Docente a contratto
Docente
Profilo biografico
Michael Kaethler è un sociologo del design il cui lavoro si concentra sulla trasmissione, produzione e incarnazione della conoscenza nell’arte e nelle pratiche orientate al design. Ha ricoperto una serie di posizioni diverse, da ricercatore sui diritti umani in contesti di conflitto e post-conflitto, curatore, educatore di design e scrittore, che hanno portato a una vasta gamma di pubblicazioni in letteratura sia scientifica che orientata alla pratica. Tra I suoi libri più recenti“Social Matter, Social Design” (2020) e “The Auto-ethnographic Turn in Design” (2021). Kaethler è attualmente è un affiliato di ricerca nell’unità Pianificazione e Sviluppo (P&D) del Dipartimento di Architettura, KU Leuven (BE) dove esplora la sovrapposizione di diritti, design e innovazione sociale. È inoltre Docente di Antropologia del design all’Università degli studi della Republica di San Marino dove tiene corsi che insegnano a ridisegnare i metodi antropologici. Ha conseguito un dottorato di ricerca in Architettura, un M.Eng in Human Settlements e un M.A in Slavistica. Vive in Italia dove sperimenta progetti agricoli e gioca con i suoi tre figli selvaggi.
Pubblicazioni
Books
Schouwenberg, L., and Kaethler, M., (eds.) (forthcoming 2021) The Auto-Ethnographic
Turn in Design, Valiz press, Amsterdam.
Boelen, J., and Kaethler, M.,(eds.) (2020) Social Matter, Social Design, Valiz press,
Amsterdam.
Scientific Journal Articles
Kaethler M. (2019). Curating creative communities of practice: the role of ambiguity.
Journal of Organization Design (8:10)
Kampelmann S., Kaethler M., Vickery Hill A. (2018). Curating complexity: An artful
approach for real-world system transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal
Transitions, 27, 59-71.
Kaethler M., De Blust S., Devos T. (2017). Ambiguity as agency: critical opportunists in the
neoliberal city. CoDesign, 13 (3), 175-186.
Book Chapters (Relevant)
Kaethler, M. (2021). Dancing dirty on the fringes: the auto-ethnographic turn in design. In:
The auto- ethnographic turn in design, (48-60). Valiz press. ISBN: 9789493246041.
Kaethler, M., Schouwenberg, L. (2021). The auto-ethnographic turn in design. In: The
auto-ethnographic turn in design, (12-24). Valiz press.
Kaethler, M. (2021). Towards intrinsic value: the production of the self in relation to the
other. Conversation with Hicham Khalidi. In: The auto- ethnographic turn in design,
(48-60). Valiz press.
Kaethler, M. (2021). The self and the other: a psychoanalytical reading of autoethnographic
design. Conversation with Ben Shai van der Wal. In: The auto- ethnographic
turn in design.
Kaethler, M. (2021). Honest, small scale, poetic and symbolic: understanding the world by
starting with the personal. Conversation with Timo de Rijk. In: The auto- ethnographic turn
in design.
Kaethler, M. (2021). A matter of terminology: the self as a site for research. Conversation
with Oli Stratford. In: The auto- ethnographic turn in design, (48-60). Valiz press. ISBN:
9789493246041.
Kaethler M., Calderon P., (2020) Bourgeois. In Staszowski E., Tassanari V., Design in Dark
Times: an Arendtian Lexicon, Bloomsbury Press, London.
Kaethler, M., Boelen, J. (2020). Social Matter, Social Design. In: Boelen, J., and Kaethler,
M., (Eds.), Social Matter, Social Design, (11-27). Valiz.
Kaethler, M. (2020). Doubts and dilemmas: A dialogue between Social Design mentors. In:
Boelen, J., and Kaethler, M., (Eds.), Social Matter, Social Design, (11-27). Valiz.
Kaethler, M. (2020). All design is social. In Boelen, J., and Kaethler, M., (Eds.), Social
Matter, Social Design, (11-27). Valiz.
Kaethler, M., (2019) Communities of Practice: Communicating the Inarticuleable, in (eds)
Van den Broeck, P., Mehmood, A., Paidakaki, A., Parra, C. ’Social Innovation as Political
Transformation. Thoughts for a Better World’. Edward Elgar Publishing.
De Blust S., Devos T., Kaethler M., Heynen H., (2019) Ambiguïteit als strategie: kritische
praktijken in de neoliberale stad, Dialogen over ruimte, planning en ontwerp in Vlaanderen
en Brussel. University of Leuven Press.
Kaethler M. (2018). Beyond Ideological Naivety and Do-Goodism: Critical Reflections on
Social Design. In: Schouwenberg L., Grootens J. (Eds.), Questioning Design. Design
Academy Eindhoven.
Kaethler M., Golchehr S. (2017). Correlation is Dismantling our Urban Narratives: A
Lament and a Plea. In: Bertoletti E., Daam H., Piredda F., Tassinari V. (Eds.), The Pearl
Diver: The designer as Story Teller. Desis, Milano.
Kaethler M. (2017). The Curator as Hermes: a mediator between knowledge worlds. In:
Hamers D., Bueno de Mesquita N., Vaneycken A., Schoffelen J. (Eds.), Trading Places:
Practices of Public Participation in Art and Design Resesarch. Barcelona: DPR Barcelona.
Kaethler M., Krzys Acord S. (2017). Thinking with Curating: an Interview with Sophia Krzys
Acord by Michael Kaethler. In: Hamers D., Bueno de Mesquita N., Vaneycken A.,
Schoffelen J. (Eds.), Trading Places: Practices of Public Participation in Art and Design
Resesarch. Barcelona: DPR Barcelona.
Kaethler, M. (2017). Lexicon Curating. In: D. Hamers, N. Bueno de Mesquita, A.
Vaneycken, J. Schoffelen (Eds.), Trading Places: Practices of Public Participation in Art
and Design Research, Barcelona: DPR Barcelona.
Kaethler, M. (2016). Please Mind the Suburbs. In: V. Louisa (Eds.), “In the Future We
Won’t Talk about Suburbia Anymore”, (24-28). Lochristi : Vermoere.