica ministrada nos cursos de design responde aos anseios da sociedade e do setor produtivo e o de coletar subsídios para a discussão da situação do ensino de design no Brasil e elaboração de estratégias que permitam sua melhoria de maneira a ter profissionais adequados ao desenvolvimento de produtos que, embora co…
Die Theorie der Produktsprache stellte einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Designtheorie dar. An der Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren entwickelt, erweiterte sie das funktionalistische Verständnis von Produkten hinsichtlich ihrer Zeichenhaftigkeit und Bedeutungsdimension.
In its constructive and speculative nature, design has the critical potential to reshape prevalent socio-material realities. At the same time, design is inevitably normative, if not often violent, as it stabilises the past, normalises the present, and precludes just and sustainable futures.
In an increasingly interconnected world wine market, evolving consumer demands, technologies, and climate have all contributed to large shifts in global patterns of production and consumption of wine.
Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe contends that food is a fundamental element of heritage, and a particularly important one in times of crisis. Arguing that food, taste, cuisine and gastronomy are crucial markers of identity that are inherently connected to constructions of place, tradition and the past, the book demonstrates how they play a role in intangible, as well as tangible, heritage.
Until very recently, most grape-based wine was consumed close to where it was produced, and mostly that was in Europe.
This volume presents a collection of the most recent knowledge on the relationship between gender and fashion in historical and contemporary contexts. Through fourteen essays divided into three segments – how dress creates, disrupts and transcends gender – the chapters investigate gender issues through the lens of fashion. Crossing Gender Boundaries first examines how clothing has been, and…
Do ties between political parties and businesses harm or benefit the development of market institutions? The post-communist transition offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore when and how networks linking the polity and the economy support the development of functional institutions. A quantitative and qualitative analysis covering eleven post-socialist countries combined with detailed cas…
O livro traz reflexões unindo questões sociais, da saúde e da nutrição. Na primeira parte, apresenta uma ampla revisão bibliográfica sobre a área da antropologia e da nutrição. Na segunda parte, abordam-se os paradoxos e repercussões das transformações sociais e da internacionalização da economia na cultura alimentar.