Toying with the Mind
Eliciting the Cultural Design Process of Bāṇārasī Toy Designers
Series: Design Science and Innovation;
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Product details:
- Publisher Springer Nature Singapore
- Date of Publication 3 January 2026
- Number of Volumes 1 pieces, Book
- ISBN 9789819692262
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages242 pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations XXVI, 242 p. 82 illus., 69 illus. in color. Illustrations, black & white 700
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Long description:
This book offers a critical re-examination of cultural design, highlighting the distinct cognitive framework for problem-solving that emerges from culturally specific practices, knowledge systems, and evaluative mechanisms. Through the lens of Bāṇārasī toy designers—a community on whom linguistic analysis has previously revealed a deeply embedded system of design categorization and experiential practice—this book explores how generational tacit knowledge is internalized, transmitted, and applied.
Challenging dominant paradigms that privilege global scalability and technological disruption, the book advocates for a localized approach to innovation that emphasizes cultural acceptability, continuity, and systemic coherence. Cultural design is presented not only as a method for solving problems within culturally bounded contexts but also as a pedagogical strategy for converting implicit expertise into formalized, transferable knowledge.
This volume contributes to the emerging discourse on culturally grounded design methodologies that prioritize cultural acceptability over disruptive change to foster more sustainable, community-aligned innovation ecosystems. This can be a useful resource for scholars, educators, practitioners, policymakers, investors, and market analysts seeking to engage with alternative models of innovation that honor cultural specificity while fostering equitable development.
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Table of Contents:
Toying with Perspectives: Listening to the Views of Cultural Designers.- Language and Shape of the Worldview.- Sorting the Bāṇārasī Mind: What Do Linguistic Categories Reveal about.- View of a Khilōnā: Rules of making and using Cultural Design.- Hand over Mind: Pedagogical Notions of the “Others”.- Artisanship of Risk: The Uncertainty of Cultural Design.- Thinking Like a Cultural Designer: Juggling Worldview over Livelihood.- Emerging Signifiers of Cultural Design.- Designing”‘Others”: Significance of the Hand to Practices of the Mind.
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