ABSTRACT
In a contemporary world where our hopes are ongoingly crushed by global politics and eroded by everyday life circumstances, uncertainty is often perceived as an increasingly prominent feature of existence, combined with imagined possible worlds of horror, fear and despair. Uncertainty – however unwelcome and blamed for crisis, insecurity vulnerability and indecision – is constant, ongoing and continual. Both anthropology and design are fields that acknowledge the importance of situated, embodied and lived accounts, rather than those of a detached observer, and they see their positions as already entangled within and implicated in the sites they perform. Another key characteristic of design workshops is the practice of design documentation, which involves careful record-keeping as well as the collection and storage of materials produced by participants. The chapter also presents an overview on the key concepts discussed in this book.
